Strategies for Integrating AI into State and Local Government Decision Making: Rapid Expert Consultation (2025)
Chapter: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank the sponsor of SEAN—the National Science Foundation. Special thanks go to members of the SEAN executive committee, who dedicated time and thought to this project: Maria Carmen Lemos (co-chair), University of Michigan; Michael Hout (co-chair), New York University; Dolores Albarracín, University of Pennsylvania; Sonia Y. Angell, Johns Hopkins University; Dominique Brossard, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Emily K. Brunson, Brigham Young University; Jevay Grooms, Howard University; Linda Langston, Langston Strategies Group; Brooke Liu, University of Maryland; and Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan.
We extend gratitude to the staff of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, in particular Malvern T. Chiweshe, Chelsea Fowler, and Sean O’Connor, who contributed research, editing, and writing assistance. We thank Ron Warnick and Mary Ghitelman, who led the communication and dissemination of the project. Thanks, are also due to Annie DiRenzo, who managed the administrative aspects of the project and assisted with report production. From the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, we thank Kirsten Sampson Snyder, who shepherded the report through the review process. We thank Rona Briere, Allison Boman, and Danielle Nasenbeny as well for their skillful editing.
To supplement their own expertise, the authors received input from several external sources, whose willingness to share their perspectives and expertise was essential to this work. We thank Jeffrey Allan, Nazareth University; David Broniatowski, George Washington University; Tzuhao Chen, Florida International University; Erin Chiou, Arizona State University; J Ramon Gil-Garcia, University at Albany, State University of New York; Teresa Harrison, University of Albany; Karen Mossberger, Arizona State University; Jose Ramirez-Marquez, Stevens Institute of Technology; Pedro Robles, Penn State Lehigh Valley; Daniel Schiff, Purdue University; Mona Sloane, University of Virginia; Sharon Strover, University of Texas at Austin; Joseph Taylor, California State University, Sacramento; and Baobao Zhang, Syracuse University.
We also thank the following individuals for their review of this rapid expert consultation: Santiago Garces, Chief Information Officer, City of Boston; Romila Pradhan, Assistant Professor, Computer and Information Technology, Purdue University; Saiph Savage, Assistant Professor and Director, Civic A.I. Lab, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University; Katie Shilton, Professor, College of Information, University of Maryland; and Heng Xu, Director, Center for AI Ethics, Cyber Governance and Privacy Management, Professor of Management, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida.
Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions of this document, nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this document was overseen by Alicia L. Carriquiry, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, and Robert A. Moffitt, Department of Economics, The Johns Hopkins University. They were responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this rapid expert consultation was carried out in accordance with the standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests with the individual authors. The National Academies administered the review and editorial processes.
