AI Leadership Council Members
The AI Leadership Council consists of at least 25 members appointed by the Governor and represent the diversity of all stakeholders who are impacted by the changing AI landscape. Council members serve two-year terms.
Council Leadership
Nate Denny, Co-Chair
Secretary and State Chief Information Officer
N.C. Department of Information Technology
Lee Lilley, Co-Chair
Secretary
N.C. Department of Commerce
Council Membership
Stan Ahalt, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Data Science and Society
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sarah Bacha
Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Strategy, Analytics and AI
LendingTree
Phaedra Boinodiris
Global Leader of Responsible AI
IBM Consulting
Leslie Boney
Principal, BoneConnector.com
Former Director, Institute for Emerging Issues
NC State University
Jennie Bowen
Workforce Development Director
Rivers East Workforce Development Board
Marina Chase Carreker
Founder
Galleon Strategies
Kunal Choksi
Senior Deputy Attorney General, Consumer Protection Director
N.C. Department of Justice
Andrea Crowley, EdD, MBA
Executive Director, N.C. Student Success Center
North Carolina Community Colleges
Vera Cubero
N.C. Emerging Technologies Consultant
N.C. Department of Public Instruction
Hannah Drummond, RN
Vice President
North Carolina State AFL-CIO
Siobahn Day Grady, Ph.D.
Founding Director, Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Research
Associate Professor of Information Systems
North Carolina Central University
Bryan Harris
Executive Vice President
Chief Technology Officer
SAS
Rep. Zack Hawkins
District 31
N.C. House of Representatives
Angel Hsu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Public Policy
Director, Data-Driven Lab
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Igor Jablokov
Chairman
Pryon Inc.
Rep. Jake Johnson
House Deputy Majority Whip
District 113
N.C. House of Representatives
Sen. Todd Johnson
Senate Majority Whip
District 35
N.C. Senate
Mary Penny Kelley
Chief of Staff
N.C. Office of State Human Resources
Rick Knafelz
Managing Director, Employee Experience Technology
Bank of America
Todd Olson
CEO & Co-Founder
Pendo
Thomas Reardon, Ph.D.
Partner, Lux Capital
Sen. DeAndrea Salvador
District 39
N.C. Senate
The Hon. Tommy Sowers, Ph.D.
Chief Innovation Officer and Vice Chancellor for Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Markell Storay
Chief Information Officer
Director of Innovation & Technology
City of Charlotte
The Hon. Shinica Thomas
Wake County Commissioner
David Yokum, J.D., Ph.D.
Chief Scientist
N.C. Office of State Budget and Management