| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Website | http://existence.org/ |
| Launch date | 2017-01-01 |
| Last recorded date when we made major data updates for this org | 2025-10-29 |
| Donations List Website (data still preliminary) |
Hover over a name to see the position and date range. This table only includes positions where at least the start date is known. The positions count can count the same person multiple times if they held different positions; similarly, the list of staff may include the same person multiple times if they held more than one position during a single year. For each year, a person is included if they were at the organization for any part of the year; this means the actual staff count at any point during the year can be lower (or higher, if some staff held multiple positions in a single year).
The following table lists some dates and people who were at the organization on the given date (namely, the start of the year). The table may not list every person who worked for the organization (e.g. they could have joined and left in the middle of a single year). This table excludes associates, interns, advisors, and board members.
| Date | Staff count | Staff |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-01 | 8 | Andrew Critch, Gina Stuessy, Jeremy Schlatter, Kenzi Amodei, Kenzi Amodei, Kyle Scott, Michael Keenan, Rebecca Raible |
| 2019-01-01 | 7 | Andrew Critch, Colleen Gleason, Jeremy Schlatter, Josh Jacobson, Kenzi Amodei, Kyle Scott, Rebecca Raible |
| 2020-01-01 | 6 | Andrew Critch, Josh Jacobson, Kenzi Amodei, Kyle Scott, Sawyer Bernath, Sofia Davis-Fogel |
| 2021-01-01 | 2 | Kenzi Amodei, Sawyer Bernath |
| 2022-01-01 | 4 | James Paul Gonzales, Jess Riedel, Kenzi Amodei, Sawyer Bernath |
| 2023-01-01 | 5 | Ian Baker, James Paul Gonzales, Jess Riedel, Kenzi Amodei, Sawyer Bernath |
| 2024-01-01 | 6 | Elizabeth Cooper, Ian Baker, James Paul Gonzales, Jess Riedel, Kenzi Amodei, Sawyer Bernath |
| 2025-01-01 | 10 | Elizabeth Cooper, Gary Menezes, Ian Baker, James Paul Gonzales, Jess Reidel, Joseph Castellano, Kayla Blomquist, Kenzi Amodei, Nada Madkour, Scott Singer |
This table shows the full change history of positions. Each row corresponds to at least one addition or removal of a position. Additions are in green and subtractions are in red. If a position name changed, it is listed simultaneously as an addition (of the new name) and removal (of the old name) and colored yellow. Additionally there are faded variants of each color for visited links.
| Person | Title | Start date | End date | Employment type | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Cooper | Executive Director | 2024-11-01 | full-time | [1], [2] | ||
| Lara Lincoln | Special Projects Manager | 2025-02-01 | full-time | [3], [2] | ||
| Andreas Pashos | Program Manager | 2025-07-01 | part-time | [4], [2] | ||
| Cierra Johnson | Bookkeeper | 2025-08-08 | contractor | [4], [2] | ||
| Ian Baker | Research Engineer | 2022-06-01 | full-time | [5], [2] | ||
| James Paul Gonzales | Executive Assistant | 2021-08-01 | full-time | [6], [7], [8], [2] | ||
| Sarah Otis | Operations Assistant | 2025-08-08 | full-time | [4], [2] | ||
| Michael Jemison | Intern | 2025-08-08 | intern | [4], [2] | ||
| Nada Madkour | Researcher | 2024-06-01 | [9], [10] | |||
| Deepika Raman | AI Standards Development Researcher | 2025-08-01 | [4], [10] | |||
| Krystal Jackson | AI Standards Development Researcher | 2025-08-01 | [4], [10] | |||
| Joseph Castellano | Executive Research Assistant | 2024-06-01 | [9], [10] | |||
| Kayla Blomquist | Co-Director | 2024-06-01 | full-time | [9], [10] | ||
| Scott Singer | Co-Director | 2024-06-01 | full-time | [9], [10] | ||
| Karuna Nandkumar | Head of Policy Programmes | 2025-08-01 | full-time | [4], [10] | ||
| Elisabeth Siegel | Head of Events & Dialogues | 2025-08-01 | full-time | [4], [10] | ||
| Gary Menezes | Web Developer | 2024-08-11 | full-time | [11], [10] | ||
| Jess Reidel | Treasurer | 2024-11-06 | board member | [12], [10] | ||
| Sawyer Bernath | Secretary and Director | 2025-02-14 | board member | [13], [10] | ||
| Kenzi Amodei | Deputy Director | 2017-05-01 | [14] | |||
| Andrew Critch | Board chair | 2017-02-01 | 2025-04-01 | part-time | [15], [16] | |
| Kenzi Amodei | Interim Deputy Director | 2017-07-01 | 2018-03-08 | [17], [18], [19] | ||
| Rebecca Raible | Writer and Operations Manager | 2017-08-01 | 2018-03-01 | part-time | [17], [18], [20] | |
| Rebecca Raible | Program Manager: Grants and Awards | 2018-07-01 | 2019-02-01 | part-time | [21], [22] | |
| Kyle Scott | Project Manager | 2017-10-01 | 2019-04-16 | [23], [24] | ||
| Kyle Scott | Operations Manager | 2019-03-01 | 2020-02-17 | full-time | [25], [26] | |
| Kyle Scott | Operations Manager | 2020-02-01 | 2020-05-01 | part-time | [26] | |
| Gina Stuessy | Operations Consulting | 2017-02-01 | 2018-03-08 | [15], [18], [19] | ||
| Michael Keenan | IT Support | 2017-02-01 | 2018-03-08 | [15], [18], [19] | ||
| Andrew Snyder-Beattie | Advisor | 2017-02-01 | 2019-02-01 | [15], [18], [22] | ||
| Jeremy Schlatter | Software Engineer | 2017-11-01 | 2019-04-01 | [27] | ||
| Colleen Gleason | Operations & Finance Manager | 2018-03-21 | 2019-03-02 | full-time | [28] | |
| Sam Bankman-Fried | Board advisor | 2018-08-01 | 2022-09-01 | advisor | [29], [30] | |
| Eric Rogstad | Board treasurer | 2017-02-01 | 2018-09-01 | board member | [31], [15], [18], [32] | |
| Qiaochu Yuan | Board secretary | 2017-02-01 | 2019-01-04 | board member | [15], [18] | |
| Alex Flint | Board secretary | 2018-11-01 | 2020-01-01 | board member | [22], [33], [34] | |
| Josh Jacobson | Collaboration Manager & Project Manager | 2018-09-03 | 2020-05-01 | full-time | [35], [36] | |
| Sofia Davis-Fogel | Project Manager | 2019-06-01 | 2020-10-01 | full-time | [37], [34] | |
| Sawyer Bernath | Project Manager | 2019-07-01 | 2020-02-01 | [38] | ||
| Sawyer Bernath | Deputy Director | 2020-02-01 | 2020-08-01 | [38] | ||
| Sawyer Bernath | Executive Director | 2020-08-01 | 2024-11-01 | [38] | ||
| Andrew Critch | Executive Director | 2017-02-01 | 2020-08-01 | [15], [18], [39] | ||
| Elizabeth Cooper | Deputy Director | 2023-02-01 | 2024-11-01 | full-time | [1], [40] | |
| Jess Riedel | Treasurer & Director | 2021-07-02 | 2024-09-24 | board member | [41], [42] | |
| Jaan Tallinn | Board advisor | 2017-10-03 | 2024-09-24 | advisor | [43], [42] | |
| Jacob Tsimerman | Board advisor | 2017-04-14 | 2024-09-24 | advisor | [44], [42] | |
| Kyle Scott | Board Advisor | 2022-08-07 | 2024-09-24 | advisor | [45], [42] | |
| Malo Bourgon | Board advisor | 2017-03-17 | 2024-09-24 | advisor | [15], [42] | |
| Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh | Board advisor | 2017-03-17 | 2024-09-24 | advisor | [15], [42] | |
| Sofia Davis-Fogel | Board advisor | 2022-01-01 | 2024-09-24 | advisor | [30], [42] | |
| Stuart Russell | Board advisor | 2020-01-01 | 2024-09-24 | advisor | [31], [42] | |
| Matt Fallshaw | Board advisor | 2018-06-01 | 2024-09-24 | advisor | [22], [46], [47], [42] |
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