Our New Members of the Humane Intelligence Board of Directors and Advisory Group

At Humane Intelligence, our mission is to break down barriers to AI deployment for social good. As we continue to grow, we are thrilled to welcome new board members and advisors whose expertise strengthens our ability to expand participatory AI evaluation, open source tooling, and global community building efforts.

We are proud to announce two new members of the Board of Directors — Admas Kanyagia and Ben Kinsella. Kaitlin Thaney and Dr. Michael Zargham recently joined as advisory group members. These leaders bring deep experience across nonprofit governance, the social sector, responsible AI, digital safeguarding, and AI / ML research. Their biographies are available on our advisory and board page.

In Their Words

Admas Kanyagia, Humane Intelligence Board Member and Head of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, GitHub:

“I’m excited to join the Board of Humane Intelligence because its mission lives at the intersection of inclusion, social impact, and technology—where I’ve spent my career. As AI increasingly shapes access, opportunity, and decision‑making, we have a responsibility to ensure these systems are built with equity, accountability, and human dignity at the center. Humane Intelligence is doing the critical work of bringing communities, researchers, and practitioners together to reduce AI harm and create technology that genuinely serves everyone, and I’m honored to contribute to that work.”

Ben Kinsella, Humane Intelligence Board Member and Adjunct Lecturer, Columbia University:

“As AI systems move rapidly from experimentation into everyday social and civic settings, we can’t afford to deploy them without deeply understanding their real-world impacts. I’m so excited to support HumaneIntelligence’s mission at such a pivotal moment, as the need for accountability, rigor, and human-centered evaluation at scale has never been greater.”

Dr. Michael Zargham, Humane Intelligence Advisor and Founder and Chief Engineer, BlockScience:

“I am excited to be joining the Humane Intelligence Advisory Board because they understand that making AI more accountable, responsible, and fair isn’t just a technical problem—it’s an institutional one. My career has been dedicated to making complex automated systems simultaneously effective and accountable to the people they serve. I am thrilled to support the team in building the evaluation infrastructure required to make AI both reliable and just.”

Kaitlin Thaney, Humane Intelligence Advisor and Executive Director, Invest in Open Infrastructure:

“We need more experimentation and funding for innovation in AI in public health for social good— especially for early-stage ideas that might not fit traditional funding models. What’s exciting about this initiative is that Mala and the team are building something that does double duty:  creating space for data scientists, public health practitioners, and technologists to actually collaborate and learn from each other, while also mobilizing resources to help promising ideas address critical needs. That combination of community and catalytic funding is exactly what can move a field forward.”