Organizational Support

Building Futures, Bridging Gaps.

Which organizations may be interested in being involved?   We are just getting organized. Below is a very early draft of the target organizations.   Contributions valued.


  • Universities
    • Boston College
    • Boston University
    • Harvard
      • HBS: Karim Lakhani
      • iLab: Becca
    • Hult
    • MIT
      • CSAIL: Daniela Rus
      • Trust Center:  Doug Williams
      • President: Sally Kornbluth
    • Northeastern
    • Olin College
      • President Marty Meehan
      • President Robert A. Brown
    • UMass Boston
      • Paul English AI Center
  • Large non-tech, non-healthcare Boston Employers that need AI talent
    • Bain
    • Bose
    • Fidelity
    • Liberty Mutual
    • Mass General
    • Pwc
    • State Street
    • Thermo Fischer
  • Large Pharma/bio/hospital Boston employers
    • Mass General
    • Takeda
    • BioGen
    • Medtronic
    • Roche
  • Large tech employers with HQ or large AI offices in Boston
    • Akamai
    • Amazon
    • Aspen Technology
    • Data Robot
    • Google (large Cambridge office)
    • IBM (IBM consulting HQ in Boston?)
    • iRobot
    • Kronos
    • Mathworks
    • Meditech
    • Microsoft (NERD, Burlington Tech Center)
    • Nuance (Microsoft)
    • Pegasystems
    • PTC
    • Rapid7
    • Toyota Research Institute
    • Wayfare
  • Tech entrepreneurs
    • Paul English
    • Desh
  • NGO
  • Government
    • State
      • Governor Maura Healey
      • Sec of Econ development - Yvonne Hao
    • City
      • Boston
      • Cambridge
      • Worcester
    • Federal
  • Boston-centric VC or incubators
    • .406 Ventures
    • Basis Tech
    • Flybridge
    • Founder Collective
    • Glasswing Ventures
    • i-Lab at Harvard University
    • Link
    • Pillar VC
    • The Engine Accelerator (tough tech)
    • Underscore

 

  • Members of AI Strategic Task Force  (listed on State of MA press release)

    • Secretary Yvonne Hao, EOED (Co-Chair) 

    • Secretary Jason Snyder, EOTSS (Co-Chair) 

    • Mike Milligan, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, University of Massachusetts (Co-Chair) 

    • Santiago Garces, Chief Information Officer, City of Boston (Co-Chair) 

    • Erica Bradshaw, Chief Technology Officer, Harvard 

    • Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier, Massachusetts House of Representatives 

    • Usama Fayyad, Professor and Executive Director, Institute for Experiential AI, Northeastern 

    • Patricia Geli, Co-founder, C10 Labs/MIT 

    • Segun Idowu, Chief of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion, City of Boston 

    • Dr. Robert Johnson, President, Western New England University 

    • Meghan Joyce, CEO and Founder, Duckbill 

    • Chrissy Lynch, President, AFL-CIO

    • Patrick Larkin, Deputy Director, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative 

    • Jeffrey Leiden, Executive Chairman, Vertex Pharmaceuticals 

    • Spyros Matsoukas, Vice President and Distinguished Scientist of AI, Amazon 

    • Vipin Mayar, Executive Vice President, Head of AI Innovation, Fidelity 

    • Sears Merritt, Head of Enterprise Technology and Experience, MassMutual 

    • Armen Mkrtchyan, Origination Partner, Flagship Pioneering 

    • Senator Michael Moore, Massachusetts Senate 

    • Jane Moran, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Mass General Brigham 

    • Ed Park, Co-Founder and CEO, Devoted Health 

    • Rudina Seseri, Founder and Managing Partner, Glasswing 

    • Soundar Srinivasan, Director, AI Program, Microsoft New England 

    • Fernanda Viegas, Principal Scientist and Co-Lead of People + AI Research (PAIR), Google 

    • Grace Wang, President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute  

    • Jeremy Wertheimer, Visiting Scientist, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard