Meet the BEACON Executive Board
President
Kaley Rittichier
Kaley Rittichier is a PhD Candidate in Philosophy. She holds a Masters in Computer Science from Purdue Indianapolis and has published in NLP and Trustworthy AI.
Vice President
Utku Sonsayar
Utku Sonsayar is a PhD Candidate in Philosophy at the University of Connecticut. His research focuses on epistemology, agency, and consciousness, with particular interests in AI sentience and the epistemic and ethical challenges posed by artificial intelligence.
Treasurer
Pranay Narula
Secretary
Emily Barkoveri
Emily Barkov is an undergraduate English major in her sophmore year at UConn. Having completed BEACON's technical AI safety fellowship, she is now interested in researching AI's impact on education.
Media Coordinator
Madisyn Brooks
Madisyn is a physics PhD student who is interested in implementing AI tools in the classroom and learning more about ML techniques.