The U.S. Department of Commerce recently announced the appointment of 4 new experts to the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC).

The committee, launched in 2022, advises the President and the White House on a range of issues related to artificial intelligence. It also offers recommendations on various topics such as U.S. AI competitiveness, AI science, and workforce issues.

“Empowering our nation’s top talent in AI across academia, industry, non-profits and civil society is fundamental to the responsible development and deployment of this generation-defining technology. These new committee members represent some of the best in their field, and I am confident will play an important part in helping NAIAC to meet its mission to provide the expertise and guidance necessary to maintain U.S. global leadership on AI,” U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said.

The newly appointed members include:

• Aneesh Chopra, Chief Strategy Officer of Arcadia, who was formerly the first U.S. Chief Technology Officer and Virginia’s Secretary of Technology.

• Christopher Howard, Executive Vice President and COO of ASU, a distinguished U.S. Air Force Academy graduate, Rhodes Scholar, and Harvard MBA.

• Angie Cooper, Executive Vice President of Heartland Forward, previously handled international and domestic public policy at Walmart Stores, Inc., most recently as senior director of global public policy.

• Beth Cobert, former President of the Markle Foundation, also served as Acting Director of OPM and Deputy Director for Management at OMB.

In 2022, Commerce appointed 22 members to the committee.