Josh Lawson
Product Policy @ OpenAI | fmr Meta, White House, Aspen Institute, & chief elections counsel
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OpenAI is committed to building the future responsibly, and I’m joining to ensure our products empower people everywhere! Starting this week, I’ll be leading product policy work under the incomparable Ryan Beiermeister, whose team is setting a new benchmark for policy excellence and product innovation. To colleagues at The Aspen Institute and Aspen Digital, I’m so proud of all we’ve built together: the AI Elections Initiative is making risks actionable for election officials, tech integrity teams, governments, and journalists; and our AI Elections Advisory Council is driven clarity and collaboration under the leadership of Alondra Nelson, Klon Kitchen, and Kim Wyman. Keep it up! To Vivian Schiller—an incredible leader and exceptional boss—Arjun Gupta, Margot Pritzker, and Laura Lauder, **thank you** for seizing the opportunity for Aspen to make a vital contribution at a critical moment for democracies worldwide. I’m thrilled for all that’s ahead!💫
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Josh Lawson
Product Policy @ OpenAI | fmr Meta, White House, Aspen Institute, & chief elections counsel
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To every member of Aspen’s AI Elections Advisory Council, thank you for joining our effort and I’m grateful for your ongoing commitment in our whole-of-society work to support democratic resilience in a moment of technological change: Joe Amditis Ginny Badanes, David Becker, Kelly Born, Brad Carson, Neil Chilson, Danielle Citron, Vilas Dhar, Justin Erlich, Rebecca Finlay, Alexandra Reeve Givens, Sam Gregory, Brian Hooks; Michele Lawrence Jawando, Chris Krebs, Raffi Krikorian, Gary Marcus, Jennifer Morrell, Larry Norden, Nick Penniman, Nathaniel Persily, Alexandra S., Ben Scott, Irene Solaiman, David Vorhaus, Becky Waite, Claire Wardle, PhD, Maya Wiley, and Dave Willner.
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Matt Motyl, Ph.D.
Social Impact-Oriented Quantitative UX Researcher, Data Scientist, Social Psychologist, Ex-Professor, Ex-Meta
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Amazing! OpenAI ran the table this week, hiring two of the best folks I know in this space. Congrats, Josh!
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Kim Strach
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Perfect role for you. I couldn’t be happier or prouder. OpenAI is more than fortunate to have you.
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Theodora Skeadas
Technology Policy and Responsible AI Strategic Advisor | Harvard, Twitter, Booz Allen Hamilton
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Congratulations, Josh! It's been such a pleasure working alongside you in recent months, and I'm thrilled to hear that you are joining OpenAI! 🎉
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Iain Levine
Human rights at Meta.
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What a great move for you and OpenAI. Congratulations. Can’t wait to see what you get to work on.
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Ryan Merkley
CEO, Conscience; Senior Technology Fellow, Aspen Digital; Chair, Flickr Foundation; and affiliate at the Berkman-Klein Center at Harvard University
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Congrats Josh Lawson - this shows incredible foresight from the OpenAI team. We're sad to lose you at Aspen Digital, but it's been a pleasure working with you. Go do great things!
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Vidita Subbarao
Product Manager @ Meta | Youth & Well-Being | Stanford GSB
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Best news ever! They are so lucky to have you. So excited for you, and beyond happy to see the two of you create magic together, again ♥️
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Katherine Graham
Policy @ Meta
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Cheers to your new and fabulous adventure! I am so happy that OpenAI recognizes good people when they see them! You’ll be incredible and I can’t wait to see the kind of thoughtful and intelligent approach you take at such a pivotal moment in tech. 👏 🥂
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