Dr. Alondra Nelson
Harold F. Linder Professor at IAS | Former Acting Director of the White House OSTP
Dr. Alondra Nelson is the Harold F. Linder Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study and former Acting Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). During her tenure in the Biden-Harris Administration, she led the creation and release of the landmark Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, establishing foundational principles for algorithmic safety, discrimination protection, and data privacy.
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Institute for Advanced Study / ex-White House OSTP: Enterprise AI Risk Management & Governance Framework
A structured governance and compliance methodology authored by Dr. Alondra Nelson at Institute for Advanced Study / ex-White House OSTP, establishing organizational guardrails, vendor evaluation criteria, and model validation standards for enterprise adoption.
Strategic governance advisory framework; regulatory compliance requirements must be validated against regional legal statutes.
Context: Aligned with NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, and enterprise security policies.
View missionBlueprint for an AI Bill of Rights: Making Automated Systems Work for the American People
Foundational national policy framework establishing five core principles for AI governance: Safe and Effective Systems, Algorithmic Discrimination Protections, Data Privacy, Notice and Explanation, and Human Alternatives.
Serves as federal policy and guidance; statutory enforcement requires agency-specific rulemaking or congressional legislation.
Context: Federal technology policy, socio-technical evaluation, and automated decision systems.
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