Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann is a non-profit leader and physician with experience in board governance at Pfizer, Meta (Facebook), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute. Nicole Seligman is a globally recognized corporate and civic leader and lawyer, currently serving on three public company corporate boards. Fidji Simo is a consumer technology industry veteran, currently serving as the CEO and Chair of Instacart and a member of the Board of Directors at Shopify.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI has announced the addition of three new members to its Board of Directors: Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann, former CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Nicole Seligman, former EVP and General Counsel at Sony Corporation, and Fidji Simo, CEO and Chair of Instacart.
- Sam Altman, CEO, will rejoin the OpenAI Board of Directors. The new members have experience in leading global organizations and navigating complex regulatory environments.
- Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann has a background in non-profit leadership and medicine, and has served on the Boards of Pfizer and the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. She was also the first woman to hold the position of Professor and Chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
- Nicole Seligman is a globally recognized corporate and civic leader and lawyer, currently serving on three public company corporate boards, and Fidji Simo is a consumer technology industry veteran, currently serving as the CEO and Chair of Instacart and a member of the Board of Directors at Shopify.