GCRI Welcomes Project Manager and Research Assistant McKenna Fitzgerald

7 May 2020

Until recently, Ms. Fitzgerald worked as Director of Academic Affairs at the Consulate General of Israel in San Francisco. Her work there focused on facilitating partnerships between government, academia, and industry on AI and related computer technologies. This background positions her to advance GCRI’s efforts to develop practical solutions to AI and other global catastrophic risks.

Here is Ms. Fitzgerald’s bio from our People page:

McKenna Fitzgerald leads the management of GCRI’s projects and contributes to GCRI’s research. She has a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley. Before joining GCRI, she was Director of Academic Affairs at the Consulate General of Israel in San Francisco.

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