​AI is disrupting, everything -- from how individuals work to how government functions. Jeff Jackson and Ronnie Chatterji offer their unique vantage point on what's happening and how it presents incredible opportunities for all of us.

​The panel will be moderated by Marina Carreker, founder of Galleon Strategies.

​Speakers

​Jeff Jackson

​Jeff Jackson is the 51st Attorney General of North Carolina. He began his career in public service when he enlisted after the attacks of September 11th and served in Afghanistan. He continues to serve as a Major in the Army National Guard and is in his 23rd year of military service.

​When Attorney General Jackson returned home from Afghanistan, he went to law school at UNC with help from the G.I. bill. He became an assistant district attorney in Gaston County.

​Attorney General Jackson served as a North Carolina state senator representing Mecklenburg County for eight years, then represented North Carolina’s 14th District in Congress, which included parts of Mecklenburg and Gaston counties.

​Aaron “Ronnie” Chatterji

​Aaron “Ronnie” Chatterji, Ph.D., is OpenAI’s first Chief Economist. He is also the Mark Burgess & Lisa Benson-Burgess Distinguished Professor at Duke University, working at the intersection of academia, policy, and business. He served in the Biden Administration as White House CHIPS coordinator and Acting Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, shaping industrial policy, manufacturing, and supply chains. Before that, he was Chief Economist at the Department of Commerce and a Senior Economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers.

​He is on leave as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and previously taught at Harvard Business School. Earlier in his career, he worked at Goldman Sachs and was a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Chatterji holds a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University.

​Moderated by Marina Carreker

​Marina Carreker is the founder of Galleon Strategies, where she provides strategic advisory services to executives, corporate boards, and investment firms navigating the intersection of risk and opportunity in enterprise AI adoption. Marina is uniquely positioned to meet the needs of this moment, having begun her career as a technology attorney before moving in-house to Bandwidth, a high-growth technology company, where she managed data privacy, information security, commercial negotiations, and litigation. Following Bandwidth’s IPO (NASDAQ: BAND) and international expansion, she became President of the company. During her tenure, the company’s annual revenue grew from $150 million to $560 million. In the early phase of generative AI’s emergence, Marina joined the venture-backed company Howso, as President leading its commercial strategy. In addition to leading Galleon, she serves on the North Carolina Governor’s AI Leadership Council and is an affiliate faculty member at her alma mater, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.

​Location

​Bay 7 at American Tobacco Campus

​324 Blackwell St #700, Durham, NC 27701

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