Michael Madison, Board Chair
Professor Michael Madison is Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He is a Senior Scholar with the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security (Pitt Cyber). At Pitt Law, he is Faculty Director of the Innovation Practice Institute (IPI) and a John E. Murray Faculty Scholar. As a researcher and teacher, Professor Madison focuses on institutions for producing and distributing knowledge, information, creativity, innovation, art, and data. The scope of his writing ranges from the development of research universities to patent history, from the law of fair use and production of conceptual art to legal rules governing data, network security, and the commercial law of computer software. He is the author of more than 50 journal articles and book chapters, the co-author of The Law of Intellectual Property (Wolters Kluwer, 5th edition 2017), and the co-editor of Governing Knowledge Commons (Oxford University Press, 2014) and Governing Medical Knowledge Commons (Cambridge University Press, 2017). Professor Madison is the co-founder of the global research network titled the Workshop on Governing Knowledge Commons and the global law reform platform titled Future Law Works.
Dan Law, Treasurer
Dan Law is the Director of Advancement at the Andy Warhol Museum, where he leads fundraising, business development, and partnerships for the museum. Dan was previously the Business Director at Ascender and the Executive Producer and Director of Thrival, where he focused on driving multi-million dollar funding and sponsor campaigns, creating partnerships with multi-billion dollar companies, and aligning multi-stakeholder and cross-sector strategic priorities to advance Pittsburgh’s innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem. Dan has a B.A. in English and History from Washington & Jefferson College as well as an MPIA from the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.
David Danks, Secretary
David Danks is the L.L. Thurstone Professor of Philosophy & Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. He has published over 75 articles & book chapters, many in the area of AI & machine learning and their social and psychological impacts. He has a Ph.D. in Philosophy from University of California, San Diego (2001), and an A.B. in Philosophy from Princeton University (1996).
Karen Trader
Karen Trader is the Director of US Services for SimWell, LLC, driving simulation and AI solutions for esteemed clients including Starbucks, Anheuser-Busch, and Google. Throughout her career, with a keen focus on innovation and customer-centricity, Karen has been at the forefront of launching impactful products for Fortune 500 companies, such as redesigned data infrastructures and architectures. Her expertise lies in bridging the gap between IT and business through creative and cutting-edge analytical methodologies. Karen is also an Adjunct Professor at Grand Canyon University, teaching the next generation of data analytics professionals.
When she's not deeply involved in her professional, humanitarian, and academic endeavors, Karen finds her greatest joy in treasuring precious moments with her children, Daniel and Grace. As a dedicated mother, her focus is to instill in her kids the importance of family and education, while striving to set a positive example as a minority woman in the tech industry.
Karen holds a master's in Business Analytics from Grand Canyon University and aspires to pursue a PhD in the near future.
Dave Coogan
Dave Coogan is a privacy and cybersecurity attorney at Paul Hastings where he advises public and private clients in cybersecurity and data privacy matters. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. He has counseled clients on privacy and data protection regulatory compliance, including compliance with state, federal, and international data privacy laws. He has assisted client in a variety of different industries with security and data privacy, including healthcare, technology, and education companies and financial institutions. Additionally, he helps clients design and implement privacy and information security programs. Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Dave served as a prosecutor and intelligence officer in the United States Marine Corps. As a prosecutor, he was assigned to the Marine Corps complex trial team and prosecuted high profile and special victims cases.
Dr. Joanne Peca
Dr. Joanne C. Peca has worked in the field of information technology, security, and privacy for nearly 30 years, in both hands-on and leadership roles. She holds faculty appointments at Carnegie Mellon University in the Center for Leadership Studies, CyLab Security and Privacy Institute, and Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy.
Before joining Carnegie Mellon, she was a faculty member at Penn State University in the College of Information Sciences and Technology. Joanne also served as the Chief Information Officer for Penn State Altoona for a decade, capping her tenure at the college with recognition as the Pittsburgh Technology Council’s CIO of the Year.
Joanne is the founder and principal of High Point Drive LLC, a consulting and coaching firm which allows her to share her leadership expertise in information technology, security, and privacy. Prior to that, she co-founded Media Vortex, Inc. and was an early-stage team member at InfoRocket, Inc. (which was later acquired by AT&T).
Throughout her career, Joanne has focused on understanding the role of organizational dynamics and interpersonal relationships and their impact on the development and deployment of innovative technology solutions and services. This industry experience aligns with her research, which focuses on the intersection of organizational leadership and technology, security, and privacy. Her research has been published by IEEE and ACM, among others, and she regularly serves as an invited speaker at both academic and industry events.
Joanne is a graduate of the Yale School of Management’s Global Executive Leadership Program. Additionally, she holds a doctorate in Organizational Leadership from Northeastern University, a Master of Science in Information Systems from Drexel University, a Master of Business Administration from Rider University, a Graduate Certificate in Project Management from Penn State University, and a Professional Certificate in Strategic Decision and Risk Management from Stanford University.
She is currently completing (just one course to go!) her graduate program in Privacy Engineering from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon and is pursuing her Juris Doctor degree at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Joanne holds certifications in information security (CISSP, C|CISO, and C|EH), information privacy (CIPP/US), IT service management (ITIL 4 / ITIL v3 Expert), and project management (PMP and Registered Scrum Master). She completed her Lean Six Sigma Belt certification at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth.
Christian Lockerman
Christian Lockerman is a producer and director with more than two decades of experience as a visual storyteller. He is Partner, Head of Production and co-founder of Paragraph Pictures and co-founder and Board Chair of the non-profit production development studio, Indent. He produces original and branded productions, commercials, and documentaries. He also builds systems that allow new artists to work with dignity, discipline, and long-term support, ensuring that the next generation of filmmakers can enter the industry prepared, empowered, and credited. Before co-founding both Paragraph and Indent, he developed and led the documentary fellowship at The Andy Warhol Museum, helping grow it into a program serving more than fifty young filmmakers annually. Simultaneously, he co-developed, launched and served as Executive Producer of The Warhol Creative, a professional studio housed within the museum, designed to pair commercial production success with the institution’s rigorous cultural mission. Chris has also spent years behind the camera as a director of photography, producer, and director, bringing an experienced and stylish approach to visual storytelling. His creativity, skill and intrepid decision-making inform not only how projects are conceived and executed but also how they are brought to the screen. His ambition and work are grounded by his technical fluency and represented by access and process. He is particularly interested in how new and emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, will infiltrate, influence and inform our cultures, our arts, and our artists, and how our society will receive, react, and respond.