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Steering Committee
Steering Committee
The RCN APJO-AI Steering Committee brings together national leaders from artificial intelligence, economics, higher education, workforce development, industry, and entrepreneurship to provide strategic guidance for the network. Committee members :
shape the RCN’s core questions, priorities, and activities;
contribute thought leadership on AI jobs, skills, and training pathways;
facilitate workshops and convenings; and
connect the network to cross-sector initiatives and emerging partners.
Through their expertise and influence, the Steering Committee plays a central role in advancing the network’s mission to align education and workforce strategies with the evolving AI job landscape.
Dr. Talitha Washington
Principal Investigator
Executive Director of the Center for Applied Data Science & Analytics, Sean McCleese Endowed Chair, and Professor of Mathematics, Howard University
Dr. Siobhan Day Grady
Co-PI
Associate Professor and Founding Director of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Research, North Carolina Central University
Dr. Enrico Pontelli
Co-PI
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Regents Professor of Computer Science, and Senior Advisor for AI, New Mexico State University
Dr. G. Raymond Brown
Co-PI
Program Coordinator for Artificial Intelligence, Houston Community College
Kendra Ard
Senior Personnel
Chief Infrastructure & Administrative Officer, Office of the Chancellor, California State University
Dr. LaTanya Brown Robertson
Senior Personnel
Associate Dean of the Office of Academic Innovation and Student Success, Professor of Economics, Howard University
Dr. Christophe Combemale
Senior Personnel
Assistant Research Professor of Information Systems and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Velma Latson
Senior Personnel
Assistant Professor of Technology and Security, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD; Executive Co-Director, HBCU Data Science Consortium
Dr. Hortensia Soto
Senior Personnel
Professor of Mathematics, Colorado State University; President, Mathematical Association of America
Dr. Michelle Terwilliger
Senior Personnel
Project Administrator, Montana NSF EPSCoR, Montana State University
Dr. Hans van Oostrom
Senior Personnel
Interim Director, AI Academic Initiative Center, University of Florida
Dr. Omari Swinton
Senior Personnel
Chair of the Department of Economics and Professor of Economics, Howard University
Dr. Grant Warner
Senior Personnel
Executive Director of the Center for Black Entrepreneurship, Morehouse College and Spelman College; Bank of America Professor of Entrepreneurship, Spelman College
Dr. Gabriella Waters
Senior Personnel
Director of the Center for Responsible AI, Virginia State University
Dr. Jo Webber
Senior Personnel
CEO, Pod Network
Dr. Shelby Wilson
Senior Personnel
Senior Data Scientist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
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