About Us
American Tech Leadership
Pro-Human Tech
American Security Fund is:
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Nonprofit
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Connecting industry, government, and ethics
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Eager to hear from you
Meet Our Team
President
Tyler Deaton
Tyler Deaton is a bipartisan issue campaigner, legislative strategist, and fundraiser. As president of Allegiance Strategies, Tyler advises donors and manages projects on a range of issues, including LGBTQ rights, healthcare, education, immigration, and combating extremism.
Executive Director
Meredith Potter
Meredith Potter leads the American Security Fund and the American Security Foundation - together, "ASF" - by connecting industry, government, and ethics, encouraging them to collaborate to invest in AI security, safety, and alignment. She came to ASF from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), where she sought to accelerate U.S. investment in digital infrastructure, including by negotiating and operationalizing strategic partnerships with Australia, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Her focuses – emerging technologies, particularly AI; U.S. competitiveness; Indo-Pacific security; global stability; and China’s impacts on all four – are the results of her relationship with Henry Kissinger, whose research, writing, and continued involvement in foreign policymaking she facilitated for more than six years. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she helped Dr. Kissinger, Dr. Eric Schmidt of Google, and Dr. Dan Huttenlocher of MIT co-write their book, The Age of AI. In addition to DFC and Dr. Kissinger, she worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); the State Department; and the Atlantic Council, where she helped establish their GeoTech Center. She is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a double graduate of Yale University (BA, MA), where she completed the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy and wrote her thesis under the advisement of General Stanley McChrystal.
Policy, Communications, & Strategic Engagements Lead
Natalie Bosse
Natalie Bosse leads ASF's advocacy, communications, media, and strategic engagements, including with the Executive and Legislative branches of the federal government. Prior to ASF, she led the public affairs and communication team for the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) for the Department of Defense (DoD). Previously, she served as a program management specialist for the Defense Digital Service (DDS), where she supported communications and recruitment. Prior to DDS, she served as Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of the Army, where she supported various complex policy goals set by the Secretary of the Army, including Army modernization, HQDA reorganization, and the Army Cloud Plan. She was awarded the Distinguished Public Service Medal by the Secretary of the Army. She earned her BA in Political Science from the University of Georgia.
Research Associate + JOSHUA Program Manager
Julia Senkfor
Julia Senkfor leads ASF's research and ASF's flagship Jewish Online Safety, Health, and Unity Alliance (JOSHUA), the umbrella under which it organizes its work on AI-enabled antisemitism, AI-enabled disinformation, and other forms of AI misalignment and manipulation. She recently published a report examining antisemitism in large language models (LLMs), exposing that foreign entities are employing novel tactics to manipulate narratives and influence opinions through AI systems. Prior to ASF, she worked as the lead researcher and subject matter expert on Iran (including Iran’s nuclear program), Lebanon, Hezbollah, Yemen, and the Houthis at the American Israel Political Action Committee (AIPAC). She earned her BA in International Affairs and minors in Middle Eastern Studies and Legal Studies from Washington University in St. Louis.
Research Intern
Joanne Zhao
Joanne Zhao contributes to ASF's operations and faith and ethics ("Moral Compass") initiatives. She is pursuing her BS in Computer Science and her BA in Ethics, Politics, and Economics at Yale University, where she is conducting antitrust research with the Yale School of Management’s Thurman Arnold Project. Previously, she developed AI adoption recommendations for a healthcare investment firm and conducted research on human decision-making at UC Santa Barbara and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz.
Senior Advisor on Defense Policy
Lieutenant General (Retired) Michael Groen
Lieutenant General (Retired) Michael Groen advises ASF on defense and other geopolitical issues. He served more than 36 years in the U.S. Marines, culminating his career as the Director of the Joint AI Center (JAIC) at the Department of Defense (DoD). Prior, he served at the National Security Agency (NSA), where he oversaw Computer Network Operations; served as the Director of Joint Staff Intelligence (JSJ2); and worked closely with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Secretary of Defense, and other senior leaders across the Department. He is an experienced commander and multi-tour combat veteran. He is the author of With the First Marine Division in Iraq, 2003: No Greater Friend, No Worse Enemy. He has MS degrees in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics. Today, he works with a range of technology companies (AI, data, cybersecurity), helping them inform transformational changes in military capabilities in the digital age.
Senior Advisor on Moral Compass
Rev. Dr. Marian Edmonds-Allen
Rev. Dr. Marian Edmonds-Allen is a techno-theologian whose work focuses on ethics, moral reasoning, human dignity, and human flourishing at the intersection of technology, faith, and public life. As Senior Advisor on ASF's flagship Moral Compass initiative, she offers guidance on the human implications of AI. Beyond ASF, she serves as Co-Director of the AI Initiative at the Neurospirituality Lab at Harvard Medical School, in which capacity she focuses on human–AI interaction and moral cognition. She cofounded SoulSignal, an AI-and-biometrics initiative to advance human-centered spiritual technology, and founded FaithWise.AI, a platform to equip faith communities to navigate AI with clarity, ethical grounding, and wisdom. She serves as a Steering Committee Member for the Faith Family Technology Network and a Fellow with the Faith and Media Initiative. She is the author of Covenantal Pluralism, Religious Freedom, and Mission, as well as a frequent speaker and contributor on ethics, religious freedom, pluralism, and technology’s impacts on society. Her writing and teaching emphasize moral clarity, covenantal responsibility, and the cultivation of wisdom in complex environments. She has more than two decades of experience in ministry, chaplaincy, and leadership of national and international organizations. She received her theological training at Western Theological Seminary and Eden Theological Seminary.
Senior Advisor on Moral Compass
Fr. John Paul Kimes
Fr. John Paul Kimes is an Associate Professor of the Practice at Notre Dame Law School and the Raymond of Peñafort Fellow in Canon Law at the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. As Senior Advisor on ASF's flagship Moral Compass initiative, he offers guidance on Vatican and multifaith engagement on the human implications of AI. Prior to joining Notre Dame Law School's faculty, he served for 11 years as a canon lawyer at the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. In 2000, he was ordained as a priest of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles after having completed his first course of studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
Board Director
Ed Lopez-Reyes
Board Treasurer
Nathan Parsons-Schwarz
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