Rebecca Weiss

Rebecca Weiss serves as the Executive Director and Distinguished Fellow in AI Safety at MLCommons since December 2023 and June 2023, respectively. In addition to these roles, Rebecca is a Board Member at Pew Research Center and has previously held a Visiting Fellow position at Princeton University until January 2023. At Mozilla from June 2011 to January 2022, Rebecca led the Research and Innovation team and was instrumental in launching Rally, a community-owned data platform, while managing a multi-million-dollar budget and developing the inaugural Data Science department. Earlier career experiences include various positions at Stanford University, including Assistant Editor for the Journal of Political Communication, and roles as a research assistant and intern in respected organizations like Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek and the United States Senate. Educational achievements include a Ph.D. in Communication from Stanford University, an S.M. in Technology Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Cognitive Systems from The University of British Columbia.