Kathy Pham

Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, HKS

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Kathy Pham is a product leader, computer scientist, and founder who has held roles in product management, software engineering, data science, consulting, and leadership in the private, non-profit, and public sectors. She was named the 2024 ABIE Technical Leadership Award Recipient, following recent past recipient Drs. Feifei Li (Stanford), Daphne Koller (Coursera), Lisa Su (AMD), Margaret Burnett (ACM and OSU), and Nuria Oliver (ELLIS Alicante Foundation). Kathy was a founding product and engineering member of the United States Digital Service, where she served across three presidential administrations. Kathy currently serves as the Workday Vice President of Artificial Intelligence. Most recently, she was appointed the inaugural Executive Director of the United States National AI Advisory Committee, tasked with advising the United States President and the National AI Initiative Office. Previously, she served as the Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the Federal Trade Commission. Kathy also serves as a Senior Advisor at Mozilla, and has been affiliated with the Shorenstein Center in various capacities as a fellow, researcher, and affiliate, since 2017.

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