Our Team
Leadership
Meet the dedicated individuals who lead our AI safety group. We are here to help you through your AI safety journey — if you have any questions, we'd love to hear from you.
We are currently recruiting for student organizers to help deliver and scale up our programs over the 2026–27 academic year. See open roles here. Apply here.
Executive Board
Organizers & Leads — Autumn '26
Brody Fleishman
Fundamentals Facilitator
Adrian Fang
Fundamentals Facilitator
Sophia Wang
Fundamentals Facilitator, Graphics
Sasha Haider
Fundamentals Facilitator
Justin Chen
Fundamentals Facilitator
Kerenna Klein
Fundamentals Facilitator
Laura Nielsen
Fundamentals Facilitator, Events
Parjanya Tiwari
Policy & Governance Facilitator
Gil Rubinstein
Policy & Governance Facilitator
Tiago Flora
Economics of Transformative AI Facilitator
Lucas Chen
Technical Paper Reading Group Facilitator
Brian Yu
Technical Paper Reading Group Facilitator
Julian Huang
Research Manager
Rhea Kanuparthi
Research Manager
Kailee Kuan
Events & Marketing Lead
Madeleine Hoffman
Operations Lead
Organizers & Leads — Spring '26
Nicole Tang
Fundamentals Facilitator
Kin Ching Ip
Fundamentals Facilitator
Charlie Kunz
Fundamentals Facilitator
Daniel Pressman
Fundamentals Facilitator
Justin Chen
Economics of Transformative AI Facilitator
Kailee Kuan
Economics of Transformative AI Facilitator, Events & Marketing Lead
Olle Lange
Policy & Governance Facilitator
Jason Lin
Policy & Governance Facilitator
Steve Zha
Policy & Governance Facilitator
Madeleine Hoffman
Operations Lead
Emma Alcyone
Operations Lead
Advisors
Rhea Kanuparthi
rhea.kanuparthi@gmail.com
Jo Jiao
jojiao@uchicago.edu
Zephy Roe
zroe@uchicago.edu
Henry Josephson
henryj@uchicago.edu
Michelle Ma
mma02@uchicago.edu
Arden Berg
aaberg@uchicago.edu
Avik Garg
avikg@uchicago.edu