As a first step in our expansion efforts, we are pleased to announce the addition of three new members to our Board of Directors. Dr. sue desmond hellman, Former CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, nicole seligman, Former Sony Corporation Vice President and Legal Advisor and Fiji Simo, CEO and Chairman of Instacart. moreover, Sam AltmanCEO will rejoin the OpenAI Board of Directors.
Sue, Nicole, and Fiji have experience leading global organizations and navigating complex regulatory environments, including backgrounds in technology, nonprofits, and board governance. They will work closely with current board members Adam DiAngelo, Larry Summers, and Brett Taylor, as well as Sam and OpenAI’s senior management team.
Brett Taylor, Chairman of the OpenAI Board of Directors, said: “I’m excited to welcome Sue, Nicole, and Fiji to his OpenAI Board of Directors. Their experience and leadership will enable the Board to oversee the growth of his OpenAI and ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all humanity. This will ensure he can pursue his OpenAI mission of delivering
Dr. Sue Desmond Hellman He is a nonprofit leader and a physician. Dr. Desmond Hellman currently serves on Pfizer’s Board of Directors and the President’s Science and Technology Advisory Council. She previously served as a director at Procter & Gamble, Meta (Facebook), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Institute. She served as the CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation from 2014 until 2020. She served as professor and dean of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) from 2009 until 2014, when she became the first woman to do so. She also previously served as President of Product Development at Genentech, where she played a leadership role in developing the first gene-targeted cancer drugs.
nicole seligman is a globally recognized corporate and civic leader and attorney. She currently serves on the boards of three of her publicly traded companies: Paramount Global, MeiraGTx Holdings PLC, and Intuitive Machines, Inc. Mr. Seligman has held several senior leadership positions at Sony Corporation, including Vice President and General Counsel of Sony Corporation, where he oversaw functions including global legal and legal affairs. Compliance issues. She also served as president of her Sony Entertainment, Inc., and at the same time she also served as president of Sony Corporation of America. Seligman also currently holds nonprofit leadership roles at the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center and the Doe Foundation in New York City. Previously, Mr. Seligman was a partner in the litigation practice of Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, D.C., where he worked on complex civil and criminal matters and counseled a wide range of clients, including President William Jefferson Clinton and Hillary Clinton. She served as a law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Fiji Simo is a consumer technology industry veteran with more than 15 years of experience leading operations, strategy, and product development for some of the world’s largest companies. She is the CEO and Chairman of her Instacart. She also serves on Shopify’s board of directors. Prior to joining Instacart, Simo served as Vice President and Head of Facebook Apps. For the past 10 years, she has overseen her Facebook app, which includes News Her Feed, Stories, Groups, Videos, Marketplace, Games, News, Dating, Ads, and more. Simo founded the Metrodora Instituteis the Chair of the Metrodora Foundation, a multidisciplinary clinic and research foundation dedicated to the care and treatment of neuroimmune axis disorders.