Speakers - AI Summit

Spencer J. Cox

18th Utah Governor

Gov. Spencer J. Cox is a husband, father, farmer, recovering attorney, and Utah’s 18th governor. He also served as the 2023-2024 chairman of the National Governors Association, opens in a new tab.

Gov. Cox has a long track record of public service, serving as a city councilmember, mayor, county commissioner and state legislator before being appointed as Utah’s lieutenant governor in 2013. He was sworn in as governor on Jan. 4, 2021.

During his first term in office, Gov. Cox cut $1.1 billion in taxes, implemented landmark changes in water law, water conservation and infrastructure planning, locked in record funding for education and teachers, enacted universal school choice and secured funds for affordable housing. A long-time advocate for suicide prevention and mental health resources, he’s become a national voice on protecting youth from the harms of social media. He also signed early education and workforce program funding, launched the One Utah Health Collaborative, and expanded opportunities for women, diverse communities and those living in rural parts of the state.

With a focus on solutions, Gov. Cox promotes respect in politics and innovation in government, works across party lines to find common ground and regularly participates in hands-on service projects. These elements were the foundation of his NGA Chair’s Initiative, “Disagree Better: Healthy Conflict for Better Policy.”, opens in a new tab

A sixth-generation Utahn, Gov. Cox was born and raised in Fairview, a town of 1,200 in the center of the state. He met First Lady Abby Palmer Cox at age 16 and they married after he returned from serving a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mexico. He attended Snow College, Utah State University and the Washington and Lee University School of Law, then clerked for U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart and worked at a Salt Lake City law firm. Several years later, Gov. Cox and First Lady Cox moved back to Fairview to raise their four children – Gavin, Kaleb, Adam, and Emma Kate – on the family farm. The governor and first lady currently reside in the Kearns Mansion, also known as the Governor’s Mansion, in Salt Lake City.

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Dr. Zach Boyd

Head of Strategic Futures, OpenAI

Dean Woodley Ball is Head of Strategic Futures at OpenAI, a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation, a Visiting Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, and author of the AI-focused newsletter Hyperdimensional. His work focuses on technological change, institutional evolution, and the future of governance.

Prior to this, he served as Senior Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where he was the primary staff drafter of America’s AI Action Plan. In addition, during his time in government he was a Strategic Advisor for AI at the National Science Foundation, and Co-Chair of the National AI Research Resource Pilot Steering Committee, the National Science and Technology Council’s Subcommittee on Machine Learning and AI, and the General Services Administration’s AI Community of Practice.

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Zach Boyd

Director, Utah Office of AI Policy

Dr. Boyd is the Director of the Office of Artificial Intelligence for the State of Utah, where he leads out on developing AI regulatory policy and clearing paths for novel business applications of AI. He is on long-term leave from his role as a professor at BYU where he teaches applied and computational mathematics. Dr. Boyd’s research lab focuses on artificial intelligence, machine learning, and mathematical modeling in social science applications, such as psychology, economics, and social networks. Before working at BYU, Dr. Boyd was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an NDSEG Fellow at UCLA, a research associate at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and a Presidential Scholar at BYU.

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Margaret Woolley Busse

Commissioner, Utah Department of Commerce

Margaret Woolley Busse was appointed by Governor Spencer Cox in January 2021 to serve as a member of his cabinet as the Executive Director of Utah’s Department of Commerce. Thus far in her tenure, she has worked on regulatory reform, streamlining the regulatory process, and reducing regulatory fees. Specifically, she worked with legislative partners to create the new Office of Professional Licensure Review (OPLR). The first of its kind in the nation, OPLR takes a systematic approach to reviewing Utah’s professional licensing regulation in order to find ways to reduce the licensure burden as well as increase access and decrease cost for consumers of professionally licensed services. OPLR’s first review resulted in the passage of a groundbreaking new law that will vastly increase Utah’s behavioral health workforce through regulatory reform in order to address Utah’s mental health crisis.

In addition, Ms. Busse is leading efforts to create streamlined pathways for foreign-credentialed immigrants and refugees to obtain professional licenses, enabling them to work at their trained skill level here in Utah.

Under the direction of Governor Cox, Director Busse has played a key role in holding social media platforms accountable for their harm to minors by helping to craft appropriate legislative measures and through the Department of Commerce's lawsuits against TikTok and Meta. Under her leadership, the Department of Commerce published proposed rules for age verification and parental consent to operationalize Utah's groundbreaking new social media law, which the department is charged with enforcing.

Finally, in partnership with Utah’s legislative leadership, Ms. Busse is driving forward an innovative approach to artificial intelligence that will help Utah to ensure it is protecting the public, encouraging innovation, and enabling it to observe and learn about how to regulate effectively. The approach includes the creation of the new Office of Artificial Intelligence (OIAP), which is tasked with both providing regulatory relief to qualifying AI-focused companies and making regulatory policy recommendations through its policy learning lab.

Ms. Busse serves as a member of the One U Responsible Artificial Intelligence External Advisor Committee and a member of the Talent Ready Utah Board. In 2024, she was named a Most Influential Woman by Utah Business Magazine, was the recipient of the Cyber Pioneer Award from the Utah Bar Association, was a finalist for 2024 Utah Women in Tech award, and awarded RevRoad’s Championing Women in Business recognition.

Before her appointment to Commerce, Ms. Busse was an adjunct faculty member for BYU’s Political Science Department and an advisor to social impact organizations. Ms. Busse also served for several years as the Associate Director of the Social Enterprise Initiative at Harvard Business School, where she developed an alumni impact investing program and worked on issues such as the future of work, opportunity, prosperity for all, and educational improvement. In addition, Ms. Busse worked as a strategy consultant at the Bridgespan Group and spent several years at the U.S. Treasury Department as a Presidential Management Fellow. Ms. Busse developed her passion for public service by serving for many years in leadership roles in local government.

Ms. Busse is the recipient of Utah Business’s 2024 Most Influential Women award, Women Tech Council’s 2024 Women in Tech Award finalist, and the Utah Bar Association’s 2024 Cyber Pioneer Award. She holds an MBA from Harvard University, a master’s degree in Public Policy from Brigham Young University, and a bachelor’s degree in both Public Policy and Economics from Brigham Young University, where she graduated cum laude and with university honors. She is a Utah native, and she and her husband, Franz, have five children, ages 11 to 21.

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Casey Cameron

Commissioner, Utah Department of Workforce Services

Casey R. Cameron has served as the Commissioner of the Utah Department of Workforce Services since Dec. 2020. She leads a department of 2,200 employees that manages more than 100 state and federal programs with an operational budget of over $2 billion. Each year, more than 500,000 Utahns use Workforce Services’ programs, including employment services, unemployment insurance, public assistance, child care assistance, refugee services, housing, rehabilitation and homeless services.

Before becoming Commissioner, Casey spent more than eight years as a deputy director. During that time, she has helped guide major changes, including creating new divisions, launching new programs, and leading the department through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Casey co-chairs Utah’s State Workforce Development Board on behalf of Governor Cox and serves on the Utah Homeless Services Board. She is the past co-chair of Utah’s Intergenerational Poverty Commission and Governor’s Early Childhood Commission. She is a recipient of the 2018 Governor’s award for leadership and the 2010 Governor’s award for innovation and efficiency. In 2023, Casey was elected to the Board of Directors for the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA). She also co-chairs NASWA’s Veterans committee. Casey is a graduate of the University of Utah with a bachelor’s degree in social and behavioral health.

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Tino Cuéllar

Chief Global Affairs Officer, Anthropic

Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar is Anthropic’s Chief Global Affairs Officer, responsible for the company’s policy priorities, global and national security strategies, and government relationships.

Before joining Anthropic, he was President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and previously, a justice of the Supreme Court of California. He has served in the White House and federal agencies across three presidential administrations, on the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, and on the US Department of State's Foreign Affairs Policy Board. He was a Trustee of Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust from January 2026 until stepping down to join the company.

Cuéllar has also been a longtime member of the Stanford University faculty, with a focus on democracy and public law, artificial intelligence, and international security. Most recently he has served as the Cameron Schrier Family Professor at the Law School and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. Earlier, he led the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, the Stanford Cyber Initiative, and the Center for International Security and Cooperation.

He holds a BA from Harvard College, a JD from Yale Law School, and a Ph.D. in political science from Stanford."

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Senator John Curtis

U.S. Senator for Utah

John R. Curtis proudly represents Utah in the United States Senate. A former mayor and congressman, he is known for advancing consensus-driven policies and promoting commonsense, conservative leadership.

Since being sworn in as senator in 2025, Curtis has focused his efforts on the preeminent issues for Utah and the country. Solving longstanding water and wildfire problems, bringing down the cost of living for hardworking families, and ensuring quality of life remains strong amid rapid growth are his top priorities for the state. On the national front, the senator is working to tackle the burgeoning $40 trillion national debt; ensure an affordable, reliable, and clean energy future; hold China accountable; ensure AI safety; and protect the young and vulnerable online.

Prior to the Senate, Curtis served for seven years in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Utah’s Third Congressional District, where he secured 28 pieces of legislation into law and founded the Conservative Climate Caucus. Before that, he served for two terms as the mayor of Provo, Utah.

Before entering public service, Curtis was a small business owner. He and his wife, Sue, have been married for 44 years and reside in Provo. They have six children and 19 grandchildren.

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Danielle Faruq

Division Director for Digital Health Policy, FDA's Digital Health Center of Excellence

Danielle Faruq is the Division Director for Digital Health Policy at the FDA's Digital Health Center of Excellence. She began her career as a biomedical engineer and technical reviewer for cardiovascular and neurological devices at FDA. At Apple Inc., she led the submission of Apple's first FDA-authorized medical software on the Apple Watch and worked as a Health Studies Scientist, spearheading large-scale data collection for AI health features on the Apple Watch and iPhone. She has also held various roles in regulatory affairs, quality systems, and clinical operations at start-ups like WellDoc and Kintsugi Health. She has been back at FDA for just over 2 years, leading AI and digital health policy initiatives.

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Janet E. Foutty

Co-President, RAISE US

Janet E. Foutty is a senior business leader with decades of experience at the intersection of business, technology, and social impact. She served as Chair of Deloitte and CEO of Deloitte Consulting LLP, where she led one of the world's largest consulting organizations and was a recognized voice on workforce transformation, inclusive leadership, and the future of work. Today, Janet serves as President of Corporate Partnerships at RAISE US, working to expand economic opportunity by connecting employers to apprenticeship and workforce development pathways. She serves on a range of boards spanning healthcare, technology, and community development, and is a committed advocate for equity, human capital innovation, and expanding access to opportunity.

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Elder Gerrit W. Gong

Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Elder Gerrit W. Gong is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, a senior governing body in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He holds Ph.D. and Masters degrees in International Relations from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes scholar. His Bachelor of Arts degree in Asian and University Studies summa cum laude is from Brigham Young University. For 10 years, Professor Gong was Assistant to the President for Planning and Assessment and Professor of Political Science at Brigham Young University. During those years, he also served on the U.S. Secretary of Education’s National Advisory Committee for Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI), which helps certify higher education accreditation. For 20 years, Dr. Gong served as Special Assistant to the Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Special Assistant to two U.S. Ambassadors in Beijing, China, among various positions at the U.S. Department of State, and as Asia Director and China Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., where he advised policy in the executive, congressional, and judicial branches of government. A Silicon Valley kid, Gerrit was born in Redwood City, California. His father co-authored a physics text (Mechanics) with the Nobel laureate who discovered the transistor effect and pioneered semiconductors. At the U.S. Department of State, Gerrit worked with Secretary George P. Shultz to identify implications for diplomacy of the concentrations of information, technology, and capital which create the age of artificial intelligence. Gerrit and his wife Susan have been married for 45 years and love their children and grandchildren.

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Tracy Gruber

Commissioner, Utah Department of Health & Human Services

Tracy S. Gruber was named executive director of the Utah Department of Human Services in January 2021 and, as of May 2026, serves as Commissioner. Previous to her appointment by Governor Spencer J. Cox, she was director of the Office of Child Care at the Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS) and senior advisor for the Intergenerational Poverty Initiative. In 2017, she was named "Government Official of the Year" by the Community Action Partnership of Utah. She served as the chair of the National Association of State Child Care Administrators and represents Utah on the Education Commission of the States.

Prior to her service with DWS, Gruber was the senior policy analyst and director of state fiscal policy at Voices for Utah Children. Gruber’s work experience also includes serving as an analyst in the Illinois Senate, overseeing a public employee retiree organization, and administering the Utah State Bar New Lawyer Training Program.

Gruber received her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her Law Degree from the Chicago-Kent School of Law.

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Royal Hansen

VP of Engineering, Google

Royal Hansen is a Vice President of Engineering at Google. Most recently, he led the Privacy, Safety and Security team (the CISO for Alphabet), which is the central engineering function that builds and scales the foundational technology that keeps billions of people safe online.

Over the last several years, Royal and his team have focused on cybersecurity threat detection, analysis and counterabuse, building advanced AI/ML security technologies, and protecting privacy, identity and data. He continues to work on safety innovations across Google, so that users, governments, and society can benefit.

Prior to Google, Royal worked in the financial services industry, with leadership positions at American Express, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Fidelity Investments. In these roles, he focused on protecting the security and integrity of the companies’ technology systems and the information they processed, managed regulatory risk and compliance standards, and enabled technical resilience through his teams’ work on disaster recovery and business continuity.

Royal began his career at cybersecurity startup @stake, acquired by Symantec. He holds a BA in Computer Science from Yale University, and was awarded a Fulbright fellowship in information sciences and Arabic language study, which he completed at the United Arab Emirates University.

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Eric J. Holcomb

Co-Chair, RAISE US

Former Governor of Indiana

Eric J. Holcomb is the Co-Chair of RAISE US - a national, nonpartisan organization partnering with states, employers, training partners, and workers to help Americans make a successful transition to an AI economy. Previously, he served as Indiana's 51st Governor

During his two terms as governor, Holcomb focused on economic growth, workforce development, and infrastructure, earning Indiana a AAA credit rating from all three major credit agencies. Under his leadership, Indiana attracted record-breaking capital investment — $28.7 billion in 2023 alone, $20 billion of which came from foreign direct investment. Holcomb cut personal income and corporate taxes, paid down 35% of all state debt, and refunded over $1.5 billion to Indiana taxpayers, while adding $154 billion to the state's GDP.

Holcomb implemented a fully-funded 20-year, $60 billion roads program and completed the largest new commuter rail project in America. He launched the Next Level Jobs program to connect Hoosiers to high-demand, high-wage careers and signed a $1.47 billion increase in K-12 education funding. During President Trump’s first term, Holcomb was appointed to serve on his American Workforce Policy Board. Forbes recognized Indiana as the best state in the U.S. to start a business during his tenure. In 2018, The Hill named him one of ten governors shaping the future of politics.

Prior to serving as governor, Holcomb served as Indiana's Lieutenant Governor. He is a graduate of Hanover College and served six years of active duty in the U.S. Navy. A lifelong Hoosier, Holcomb and his wife, Janet, live in Brownsburg, Indiana.

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Doug Leeds

Co-founder/Co-CEO, RSL Collective

Doug Leeds is co-founder and co-CEO of RSL Collective, a nonprofit, publisher-led collective licensing organization formed by more than 1,500 publishers and media brands to make AI content licensing practical at internet scale. RSL Collective enables AI companies to license content from participating publishers through a single blanket agreement, while publishers retain control over what content they license, to whom, and for which uses.

Doug has spent his career at the intersection of technology, media, and the internet. He founded IAC Publishing, now People Inc., and served as its CEO, overseeing brands including About.com, The Daily Beast, Investopedia, Dictionary.com, and Ask.com. He previously served as CEO of Ask.com and Dictionary.com.

Doug is also a co-founder of the Human Consent Foundation, which gives people control over AI use of their identity and creative work, and a member of the professional faculty at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. He received his B.A. from UC Berkeley and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.

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Jefferson Moss

Commissioner, Governor's Office of Economic Development

Jefferson Moss was appointed by Governor Spencer Cox in May 2025 to serve as the Executive Director of Utah’s Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity.

Moss was previously the Associate Commissioner of Innovation, Commercialization and Economic Development at the Utah System of Higher Education and Managing Director of the Utah Innovation Fund. In this capacity, he led USHE’s involvement in the major economic development efforts and was responsible for overseeing the strategic initiatives and day-to-day operations at the Innovation District at The Point and coordinating innovation efforts throughout Utah. Moss also served as AVP of central advancement at UVU and the COO for the UVU Foundation. In these positions, he launched the UVU Wolverine Fund, a student-run venture capital fund, and the Excellence and Innovation Initiative. Prior to UVU, Moss served as a wealth strategist at Key Bank and Credit Suisse and launched several successful businesses. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Master of Business Administration from Brigham Young University. He also served in the Utah House of Representatives as well as on the Utah State Board of Education and the Saratoga Springs City Council and Planning Commission.

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Lexi Pasi

CEO and Co-founder, Lucidity Sciences

Alexandra (Lexi) Pasi is the CEO and co-founder of Lucidity Sciences. A mathematician and logician by training, Alexandra has applied that knowledge in a variety of business and technical domains, establishing herself as a dynamic strategist, data leader, and ML innovator. She has worked as a leader and practitioner within organizations from startup to enterprise to build impactful analytics and AI/ML capabilities from the ground-up. She completed her PhD in Mathematics at Baylor University, receiving the Outstanding Dissertation Award for her interdisciplinary work in logic and formal systems. Her work in machine learning began in 2011, with theoretical and applied research in kernel learning methods. She later helped expand on that work to develop a novel, general-purpose, highly-scalable ML approach - one which significantly and consistently outperforms state-of-the-art ensemble solutions in accuracy, latency, and compactness. With her team at Lucidity Sciences, she has brought that same technology to market with successful and transformative applications in various industries from medicine to finance.

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Scott Pulsipher

President, Western Governors University

Scott Pulsipher serves as president of nonprofit Western Governors University (WGU), the nation's first and largest competency-based university, leading all academic, operational, and organizational functions.

Pulsipher came to WGU in 2016 and blends a personal drive for making a difference in the lives of individuals and families through education and a passion for technology-powered innovation.

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Matt Sigelman

President, Burning Glass Institute

Matt Sigelman is President of the Burning Glass Institute, a nonprofit data laboratory working at the
intersection of the future of work and the future of learning to advance economic mobility, shared
prosperity, and improved outcomes for workers and learners. Named by Forbes to its Future of Work 50,
Matt has dedicated his career to bridging the gap between talent and opportunity.
Previously Chairman and CEO of Lightcast, Matt pioneered the field of real-time labor market analytics, a
breakthrough innovation that transformed the way employers, education institutions, policy makers, and
workers understand, plan for, and connect with the world of work.
In addition to serving as Senior Advisor at the Harvard Project on the Workforce and a Futures Fellow at
the Stanford Center on Longevity, Matt is a member of the RAISE US advisory board and the New York
State FutureWorks Commission. He writes widely on the job market, has testified before Congress, and is
consulted frequently by public officials and the global media. He is also Founder of the Main Line
Classical Academy, an elementary school bringing the classical liberal arts curriculum and rigorous study
in math and science to the kindergarten level on up and dedicated to the idea that children are never too
young to learn great things.
Matt holds an AB from Princeton University, an MBA from Harvard, and is a member of the Council on
Foreign Relations.

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Nirav Shah

Senior Scholar, Stanford University School of Medicine

Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH, is a Senior Scholar at Stanford University School of Medicine. His career spans the digital transformation of health systems, public and private health insurance, and research and clinical operations. A Harvard- and Yale-trained physician, he serves as an independent director of STERIS plc [NYSE: STE], an advisor to HHS and CDC, and a trustee of the John A. Hartford Foundation. He previously served as New York State Commissioner of Health and Chief Operating Officer of Kaiser Permanente Southern California, and co-founded Qualified Health, a generative AI health technology company.

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Wylie van den Akker

Assistant Director for Health and AI at the White House Office of Science,
Technology Policy and Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Wylie van den Akker is Assistant Director for Health and AI at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Senior Advisor in the Immediate Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He focuses on clinical AI and other HHS and White House science-and-technology priorities, including the Administration’s work to advance super intelligence in healthcare, biomedical discovery, and federal health operations.

At the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Office of Health Technology Products, he is leading modernization of CMS’s claims adjudication system while advancing interoperability and clinical AI. Wylie previously served in the U.S. DOGE Service, co-founded Collective Medical (acquired by PointClickCare in 2020) and later served as VP of Innovations, building a national care-coordination network, AI clinical decision-support models, and SMART on FHIR tools. He earned a B.S. in Computer Science from Brigham Young University and was the EY Utah Region Entrepreneur of the Year in 2018."

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David Wingate

Associate Professor of Computer Science at BYU

David Wingate serves on the Utah Pro-Human Task Force and is an associate professor of computer science at Brigham Young University, where he works at the intersection of machine learning and social science. His research leverages large-scale language models, such as ChatGPT, to address pressing social problems like racism, conspiracy thinking, opinion manipulation, and political polarization. He received his BS and MS degrees in computer science from Brigham Young University in 2002 and 2004, a PhD in computer science from the University of Michigan in 2008, and was a postdoctoral fellow and research scientist at MIT from 2008-2010.

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Ryan Anderson

CEO and Founder, Filevine

As a former litigator, Ryan Anderson designed Filevine with the end user in mind, focusing on unlocking customer and user efficiency by optimizing automation of technology. Today, Filevine is rated as one of the top automation tools for legal work for a diverse range of organizations by size and function, and is set on a continual path of growth. Ryan led Filevine’s acquisition of both Lead Docket, the top lead intake management solution for law firms, and Outlaw, the most innovative contract and document platform on the market. In 2020, Ryan was named CEO of the Year by Utah Business. Ryan is a proud husband and father of six children and resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ryan earned his law degree from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. His goal is to provide a comprehensive solution to business leaders in search of a workflow transformation solution.

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Amy Andre

State Director of Youth Apprenticeships, Utah Governor's Office and Utah System of Higher Education

Amy Andre serves as Utah's State Director of Youth Apprenticeships, a shared role between the Governor's Office and the Utah System of Higher Education through Talent Ready Utah. She leads the Talent Ready Apprenticeship Connection (TRAC), Utah's state model for youth apprenticeship, which is grounded in the Swiss dual education system; her work centers on expanding TRAC across industries and growing industry-embedded education. Amy works closely with experts in the Swiss system through CEMETS at ETH Zürich, and she represented Utah as an inaugural state in the U.S. Advanced CEMETS Institute, now continuing as the CAP (Career Apprenticeship Pathways) Institute.

Her perspective comes from the employer side of apprenticeship. At Stadler US, Amy helped launch and pilot the first program of what became Utah's youth apprenticeship model, and that experience building an apprenticeship from the ground up continues to guide how she partners with employers today.

Amy Andre serves as Utah's State Director of Youth Apprenticeships, a shared role between the Governor's Office and the Utah System of Higher Education through Talent Ready Utah. She leads the Talent Ready Apprenticeship Connection (TRAC), Utah's state model for youth apprenticeship, which is grounded in the Swiss dual education system; her work centers on expanding TRAC across industries and growing industry-embedded education. Amy works closely with experts in the Swiss system through CEMETS at ETH Zürich, and she represented Utah as an inaugural state in the U.S. Advanced CEMETS Institute, now continuing as the CAP (Career Apprenticeship Pathways) Institute.

Her perspective comes from the employer side of apprenticeship. At Stadler US, Amy helped launch and pilot the first program of what became Utah's youth apprenticeship model, and that experience building an apprenticeship from the ground up continues to guide how she partners with employers today.

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Jared Bauer

Co-founder and CEO of Seek Labs

Entrepreneur and operator who scaled BurnFree into 58 countries before a successful exit. Key leader in Utah’s biotech ecosystem.

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Eric J. Beane

Co-President, RAISE US

Eric J. Beane is President and Chief Operating Officer of RAISE US. He leads the organization's day-to-day operations, overseeing fund development and translating strategic vision into effective business practice. His work connects public- and private-sector partners around a shared goal: supporting the American workforce in successfully transitioning to an AI economy.

Beane brings extensive experience across the public and private sectors. He served as Chief Operating Officer to the Governor of Rhode Island and as Secretary of Health and Human Services for the state, roles in which he led complex operations and drove cross-agency results. At the federal level, he served as Deputy Under Secretary for Industry and Security at the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he helped shape U.S. policy on advanced technologies and export controls. He also held a senior leadership role at Unite Us, a mission-driven technology company, where he led regulatory and government strategy during a period of rapid growth. He began his career as a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Paul Bingham

Executive Dean and Senior Vice President, School of Technology, WGU

Paul Bingham is experienced at speaking about the changing nature of the workforce in the AI era. He draws upon lessons from history to talk about the changing nature of jobs over the past 140 years or so of technological advances. He can directly address the question on everybody’s minds — will AI agents take away my job? — and talk about how employees can future-proof their skills, as well as the ongoing demand for soft or durable skills.

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Bennett Borden

Founder & CEO, Clarion AI

Bennett B. Borden is Founder and CEO of Clarion AI Partners, an integrated law, technology, and strategy firm helping organizations deliver AI the right way. He is a globally recognized authority on the legal, technological, and business implications of artificial intelligence, advising leading enterprises and AI developers on how to deploy AI systems that create real value while managing risk.

Before founding Clarion, Bennett served as Partner and Chief Data Scientist at the global law firm DLA Piper, where he helped shape AI strategy for multinational organizations. Today, he works with companies and policymakers to translate complex AI developments into practical insights leaders can act on.

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Heather Brace

Chief People Officer, Intermountain Health

Heather Brace serves as the Chief People Officer at Intermountain Health, where she leads the charge in shaping a vibrant, inclusive, and high-performing culture for over 68,000 employees across six states. With strategic oversight of everything from talent management and recruitment to total rewards and learning and development, Heather is at the heart of what makes Intermountain a great place to work. Since joining Intermountain in 2000, Heather has worn many hats across the organization, giving her a deep understanding of its people and operations. In 2018, she stepped into her current role and has since guided the organization through transformative mergers, departmental reorganizations, and innovative benefit enhancements, all with a focus on elevating the employee experience.

Heather is known not just for her strategic leadership, but for her unwavering commitment to employees. She believes that when people feel valued, supported, and inspired, they thrive — and so does the organization. Heather holds both a master’s degree in Health Services Administration and Health Promotion & Education, and a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications from the University of Utah.

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Chris Bramwell

Chief Privacy Officer, Director of the Utah Office of Data Privacy

Christopher Bramwell serves as Utah's Chief Privacy Officer and Director of the Utah Office of Data Privacy within the Department of Government Operations. Appointed by Governor Spencer J. Cox, he leads Utah's statewide privacy program, oversees implementation of the Government Data Privacy Act, and directs statewide initiatives related to privacy, data governance, and state-endorsed digital identity.

Christopher has led the development of Utah's privacy framework and is leading the policy strategy for the nationally recognized State-Endorsed Digital Identity (SEDI) initiative, which advances privacy-preserving, individually controlled digital identity through state-led governance. He frequently collaborates with state, national, and international partners on emerging technology policy and regularly advises policymakers on privacy, AI, and digital trust. Christopher has over a decade of experience in government privacy, security, and information governance and is committed to ensuring innovation strengthens both public trust and individual liberty.

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Tammy Brandt

Executive, Chief Corporate and Strategy Counsel, Creative Artists Agency (CAA)

Tammy Brandt is an Executive within the Chief Corporate and Strategy Counsel at the leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA). Brandt is based in the Los Angeles office and oversees all corporate legal matters, including compliance, intellectual property, government relations, and governance.

Before joining CAA, Brandt served as Chief Legal Officer and Head of Business and Legal Affairs at FaZe Clan, a digital-native lifestyle and media platform rooted in gaming and youth culture, where she negotiated and led a transaction whereby FaZe Clan became a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ via a SPAC transaction in July 2022. In December 2021, Brandt was appointed by B Riley Financial to its board of directors (RILY). Prior to FaZe Clan, she was Chief Legal Officer at Dreamscape Immersive, a virtual reality company. Previously, she served as Chief Corporate Counsel at Fortune 100 company, DXC Technology, and General Counsel at cloud software company, ServiceMesh, Inc. She currently serves as a member of the Lambda Legal West Coast Leadership Board and was a board member of the Cayton Children’s Museum from 2018 to 2022.

Brandt received her Bachelor of Science in Economics and Business Administration from Bluffton University and a Juris Doctor from Notre Dame Law School.

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Dan Caffee

Voze CEO

Dan Caffee is an accomplished founder and investor with a strong track record of building technology companies and supporting visionary entrepreneurs. He has founded several successful ventures, including Teem, Neutron Interactive, JobDash, and VOZE, each focused on improving the workplace experience, recruiting, and education through innovation. As Founder and CEO of Neutron Interactive, he led the company to appear twice on the Inc. 500 list. Beyond his entrepreneurial work, Dan is an active investor, serving as a Limited Partner at Mercato Partners and a General Partner at Richstar Investment Group, where he continues to back bright minds shaping the future.

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Andrew Carr

Co-Founder & Chief Scientist, Cartwheel

Andrew is the Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of Cartwheel "The Motion Company", building AI tools for animators, artists, and scientists who need things to move. His background is mathematics and computer science from BYU where he went through the ACME program and did his graduate studies in computer science. Andrew is an expert in the field having worked as a scientist at Google Brain, OpenAI on Codex, and at Lyft on Self Driving Cars.

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Liz Carver

Workforce Development Division Director, Utah Department of Workforce Services

Liz Carver is the director of the workforce development division at the Department of Workforce Services for the State of Utah. She oversees several federal programs aimed and assisting untapped labor pools in preparing for, entering, and advancing in the workforce. She has a master’s degree in Educational Psychology and has over twenty-five years of experience working with the Department of Workforce Services in a variety of positions. Liz has successfully implemented many technical and policy driven projects to help improve workforce programs across the State of Utah.

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Ben Crabb

Chief Economist, DWS

Ben Crabb is the Chief Economist for the Utah Department of Workforce Services, leading a team to analyze and communicate labor market conditions and trends. In this role, he provides insights into workforce dynamics that guide regional policy and planning.

Prior to joining the state, he worked as a researcher at Utah State University, and for a manufacturing firm in Northern Utah. Ben specializes in transforming complex data into clear, actionable insights for the public and stakeholders.

He holds master’s degrees from Utah State University in Bioregional Planning and Applied Economics.

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Kirk Cullimore

Senate Majority Leader

Senator Kirk A. Cullimore serves as Senate Majority Leader in the Utah Senate, representing District 19. He has been one of the state legislators in Utah and nationally addressing emerging technology policy, sponsoring landmark legislation on blockchain, digital assets, AI regulation, and data privacy. In his legal practice, he focuses on general business consulting, property rights, land use, and technology issues. Sen. Cullimore earned his law degree from the University of Oklahoma and began his career practicing federal Indian law before returning to Utah. He lives in Sandy with his wife and six children, and volunteers on several nonprofit boards supporting youth music education.

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Rep. Paul Cutler

Utah State Representative, District 18

Paul Cutler was elected to the Utah House of Representatives in 2022. He previously served 12 years as a city councilman and mayor. He focuses on technology-related policy as the co-chair of the Technology Committee for the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL) and the Vice-Chair of the Utah Legislature’s Economic Development Committee. Professionally, Paul is an engineering director for a global tech company. He holds a BSEE, an MBA, and certifications in professional networking, cloud, & AI.

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Kira Dale

Attorney, Kirton McConkie

Kira Dale is a member of the firm’s Litigation section, where her practice focuses on commercial litigation, mediation, and artificial intelligence (AI) compliance counseling. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience as a litigator, judicial officer, and dispute resolution professional, she helps clients navigate complex legal issues with practical judgment, thoughtful strategy, and clear communication. Kira represents businesses and individuals in complex commercial disputes, business ownership conflicts, and other high-stakes litigation matters in state and federal courts. Licensed in both Idaho and Utah, she develops practical litigation strategies tailored to each client’s objectives while maintaining a steady focus on efficient and effective resolution.

As a mediator, Kira draws on her extensive litigation background and judicial experience to help parties resolve difficult disputes. She is known for fostering a respectful, collaborative process, listening carefully to each party’s perspective, and helping participants reach practical, durable solutions. Kira also advises organizations on the legal, privacy, governance, and risk management issues associated with AI and automated decision-making technologies. She works with clients to evaluate AI use cases, understand evolving legal and regulatory obligations, develop governance frameworks, and responsibly implement AI.

Before joining Kirton McConkie, Kira served as a magistrate judge in Ada County, Idaho, where she presided over a general criminal docket and the Ada County Domestic Violence Court. She also contributed to statewide judicial initiatives as a member of the Idaho Supreme Court Criminal Jury Instructions Committee and as a 2023 Judicial Engagement Network Fellow, helping to develop and expand batterers intervention programming, including options specific to the unique challenges present within New American communities.

Prior to her judicial service, Kira spent many years practicing law in the public and private sectors. She served as a career law clerk and staff attorney to six judges of the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, developing substantial experience in civil rights litigation, constitutional law, and federal procedure. She later became a litigation partner at Hepworth, Janis and Kluksdal, where her practice included complex civil litigation, product liability, medical malpractice, and appellate matters.

Kira earned her JD from the University of Utah, graduating Order of the Coif and receiving a certificate in natural resources and environmental law. She earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and economics from Duke University, where she competed on the varsity swim team. An active member of the legal community, Kira has served on numerous professional boards, mentored new attorneys, and taught trial advocacy as an adjunct professor at the University of Idaho College of Law. Outside of her practice, she enjoys trail running and gardening.

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Rep. Ariel Defay

Utah House of Representatives, District 15

Ariel Defay has been a member of the Utah House of Representatives since 2023. Since then, she has represented Utah House's 15th District, which covers Davis County. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Utah State University and a Master's in Public Administration from Ohio University. Ariel's career includes significant experience in state government, having worked as a senior legislative aide in the Ohio House of Representatives and on various political campaigns. Her work has focused on retirement policy, fiscal responsibility, and conservative values.

On a personal note, Ariel Defay is deeply connected to Davis County, with three generations of her family having lived in the area. She and her husband are small business owners, and they share a strong commitment to their community. Ariel enjoys spending time with her family, including her children, and engaging in activities that support her local community.

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Marvin Dodge

Commissioner, Department of Government Operations

Marvin Dodge joined the Department of Government Operations as Executive Director in April 2023. Government Operations is responsible for Administrative Rules, Archives, Purchasing, Fleet, Finance, Risk Management, Facilities and Construction Management, Technology Services, and Human Resource Management for state agencies in Utah.

Prior to his appointment with GovOps, he worked for Southern Utah University, serving as the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services. Mr. Dodge served in the same capacity at Snow College from 2008 until the time he joined SUU. As a member of the President’s Cabinet, Mr. Dodge oversaw all financial operations at SUU, including the Business Office, Cashiers, Treasury Services, Purchasing, and Internal Audit. Under his administrative services role, Mr. Dodge was responsible for all buildings on SUU’s campus, including maintenance, renovation, and construction. He is also responsible for the Office of Information Technology, Human Resources, Motor Pool, Enterprise Risk Management, Food Services, and the Bookstore. Mr. Dodge oversaw construction of several new buildings on campus, including the Beverly Taylor Sorenson Center for the Arts (Shakespeare Festival complex and Southern Utah Museum of Art), the Leavitt Business Building, Sorensen Weight Performance Training Center, and Bristlecone Hall. Mr. Dodge received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Public Administration from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University, where he also taught Government and Nonprofit Finance classes.

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Nina de Lacy

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Huntsman Mental Health Institute, Professor, Kahlert School of Computing

Dr. de Lacy is a physician-scientist and a computational scientist and child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist.
Her work focuses on developing innovative AI approaches to support clinical decision making, and she is a
leader in mentoring, teaching, and policy formulation for AI in medicine. Dr. de Lacy received her undergraduate
and education at Oxford University and postgraduate education at Northwestern, UCSF, and the University of
Washington.

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Rep. Doug Fiefia

Utah State Representative, District 48

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Eric Fish

Partner, Hooper, Lundy & Bookman

Eric Fish is a Partner at Hooper, Lundy & Bookman (HLB) and a recognized leader at the
complex intersection of healthcare law, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies.
Leveraging a rare vantage point from working inside national regulatory and standard-setting
bodies, he blends sophisticated legal analysis with strategic business advice. Eric focuses on
counseling healthcare clients, innovators, and trade associations not merely to anticipate rapid
regulatory changes, but to actively shape the state and federal policies that advance their strategic
priorities in the digital health space.

Prior to joining HLB, he served as the Chief Legal Officer of the Federation of State Medical
Boards (FSMB). There, he spearheaded foundational national guidance on the clinical regulation
of AI and led the drafting of the Interstate Medical Licensing Compact. He started his legal
career at the Uniform Law Commission, working directly with legislators, judges, and leading
legal practitioners to develop laws to improve interstate cooperation, facilitate commerce, and
reduce interstate economic barriers, ultimately rising to the position of Chief Legal Counsel.
Building on this executive leadership and unique perspective, he has become a sought-after
speaker, author, and media commentator in the national conversation on how AI and digital
technologies are transforming the future of care delivery and how policies should be developed
to harness their power.

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Alan Fuller

Utah CIO

Alan Fuller was appointed Chief Information Officer for the state of Utah in March 2021. As CIO, Fuller oversees all IT functions for executive branch agencies in Utah with the goal of improving innovation and government services through the use of technology. A resident of Lehi, Utah, Fuller has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Brigham Young University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Molly Hart

Superintendent, Utah State Board of Education

Dr. Molly Hart is the Utah State Superintendent of Public Instruction and has more than 20 years of experience in education, serving in roles from teacher to principal across multiple states and grade levels. She holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Valdosta State University and has been honored with the Utah PTA Outstanding School Administrator Award. Dr. Hart is a strong advocate for student achievement and community engagement.

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Taylor Hansen

Achievement Wallet Strategy & Ecosystem Leader, WGU

Taylor Hansen is a higher education and workforce leader with experience in federal policy, innovation networks, digital credentials, and cross-sector partnerships. He leads WGU’s university-wide skills-intelligence strategy, partnerships, and workforce ecosystem development. He also oversees WGU's Achievement Wallet platform, which is WGU’s student-owned record of verified credentials, skills, and experiences. He builds trusted credentials that strengthen connections between education and employment. Before WGU, Hansen led the T3 innovation network at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, served as a senior advisor to the Presidents Forum, and served as a policy advisor for the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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Nikki Hexum

Co-founder and CEO, Human Consent Foundation

Nikki Hexum is the co-founder and CEO of the Human Consent Foundation, where she leads the company’s work to protect human consent and creative rights in the age of AI. Drawing on more than two decades of industry experience across film and music, she has built her career around the people behind creative work, from performers and filmmakers to managers and production teams.

Before founding the Human Consent Foundation, Nikki’s early career included music video production, commercial production and CGI-driven projects during the digital transformation of the entertainment industry, including work on projects for Tom Petty, Faith Hill and LEGO Star Wars. She later spent many years working alongside actor Val Kilmer and legendary producer Robert Evans where she saw directly how creative contributions and personal identity can become separated from the long term value they generate.

Nikki continues to serve as CEO and co-founder of SKP, a company focused on reshaping how value, access and opportunity flow to artists and the teams who support them. That work helped define her broader mission: building structures that give creators more transparency and control into the long-term value of their work.

As part of her work at the Human Consent Foundation, Nikki brings together her experience in production, talent advocacy and entertainment operations to create solutions that are commercially disciplined, creatively aligned and grounded in respect for individual expression. Her leadership reflects a belief that the future of entertainment depends on protecting creators, amplifying distinct voices and ensuring that the people who shape culture have a stronger role in the businesses built around it.

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Caleb Hicks

School AI CEO

Caleb Hicks is a lifelong educator with 20+ years of experience as a classroom teacher, instructional designer, edtech founder, and now CEO of SchoolAI. From creating a teen entrepreneurship program where students started businesses to make $1000, to leading instructional design at Apple, to co-founding Lambda School with innovative income-share agreements, Caleb has focused on creating personalized learning experiences that drive outcomes. Today, nearly 1M teachers worldwide use SchoolAI to share safe, managed AI-powered learning activities with millions of students while gaining real-time insights into how each student is doing, feeling, and why—helping teachers identify exactly who needs personal attention.

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Vic Hockett

Associate Commissioner of Talent Ready Utah

Vic Hockett oversees Talent Ready Utah, a center created by the legislature to represent the voice of industry in workforce development. The center convenes government, industry, and education partners to expand training programs, K-12 pathways, certificates, apprenticeships, and degrees. Vic joined the public sector in 2021 as Director of Talent Ready Utah at the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity.

Before that, Vic spent more than 13 years in advanced manufacturing in engineering, plant management, and executive roles, including as COO of a large manufacturing company and head of process engineering and product development at a Fortune 100 company. Vic has launched and sold two manufacturing companies and has provided executive coaching and business consulting to 100+ companies across the Intermountain West. He also served for five years as Executive Vice President of Dixie Technical College. When he’s not at work, Vic enjoys golf, woodworking, and time at the family cabin with his wife and three kids.

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James Hotaling

Chief Innovation Officer, University of Utah Health System

Dr. Hotaling is the Chief Innovation Officer for University of Utah Health System as well as the
Associate Vice President of Research for Innovation and Translation, a Professor of
Surgery(Urology) and Director of Men’s Health at University of Utah, . Dr. Hotaling has founded
multiple companies related to men’s health, holds multiple patents, has over 300 publications
and has had over $10M in NIH grants related to male infertility, sexual medicine and BPH. He
was the president of the Society for the Study of Male Reproduction (SSMR) in 2022 and has
served in leadership positions in multiple national and international societies. He founded the
male infertility program at The University of Utah in 2013 after completing fellowship at
University of Illinois at Chicago in andrology, residency and a masters in clinical epidemiology
at University of Washington in Urology and Medical School at Duke.

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Tanner Jones

Co-Founder & CEO, Vulcan Technologies

Tanner Jones is co-founder and CEO of Vulcan Technologies, which he founded to prepare government for frontier AI. Held to FedRAMP High controls and integrated with proprietary government data, Vulcan's agent, Justinian, transforms government across legal, auditing, permitting, licensing, claims, and regulatory workflows. Vulcan works with state and federal agencies, with governors and secretaries among its active users. Tanner's focus is shepherding AI into government in ways that strengthen accountable republican institutions and democratic processes.

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Ken Kawamoto

Chief Health AI Transformation Officer, University of Utah Health

Dr. Ken Kawamoto is the Chief Health AI Transformation Officer for University of Utah Health, as well as the Dr. Helmuth F. Orthner Endowed Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical AI and Informatics for the University of Utah Department of Biomedical Informatics. Dr. Kawamoto also serves as the Founding Director of the University of
Utah Health Innovation Lab, the Founding Director of the ReImagine EHR Initiative, and Co-Senior Director of the Digital Health Initiative. Dr. Kawamoto earned his B.A. in biochemical sciences from Harvard University, and he earned his M.D., Ph.D. in biomedical engineering, and M.H.S. in clinical research from Duke University.

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Kat Kennedy

General Partner at Kickstart

Kat Kennedy is passionate about building; products, companies, and the startup ecosystem as a whole. Before joining Kickstart as a General Partner, Kat was President and CXO of Degreed, a company dedicated to changing how people develop skills, build expertise, and grow their careers. She was instrumental in driving Degreed’s growth, shaping its product and culture, and deepening its client relationships. She partnered closely with Degreed’s customers to accelerate innovation and ensure their ability to quickly reallocate talent to the most critical strategic priorities.

Kat’s 15 years of operating experience give her a unique perspective as an investor - one that allows her to not only spot talented entrepreneurs from all backgrounds but also to serve as a mentor, fostering innovation through every stage of the company’s growth.

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John Koelliker

CEO and Co-Founder, Leland

John Koelliker is the CEO and Co-Founder of Leland, a platform that helps people and businesses thrive in an AI world. At Leland, John has trained over 250,000 people in AI, raised $20M from top investors like Forerunner and GSV, and was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2022. Prior to Leland, John worked in product at Uber, LinkedIn, and Curated. He earned his MBA at Stanford GSB and his undergraduate degree at BYU. He currently lives in Lehi, UT with his wife Karli and their four boys.

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Michael Lai

AI for State + Local Government, Anthropic

Michael Lai leads Anthropic's work with state and local governments, partnering with agencies on AI deployments that range from cyber defense to improving how residents get services. Previously, he spent a decade applying innovation to public-sector problems: founding Tinycare, a network of early childhood schools providing teacher housing; on the founding team of Minerva, a nonprofit college with seven global campuses, and in electoral politics in San Francisco and California. He graduated from Harvard College with a degree in government.

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Geoff Landward

Commissioner, Utah System of Higher Education

Geoffrey Landward was appointed Commissioner of Higher Education in March 2024 after having served as Interim Commissioner since September 2023. He previously served as deputy commissioner, general counsel, and secretary to the Utah Board of Higher Education. In addition to more than 15 years of public policy work, he has extensive executive leadership experience and over 20 years of legal expertise in administrative law, education law, and employment law. He is a graduate of the BYU J. Reuben Clark Law School.

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Viet Le

Associate Professor, Clinical Researcher, Intermountain Health

Viet Le, DMSc, PA-C, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, is an Associate Professor, clinical researcher at Intermountain Health, and co-director of the Advanced Lipid and Cardiovascular Prevention (ALCAP) Clinic. An investigator on multiple cardiovascular trials with more than 50 publications, he focuses on preventive cardiology, CKD health, shared decision-making, and artificial intelligence in healthcare. He collaborates with Cambridge Health on clinical and patient decision support, has worked with Bunkerhill Health on AI imaging initiatives, participates in research evaluating Aidoc coronary calcium assessment on non-gated chest CT, and has co-authored several AI-focused publications from the REFINE PET registry. He serves as Editor of ACC CardioSmart.

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Aaron Lemon-Strauss

Chief Digital and AI Officer; Recoding America

Aaron Lemon-Strauss is Chief Digital and AI Officer at Recoding America, where he works to help government adopt modern product development practices and harness AI to deliver better outcomes.

Aaron has spent 20 years building digital products at the intersection of technology, education, and public service. Most recently, he served as Executive Director of the FAFSA Program at the U.S. Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid, where he led the team responsible for rebuilding and modernizing one of the federal government’s largest public-facing digital services. Under his leadership, the FAFSA moved to a modern product operating model, with continuous delivery, ongoing testing with students and families, and real-time financial aid eligibility results.

Earlier, at the College Board, Aaron led the development of Official SAT Practice on Khan Academy, the world’s most widely used SAT practice resource, which just happens to be free. He also helped build BigFuture into a leading destination for students exploring college and career options.

At Recoding America, he is focused on scaling those lessons—helping governments build the product, engineering, and AI capabilities to learn faster and deliver services that work, while growing the capacity of the broader field to make those practices the norm rather than the exception.

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Dan Liljenquist

Chief Strategy Officer, Intermountain Health

Dan Liljenquist is Intermountain Health’s chief strategy officer and helps the company’s Enterprise Leadership Team set and achieve strategic priorities. He leads Intermountain’s Strategy, Corporate Development, Government Relations, Strategic Partnerships, and Digital Technology Services teams.

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Manish Parashar

Director, Scientific Computing & Imaging (SCI) Institute
Chair, Professor of Computational Science and Engineering, U of U

Manish Parashar is Director of the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute, Chair in Computational Science and Engineering, and Presidential Professor, Kalhert School of Computing at the University of Utah. He very recently completed an IPA appointment at the National Science Foundation where he served as Office Director of the NSF Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure, as well as co-chair of the National Science and Technology Council’s Subcommittee on the Future Advanced Computing Ecosystem and the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force (NAIRR). Manish’s research interests are in the broad areas of Parallel and Distributed Computing and Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering and has published extensively in these areas. He has also deployed software systems that are widely used. Manish is the founding chair of the IEEE Technical Consortium on High Performance Computing (TCHPC) and serves on the editorial boards and organizing committees of a number of journals and international conferences and workshops. He has received several awards for his research and leadership, including the 2023 Achievement Award in High Performance Distributed Computing. He is Fellow of AAAS, ACM, and IEEE/IEEE Computer Society. For more information, please visit http://manishparashar.org.

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Warren Pettine

Co-founder and CEO of MTN

Warren Pettine, MD, is the co-founder and CEO of MTN, which is tackling a fundamental barrier to AI: machines cannot use data they do not understand. MTN’s technology maps and maintains meaning across fragmented data systems, creating a foundation for more reliable analytics and AI transformation. The company was forged in healthcare, where data is especially difficult to use, and its approach applies across data-intensive industries. Warren is also a professor at the University of Utah and principal investigator for MTN’s NIH Fast Track Small Business Innovation Research award on time-aware data platforms. His work is grounded in the belief that the meaning embedded in an organization’s data should become durable infrastructure, allowing people and intelligent systems to learn from experience and act with greater foresight.

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Mark Sendak

Co-Founder and CEO of Vega Health

Mark Sendak, MD, MPP, is the Co-Founder and CEO of Vega Health, a health AI platform company that facilitates the safe, effective, and responsible use of AI at scale. He also co-leads the Health AI Partnership, a learning collaborative that develops and disseminates best practices and provides technical assistance to advance the safe and responsible use of AI software within healthcare delivery organizations.

Prior to founding Vega Health, Mark spent over 10 years at the Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI), where he led interdisciplinary teams of data scientists, clinicians, and machine learning experts to build technologies that solve real clinical problems. Together with the DIHI team, he built tools to transform chronic disease management within an Accountable Care Organization and detection and management of inpatient deterioration within hospitals. He has integrated dozens of data-driven technologies into clinical operations and is a co-inventor of software to scale machine learning applications and real-world evidence generation across health systems.

Mark has published over 60 manuscripts in top technical, clinical, and management venues, and while at Duke, secured over $12 million in external grant funding from government, philanthropic, and industry sources.

Mark obtained his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from UCLA, where he was awarded the Charles E. Young Humanitarian Award, the top honor for community service, and his MD and Master of Public Policy from Duke University as a Dean’s Tuition Scholar.

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Rep. David Shallenberger

Utah State Representative, District 58

David Shallenberger is a Utah State Representative, entrepreneur, attorney, and engineer focused on advancing AI innovation, economic opportunity, and responsible technology policy.

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Cydni Tetro

Founder and President, Women Tech Council

Cydni Tetro builds what’s next, turning shifts in technology, consumer behavior, and markets into business growth. A three-time CEO, technology executive, and entrepreneur, she has built companies from zero, scaled businesses through $100M+ in revenue, and led transformation inside multi-billion-dollar enterprises. As CEO, she scaled the consumer commerce company to more than $100 million in revenue and raised $118 million in capital. As CIO at Swire Coca-Cola, she led innovation and digital transformation across a multi-billion-dollar consumer enterprise. As founder and CEO of 3DplusMe, she built a personalized technology platform with Disney, Marvel, the NFL, MLB, Target, and Walmart before the company was acquired. Earlier at Disney Imagineering, she helped commercialize emerging technologies into more than $100 million in new business opportunities.

Recognized on the AI Power List, Cydni brings an operator’s perspective to how AI, emerging technology, and changing consumer expectations are redefining how companies create value, reach customers, and compete. She is the founder and president of Women Tech Council, where she has built one of the country’s most significant technology talent communities, and brings her perspective to corporate and public leadership through board service which includes Intermountain Healthcare and the Utah Board of Higher Education. Across her work as an executive, entrepreneur, board member, and advisor, Cydni focuses on a simple question: What’s changing and what should we build because of it?

Cydni Tetro builds what’s next, turning shifts in technology, consumer behavior, and markets into business growth. A three-time CEO, technology executive, and entrepreneur, she has built companies from zero, scaled businesses through $100M+ in revenue, and led transformation inside multi-billion-dollar enterprises. As CEO, she scaled the consumer commerce company to more than $100 million in revenue and raised $118 million in capital. As CIO at Swire Coca-Cola, she led innovation and digital transformation across a multi-billion-dollar consumer enterprise. As founder and CEO of 3DplusMe, she built a personalized technology platform with Disney, Marvel, the NFL, MLB, Target, and Walmart before the company was acquired. Earlier at Disney Imagineering, she helped commercialize emerging technologies into more than $100 million in new business opportunities.

Recognized on the AI Power List, Cydni brings an operator’s perspective to how AI, emerging technology, and changing consumer expectations are redefining how companies create value, reach customers, and compete. She is the founder and president of Women Tech Council, where she has built one of the country’s most significant technology talent communities, and brings her perspective to corporate and public leadership through board service which includes Intermountain Healthcare and the Utah Board of Higher Education. Across her work as an executive, entrepreneur, board member, and advisor, Cydni focuses on a simple question: What’s changing and what should we build because of it?

Main Stage Speakers

Spencer J. Cox

Dean Ball

Zach Boyd

Margaret Woolley Busse

Casey Cameron

Tino Cuéllar

Senator John Curtis

Danielle Faruq

Janet E. Foutty

Elder Gerrit W. Gong

Tracy Gruber

Royal Hansen

Eric J. Holcomb

Doug Leeds

Jefferson Moss

Lexi Pasi

Scott Pulsipher

Matt Sigelman

Nirav Shah

Wylie van den Akker

David Wingate

Speakers & Panelists

Ryan Anderson

Amy Andre

Jared Bauer

Eric J. Beane

Paul Bingham

Bennett Borden

Heather Brace

Chris Bramwell

Tammy Brandt

Dan Caffee

Andrew Carr

Liz Carver

Ben Crabb

Kirk Cullimore

Rep. Paul Cutler

Kira Dale

Rep. Ariel Defay

Marvin Dodge

Nina de Lacy

Rep. Doug Fiefia

Eric Fish

Alan Fuller

Molly Hart

Taylor Hansen

Nikki Hexum

Caleb Hicks

Vic Hockett

James Hotaling

Tanner Jones

Ken Kawamoto

Kat Kennedy

John Koelliker

Michael Lai

Geoff Landward

Viet Le

Aaron Lemon-Strauss

Dan Liljenquist

Manish Parashar

Warren Pettine

Mark Sendak

Rep. David Shallenberger

Cydni Tetro