
About the LaCross AI Institute
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The LaCross Institute supports scholars, students and leaders who are pushing the boundaries of ethical AI for the greater good.
The LaCross Institute is led by Directors who are responsible for academic and administrative activities in support of the Institute Mission. They are supported by staff from across Darden who contribute their expertise in critical ways. Faculty affiliated with the Institute represent some of the leading scholars, researchers, and teachers from across the UVA community and beyond. LaCross Institute Fellows have varying backgrounds, including in academia, business, policy, and government, and are all pushing the boundaries of ethical AI for the greater good. If you are interested in discussing opportunities to join the LaCross Institute team, please contact Marc Ruggiano.
UVA Advisory Board

Melody Barnes
Executive Director, Karsh Institute for Democracy

Ian Baucom
EVP and Provost, University of Virginia

Scott Beardsley
Dean, Darden School of Business

Phil Bourne
Dean, School of Data Science

Nicole Jenkins
Dean, McIntire School of Commerce

Jennifer West
Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Leadership

Yael Grushka-Cockayne
Academic Director

Marc Ruggiano
Director

Rajkumar Venkatesan
Academic Director
Research Fellows

Chirag Agarwal
School of Data Science

Max Biggs
Darden School of Business

Ferdinando Fioretto
UVA Computer Science

Tom Hartvigsen
School of Data Science

Samuel Levy
Darden School of Business

Mona Sloane
School of Data Science
Affiliated Faculty

Saed Alizamir
Associate Professor of Business Administration

Gabrielle (Gabe) Adams
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Business Administration and, by Courtesy, Psychology (Social)

Michael Albert
Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Rahul Bhandari
Lecturer and Dean's Fellow

Luca Cian
Killgallon Ohio Art Professor of Business Administration

Lillien Ellis
Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Farhana Faruqe
Assistant Professor of Data Science

Rupert Freeman
Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Alex Gates
Assistant Professor of Data Science, UVA School of Data Science

Terence Johnson
Assistant Professor of Data Science, UVA School of Data Science

Dennie Kim
Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Anton Korinek
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Professor, Darden School of Business

Timothy M. Laseter
Professor of Practice

Ben Leiner
Adjunct Lecturer

Michael Lenox
University Professor, Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business Administration

Anthony Palomba
Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Bidhan L. Parmar
Associate Dean for Faculty Development , Shannon G. Smith Bicentennial Professor of Business Administration

Michael D. Porter
Associate Professor of Data Science, UVA School of Data Science

Roshni Raveendhran
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Staff

Gosia Glinska
Associate Director of Thought Leadership, Batten Institute

Megan Juelfs
Senior Associate Director of Research, Office of Research Support

Asif Mehedi
Associate Director for Research and Faculty Support, Office of Research Support

Maryelizabeth Point
Research Assistant

Derry Wade
Director of Communications and Shared Services, Centers of Excellence
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