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Council Members

The seated Council. The Chairman, the Members and the Fellows of the AI Trust Council, the independent multi-stakeholder body that governs the Trust Identity Protocol. Roster published in TIP Protocol Whitepaper v1.0.

01AI Trust Council

The AI Trust Council.

The independent stewards of the Trust Identity Protocol. They guide the open infrastructure that lets any real person prove they are human and any piece of content declare how it was made, free in every jurisdiction, forever. The Chairman presides over the Council and convenes its public proceedings. The Members are independent, public, and Charter-bound.

Ross Thorpe, Chairman, AI Trust Council
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Ross Thorpe

Chairman
Chief Executive Officer, Rooverse
Kathleen Hom, Member, AI Trust Council
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Kathleen Hom

Member
American Bar Association, Cybersecurity Legal Task Force, AI and Cybersecurity Law
Niamh Lenihan, Member, AI Trust Council
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Niamh Lenihan

Member
Founder, Centre for Digital Ethics
Issa Nesheiwat, Founding Member, AI Trust Council
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Issa Nesheiwat

Founding Member
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Apex Modular Solutions
Vladimer Kobayashi, PhD, Member, AI Trust Council
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Vladimer Kobayashi, PhD

Member
Professor, University of the Philippines Mindanao
Christopher Stott, Founding Member, AI Trust Council
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Christopher Stott

Founding Member
Founder and Executive Chair, Lonestar Data Holdings Inc.
Gareth Evans, Member, AI Trust Council
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Gareth Evans

Member
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Timpi
Tory Cenaj, Founding Member, AI Trust Council
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Tory Cenaj

Founding Member
Founder and Publisher, Partners in Digital Health
Dinesh Mendhe, Founder Seat, AI Trust Council
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Dinesh Mendhe

Founder Seat
Founder and Chairman, The AI Lab Intelligence Unobscured, Inc.
Dr. Sofia Martinez, Ex Officio Observer, AI Trust Council
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Dr. Sofia Martinez

Ex Officio Observer
Chief Executive Officer, The AI Lab Intelligence Unobscured, Inc.
Benjamin Wild, Member, AI Trust Council
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Benjamin Wild

Member
Founder and Chief Doodler, Ben Wild Studios
Ram Waman Ghonmode, Member, AI Trust Council
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Ram Waman Ghonmode

Member
Chief Business Officer, The AI Lab Intelligence Unobscured, Inc.
Tushar Bhendarkar, Member, AI Trust Council
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Tushar Bhendarkar

Member
Chief Technology Officer, The AI Lab Intelligence Unobscured, Inc.
Prof. (Dr.) Ajay Kumar, Member, AI Trust Council
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Prof. (Dr.) Ajay Kumar

Member
Vice President, IETE New Delhi, and Professor and Head of Computer Science and Engineering, RTCIT Ranchi
Mostafa Elkordy, Member, AI Trust Council
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Mostafa Elkordy

Member
Senior Cybersecurity Solutions Officer, UNICC
Niyam Bhushan, Member, AI Trust Council
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Niyam Bhushan

Member
Design Leader, Entrepreneur and TEDx Speaker
Atman Rathod, Member, AI Trust Council
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Atman Rathod

Member
Founder and Director, CMARIX InfoTech
Dipankar Sengupta, Member, AI Trust Council
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Dipankar Sengupta

Member
IT Consultant, Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), Government of India

02Advisory Board

The AI Trust Advisory Board.

Subject-matter experts who advise the Council on specific workstreams: cryptography, journalism, public policy, education, regulation, civil society. Their role is consultative.

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Dale Whittaker

Advisor
Advisor and Principal Officer, US Education R&D, Gates Foundation
Nate Angell, Advisor, AI Trust Council
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Nate Angell

Advisor
Founder, Nudgital
Alan D. Jagolinzer, PhD, Advisor, AI Trust Council
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Alan D. Jagolinzer, PhD

Advisor
Professor of Financial Accounting and Vice Dean for Programmes, University of Cambridge Judge Business School
Hema Dey, Advisor, AI Trust Council
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Hema Dey

Advisor
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Iffel International Inc.
Matt Abrams, Advisor, AI Trust Council
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Matt Abrams

Advisor
Co-Founder, $1 Billion for Trust
Tricia Wang, Advisor, AI Trust Council
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Tricia Wang

Advisor
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Advanced AI Society

03Fellows

The AI Trust Council Fellows.

Senior practitioners who advise the Council on its growth, partnerships and open governance. Fellows hold no seat on the Council and do not direct protocol matters.

Joshua Baron, Senior Fellow, AI Trust Council
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Joshua Baron

Senior Fellow
President and Founder, Baron's EdTech Consulting

04Ambassadors

The AI Trust Council Ambassadors.

Country representatives for the Trust Identity Protocol. Each Ambassador carries the mission into their own country, and represents TIP in conversations with creators, institutions, regulators, and platforms in that market.

Cyrus D. Santiago, AI Trust Council Ambassador, AI Trust Council
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Cyrus D. Santiago

AI Trust Council Ambassador
AI Visibility, AI Implementation and Research Professional
Khushwant Pawar, AI Trust Council Ambassador, AI Trust Council
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Khushwant Pawar

AI Trust Council Ambassador
Academician and Lawyer

05Member Organizations

Member Organizations

Institutions that join the Council as members in their own right, each represented by a named person.

The AI Lab | Global Seal of Trust | Sovereign Seal

Independent governance for the protocol.

The AI Trust Council operates under a public Charter, convenes the Genesis Block Ceremony every June 1, and records every decision immutably on the federated DAG (TIP Network).

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