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Sophia Whitaker

Senior Advisor, NIST; Fmr. Director of AI Policy

Bio

Sophia Whitaker was director of the Artificial Intelligence Policy team at the Foundation for American Innovation. She is now a senior advisor at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Prior to FAI, she served as the director of strategy and partnerships at the Horizon Institute for Public Service, where she focused on building pipelines into policy for experts in emerging technologies. Previously Sophia was also a George C. Marshall fellow at the Heritage Foundation and a Research Fellow at fp21. She holds a BA in history from the University of California, Berkeley.