On October 30,  Dr. Jeanine Abrams McLean and Kate Gage joined Beth Simone Noveck as part of the Rebooting Democracy in the Age of AI  Lecture Series to discuss how AI is being used to promote fair elections.

Kate Gage is a Co-Founder of Lab 736, an organization that deploys design and tech talent into local progressive political organizations to ensure they are leveraging technology and data adoption to win elections. She spent 8 years in the Obama Administration focusing on innovation and global development at USAID and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In 2018, she was the Chief of Staff for the March for Our Lives,  working with the students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and other organizers in the lead up to the mass mobilization and march on 3/24. Kate started her political career in Iowa in 2007 as a part of the Obama '08 Campaign.

Dr. Jeanine Abrams McLean leads Fair Count, a nonprofit focused on ensuring accurate census counts and building pathways to civic engagement, particularly for marginalized communities. With over two decades of research experience and 25 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. McLean has been instrumental in mapping census undercounts for Black and Latinx communities and advocating for community-driven solutions.

Rebooting Democracy in the Age of AI brings together leading designers, thinkers, and changemakers from around the world to explore how machine learning, natural language processing, and generative AI can be used to create more participatory and inclusive forms of governance. 

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