Lama Ahmad

Lama Ahmad is technical program manager for Trustworthy AI at OpenAI, where she works in the areas of technology research, product, and policy and on the safe development and deployment of AI models. She also leads the Researcher Access Program to enable the study of key areas related to the responsible deployment of AI. 

Ahmad previously worked on Facebook’s Open Research & Transparency team, where she focused on the societal impact of Facebook and Instagram, especially related to elections and democracy. During her year as a Luce Scholar, she served in the UN Pulse Lab in Jakarta, where she studied the ethics of data-driven technologies in Indonesia and Southeast Asia with a human-centered design approach. She is a proud Lebanese Muslim American from Dearborn, MI, and a passionate advocate for equitable opportunities for women and underrepresented people in STEM and an interdisciplinary and inclusive approach to technology development. 

Ahmad holds a bachelor’s degree in social research and public policy from New York University Abu Dhabi, with a minor in interactive media and technology.