Vilas Dhar is President and Trustee of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, a 21st-century philanthropy advancing artificial intelligence and data solutions to create a thriving, equitable, and sustainable future for all. Vilas is a leading voice on human equity in an AI-enabled world. Appointed by Secretary-General António Guterres to the UN High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, Vilas also serves as the U.S. Government Nominated Expert to the Global Partnership on AI, as a member of the OECD Expert Working Group on AI Futures, on the Global Future Council on AI at the World Economic Forum, on the Advisory Council at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), and as Chair of the Center for Trustworthy Technology. His LinkedIn Learning course, Ethics in the Age of Generative AI, has been translated into six languages and reached over 300,000 learners worldwide. He holds a J.D. from NYU School of Law, an M.P.A. from the Harvard Kennedy School, and dual Bachelor’s degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Illinois, where he was named University Chancellor’s Scholar.