Our Mission
To examine and analyze the downside risks associated with the ubiquitous advance of AI & Automation, to engage in risk mitigation and ensure the optimal outcome… ForHumanity.
Ryan Carrier
founded ForHumanity after a 25 year career in finance. His global business experience, risk management expertise and unique perspective on how to manage the risk led him to launch the non-profit entity, ForHumanity, personally. Ryan focused on Independent Audit of AI Systems as one means to mitigate the risk associated with artificial intelligence and began to build the business model associated a first-of-its-kind process for auditing corporate AIs, using a globally, open-source, crowd-sourced process to determine “best-practices”. Ryan serves as ForHumanity’s Executive Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors, in these roles he is responsible for the day-to-day function of ForHumanity and the overall process of Independent Audit. Prior to founding ForHumanity, Ryan owned and operated Nautical Capital, a quantitative hedge fund which employed artificial intelligence algorithms. He also was responsible for Macquarie’s Investor Products business in the late 2000’s. He worked at Standard & Poor’s in the Index business and for the International Finance Corporation’s Emerging Markets Database. Ryan has conducted business in over 55 countries and was a frequent speaker at industry conferences around the world. He is a graduate from the University of Michigan. Ryan became a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) in 2004.
ENRICO PANAI
is an AI Ethicist and Human Information Interaction Specialist. Following his studies in the philosophy of information and a multi-year experience as a consultant in Italy, he taught for six years as an adjunct professor of Digital Humanities in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Sassari. Since his move to France in 2007, he has been working as a consultant for large corporations. Currently in 2017, he studied Strategies for Cyber Security Awareness at the Institut National de Hautes Etudes de la Sécurité et de la Justice [Institute for Advanced Studies in Security and Justice] at the Ecole Militaire in Paris. His main research interests concern cyber-geography, cyber wars, latent cyberwar battlefields, information ethics, cybersecurity, human-information interaction, philosophy of information and semantic capital.
STEVE BANOWIT
has built his reputation as an analytical and strategic thinker, change agent, problem solver, and skilled negotiator with expertise in proactively improving organizational operations, mitigating risk, and incorporating state-of-the-art technological advances that result in business and operational improvements. He has over 20 years of experience building, leading and managing collaborative teams across organizations ranging in size from VC-funded startups to Wall Street banks and multilaterals, both domestically and internationally. A strategic, results-oriented business leader, innovator and operational executive, Steve develops innovative techniques that have successfully improved multiple industries across a variety of sectors. He joined ForHumanity in 2017 as a member of the Board of Directors and is also leading our work in the cybersecurity sector.
SHEA BROWN
Dr. Shea Brown is the founder and CEO of BABL AI, a research consultancy that focuses on the ethical use and development of artificial intelligence. He has a PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Minnesota and is currently a faculty member in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Iowa.
Sundar Narayanan
is an Ethics and Compliance professional with 15 yrs of experience in providing advisory services to companies in India, UAE (Dubai), Japan, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia. His primary experiences include advising companies on Ethics, Risk and Compliance frameworks, implementing monitoring mechanism for risk and compliance, and formulating communication & training approaches (eg. Game based ethics) for creating awareness on organizational ethics & compliance standards. He is a researcher on Tech Ethics and Data Ethics. His research objective is focused on ‘Tech Ethics: Culture, Controls and Compliance’. This includes the organizational behaviour and cultural influence in driving ethics and responsibility in AI development & deployment. He has spoken at forums on topics relating to Data monetisation, Data ethics & sustainability amongst others. As a Podcast Host he has hosted professionals from over 15 countries and enjoys exchanging perspectives.
Cari Miller
is the founder of The Center for Inclusive Change and a doctoral student at Wilmington University, Wilmington, DE conducting research in the field of AI bias awareness literacy gaps. She is an independent consultant in corporate strategy, inclusive change management, and ethical AI governance with 20+ years of experience in the field of technology product development and big data analytics. She is also a ForHumanity Certified Auditor, a certified OneTrust Privacy and GRC Professional, and a board member for the Sussex County STEM Alliance.
Jo Stansfield
is an Inclusive Innovation consultant, and Founder and Director of Inclusioneering Limited. She supports innovative tech and engineering businesses with diversity, equity and inclusion in the workforce and culture, integrally connected to the social impacts of the products, services and operations – particularly regarding AI. Prior to founding her business, Jo was Director of People Data and Insights for a FTSE50 tech firm. Jo began her career as an engineer, developing enterprise software for global industry. Having pivoted her focus from the technical to human dimensions of engineering, Jo now works as a Business Psychologist. She holds an MSc in Organisational and Business Psychology from the University of Liverpool. Jo serves as an elected member of the ForHumanity Board of Directors and is a ForHumanity Certified Auditor. She is also a Trustee of the BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, co-chair of BCS Women, a member of the Industry Advisory Board for TechUp bootcamps.