The Intersection of Technology with Individuals and Societies: A Special AI Event with Dr. Hany Farid

Dr. Hany Farid is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley with a joint appointment in electrical engineering & computer sciences and the School of Information. He is also a member of the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Lab, Berkeley Institute for Data Science, Center for Innovation in Vision and Optics, Development Engineering, Vision Science Program, and is a senior faculty advisor for the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity. His research focuses on digital forensics, forensic science, misinformation, image analysis, and human perception.

He received his undergraduate degree in computer science and applied mathematics from the University of Rochester in 1989, his M.S. in computer science from SUNY Albany, and his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1997. Following a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in brain and cognitive sciences at MIT, he joined the faculty at Dartmouth College in 1999 where he remained until 2019.

He is the recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship and is a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

Lacey is director of investments on the investment team at Grinnell College, a nationally top-ranked liberal arts college. She was previously a Managing Partner at Green D, where she was responsible for investment due diligence and sourcing, with a focus on digital health, enterprise software, and impact investing. Prior to that, Lacey was an investment associate at CareGroup Investment Office, an associate at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, and an analyst in the Securities Division of Goldman Sachs. She earned a bachelor’s in history from Middlebury College and an MBA from Tuck. Lacey was cited by Chief Investment Officer Magazine for its “40 under 40” recognition.

Charles is an experienced financial services leader with deep expertise in equity markets and wealth management. Prior to joining Alumni Ventures, he was Head of Equity Capital Markets within the Merrill Lynch Investor Solutions Group at Bank of America. In this role he oversaw marketing, distribution, and allocation of IPOs and capital markets solutions and was a trusted partner to some of the firm’s biggest financial advisors. Prior to Merrill, Charles held various sales and management roles at Mosher Financial, where he focused on employee benefits in the education and non-profit markets and led a strategic initiative to provide retirement benefits to San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose Charter Schools. Charles received a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and attained an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship at NYU Stern School of Business. A native of Southern California, Charles serves on the small business board of Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone (UMEZ), aimed at startup/growth business formation and job creation. He is former co-chair of the emerging leaders board of Enterprise New York, a leader in providing innovative affordable housing solutions to local communities. Charles is an alumni of Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) and Executive Leadership Council (ELC) fellow.