- Role
- Chief Global Affairs Officer
- Joined Anthropic
- 2026
- Before Anthropic
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Career
- Anthropic
- Chief Global Affairs OfficerAug 2026 – present
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- PresidentOct 2021 – Jul 2026
- Stanford Law School
- Herman Phleger Visiting ProfessorJan 2015 – Nov 2021
- Supreme Court of California
- JusticeJan 2015 – Oct 2021
- Stanford Law School
- Stanley Morrison Professor of LawAug 2012 – Jan 2015
- The White House
- Special Assistant to the President for Justice and Regulatory PolicyFeb 2009 – Jul 2010
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- Stanford Law School
- Professor and Deane Johnson Faculty ScholarAug 2007 – Aug 2012
- Stanford University
- Director (and other positions), Freeman Spogli Institute for International StudiesJul 2004 – Jan 2015
- Stanford Law School
- Associate ProfessorAug 2003 – Aug 2007
- Assistant ProfessorAug 2001 – Aug 2003
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Law Clerk to Chief Judge Mary M. SchroederJul 2000 – Aug 2001
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Education
- A.B., Government and Political Psychology, Harvard University, 1993
- J.D., Law, Yale Law School, 1997
- Ph.D., Political Science, Stanford University, 2000
- M.A., Political Science, Stanford University, 1996
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Lesser-known facts
- Holds a Harvard AB, a Yale law degree and a Stanford PhD in political science.
- Co-led California's working group on frontier AI models with Fei-Fei Li.
- Served as Special Assistant to President Obama for Justice and Regulatory Policy in 2009 and 2010.
- Joined the California Supreme Court without ever having served as a judge, and earned a reputation there as a pragmatist.
- Began organizing classes on artificial intelligence at Stanford Law School nearly a decade before joining Anthropic.
- Was a trustee of Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust from January 2026, stepping down to join the company.
- That working group's 2025 report helped inform California's SB 53, the first US law focused specifically on AI safety.
- Co-founded a nonprofit in law school that placed students as English teachers in underserved communities.
Known for
- Government by Algorithm (ACUS, 2020; co-authored)
- Administrative Law: The American Public Law System (West, 2020, 2014; co-authored)
- Governing Security (Stanford University Press, 2013)
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Honors
2019 Yale University: Castle Lecturer on Ethics, Politics, and Economics · 2017 Stanford University: Commencement Speaker (126th Commencement) · 2017 American Academy in Berlin: Lloyd Cutler Distinguished Visitor · 2016 Santa Clara University: Doctor of Laws (Honorary) · 2012 Oxford University: Barbara Herrell Bond Distinguished Lecturer
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