Louisville Metro Government has appointed Pamela McKnight as the city’s first Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (CAIO). Mayor Craig Greenberg announced the appointment in a LinkedIn post, calling it a key step in advancing innovation across city services.

“I’m proud to announce the appointment of our city’s first Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (CAIO), Pamela McKnight,” Greenberg wrote. “By investing in thoughtful, human-centric innovation, we can help our teams spend more time serving residents and less time on repetitive tasks to deliver faster, better, and more accessible services across our community. Please join me in welcoming Pamela to this critical new role as we build a stronger, more innovative, more effective, and more efficient Louisville.”

McKnight, who began the role in November 2025, leads Louisville Metro’s enterprise-wide AI strategy in collaboration with the CIO. Her work focuses on championing human-centric solutions that empower employees, streamline operations, and improve services for residents while ensuring transparency, fairness, and trust.

In her LinkedIn post, McKnight said: “Excited to begin as Louisville Metro’s Chief AI Officer. My focus will be on harnessing AI to enable our employees to better serve our citizens—building human-centric solutions that improve everyday experiences, from faster responses to streamlined services, while keeping people at the center of innovation.”

McKnight joins Louisville Metro Government following a 29-year tenure at Intel Corporation, where she held leadership roles in AI upskilling and adoption, transformation initiatives, strategic HR partnerships, recruitment marketing, and business operations. Most recently, she served as Senior Technical Program Manager for AI upskilling and adoption within Intel Foundry.