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SUMMARY:Alumni-Faculty Forum — AI and Human Value: Creativity\, Ownership and the Future of Work
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Alumni Association of Princeton University \nModerator:\nSteven A. Kelts\nLead\, Integrated Ethics in Computer Science; Lecturer\, Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Computer Science; Professional Specialist\, Center for Information Technology\n \n  \nPanelists:      \nDina Nayeri ’01\nFaculty Member\, University of St. Andrews\, Scotland \nBlake Parsons ’11 \nLead Product Manager\, DoorDash AI Support \nEno Reyes ’21 \nChief Technology Officer\, Factory \nRobert Gordon III *89 \nSenior Strategic Leader\, AI and Digital Innovation\, DSS\, Inc. \n\nMODERATOR\nSteven A. Kelts\nSteven Kelts runs the Integrated Ethics in Computer Science initiative\, working with future programmers to embed responsible practices into their work habits. He has been an ethics adviser to the Responsible A.I. Institute and a director of the nonprofit All Tech Is Human. His recent research focuses on two things: the measurement of effective ethics teaching for computing students; and the potential for ethical action in today’s tech firms. Along with a team from Princeton’s Department of Psychology\, he won the National Ethics Education Research Award for a recent study of his tech-ethics students. He is the recipient of two grants from Princeton’s Center on Science and Technology for a program called “Agile Ethics\,” and of a University-wide award for his\nleadership of the GradFUTURES initiative on Ethics of AI. \nPANELISTS\nDina Nayeri ’01\nDina Nayeri’s acclaimed books\, essays and stories are published in more than 20 countries and taught in schools across Europe and the U.S. “Who Gets Believed?” was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle award. “The Ungrateful Refugee” was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction\, Los Angeles Times Book Prize\, and won Germany’s Geschwister-Scholl-Preis. The Observer called it “a work of astonishing\, insistent importance.” A former fellow at the Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination in Paris and winner of a National Endowment for the Arts literature grant and the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature Paul Engle Prize\, Nayeri has written essays and stories that have been published in The New York Times\, The New Yorker\, The Guardian\, “Best American Short Stories” and many other publications. A graduate of Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, Harvard Business School and Princeton\, Nayeri is a reader at the University of St. Andrews.  \nBlake Parsons ’11\nBlake Parsons is a product leader building AI-powered customer support across chat and voice at DoorDash. His current focus is improving AI agent performance with the goal of replacing Tier 1 support while maintaining strong customer outcomes. Previously\, he was director of product management at BirchAI (acquired)\, leading generative AI products for enterprise healthcare\, and earlier helped build Uber Eats ads and led driver growth and operations products at Uber. He began his career in strategy and operations consulting at Bain & Company. Parsons earned a B.S.E. in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton and a Master of Engineering from the University of Cambridge. He represented both universities as a varsity heavyweight rower. Outside of work\, he is an AI tinkerer\, aspiring mechanic and occasional chef\, and the father of a 2-year-old. \nEno Reyes ’21\nEno Reyes is co-founder and CTO of Factory\, a Sequoia Capital-backed startup building an enterprise platform to enable\, deploy and measure the impact of frontier software development agents called Droids. His interests span cognitive science\, computer science and artificial intelligence. Previously\, he was a research engineer at Hugging Face and a software engineer at Microsoft. Reyes was named to the 2025 Forbes 30 Under 30 North America list in artificial intelligence. \nRobert Gordon III *89\nRobert Gordon is the senior AI strategist of Document Storage Systems\, Inc.\, an information technology and software development company focused on veterans health. A graduate of Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA)\, Gordon serves as a board member\, secretary and governance chair of Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID). He is a former deputy under secretary of defense for military community and family policy in the Pentagon\, and former president of Be the Change Inc. His 26-year military career included overseeing the American Politics program as an academy professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He is the recipient of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service\, SPIA’s Edward P. Bullard Distinguished Alumnus Award and the National Conference on Citizenship’s Franklin Award. \n 
URL:https://reunions.princeton.edu/event/ai-and-human-value-creativity-ownership-and-the-future-of-work/
LOCATION:McCosh Hall\, Room 10\, NJ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alumni-Faculty Forum
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SUMMARY:Alumni-Faculty Forum — No Place Like Home: Confronting America’s Housing Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Alumni Association of Princeton University \nPanelists:      \nRalph Bennett ’61 *66\nProfessor Emeritus\, University of Maryland School of Architecture\, Planning and Preservation; Founding Partner\, Bennett Frank McCarthy Architects \nTom Wright ’91\nPresident and CEO\, Regional Plan Association \nDana McKinney White ’11\nAssistant Professor of Urban Design\, Harvard Graduate School of Design; Co-Founder\, enFOLD Collective; Founder\, Studio KINN\n \n\nPANELISTS\nRalph Bennett ’61 *66\nRalph Bennett graduated with an A.B. in architecture from Princeton in 1961. After two years in the Army\, he completed his M.F.A. in architecture at Princeton. He then worked in Boston for Kallmann and McKinnell and Jose Luis Sert before co-founding Massdesign Architects and Planners. He also taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Design for five years. A project in Baltimore brought him to Maryland in 1977; he established Bennett Frank McCarthy Architects with two former students for residential work at all scales. He started teaching studio design\, theory and drawing at the University of Maryland School of Architecture\, Planning and Preservation\, attaining the rank of professor\, and\, now\, professor emeritus. Bennett has taught two courses on sustainability since his retirement in 2008. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a charter signer of the Congress for the New Urbanism. \nTom Wright ’91\nAs president and CEO of Regional Plan Association (RPA)\, Tom Wrights leads a 100-year-old civic organization that develops and advocates long-range plans for the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut metropolitan region. RPA priorities include charging drivers to enter the Manhattan Central Business District; cutting carbon emissions and scaling up renewable energy sources; creating healthy\, affordable housing; modernizing the New York City subways; and other infrastructure investments\, including a new commuter rail tunnel under the Hudson River connected to a renovated and expanded Penn Station. A frequent public speaker and commentator on regional governance\, economic growth and development\, and transit investments\, Wright is the chair of the New Jersey State Planning Commission and has been a visiting lecturer at Columbia and Princeton. \nDana McKinney White ’11\nDana McKinney White is a licensed architect and urban designer and is an outspoken advocate for social justice and equity through design. She contextualizes people and their broader communities throughout her work. Her academic and professional work integrates wellness\, progressive public policy and inclusive economics into innovative design solutions. She is the co-founder of enFOLD Collective\, an interdisciplinary architecture\, planning and design practice that positions community voices at the center of its projects\, and is the founder of Studio KINN\, a consulting practice advising on design and planning projects through a heightened commitment to vulnerable communities. An architecture major at Princeton\, McKinney White completed her Master of Architecture and Master in Urban Planning at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD)\, where she now is assistant professor of urban design. As a student at the GSD\, she co-established the inaugural Black in Design Conference and the Design Nexus.
URL:https://reunions.princeton.edu/event/no-place-like-home-confronting-americas-housing-crisis/
LOCATION:Robertson Hall\, Arthur Lewis Auditorium
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SUMMARY:Alumni-Faculty Forum — Game Changers: Media\, Money and the New Business of Sports
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Alumni Association of Princeton University  \nModerator:\nJohn Mack ’00\nFord Family Director of Athletics \n  \nPanelists:      \nSteve Dunham ’66\nVice President and General Counsel Emeritus\, The Pennsylvania State University \nSteve Mills ’81\nRetired Sports Executive \nMollie Marcoux Samaan ’91\nFounder/CEO\, 9works Sports Group\, and CEO\, US Squash \nAshley Brisco ’11\nCertified Player Agent\, National Basketball Players Association \nCampbell Weaver ’16\nDirector of Hockey Systems\, Boston Bruins \n\nMODERATOR\nJohn Mack ’00\nJohn Mack oversees Princeton’s 38 varsity teams and more than 1\,000 student-athletes. Additionally\, Mack is responsible for the Campus Recreation program\, which provides fitness and recreation opportunities for the entire campus community. Mack had been a student-athlete (track)\, coach and athletics administrator at Princeton before he joined the Big Ten Conference (2004-06) as associate director of championships and then Northwestern University (2006-11) as senior associate athletics director. Prior to returning to Princeton as director of athletics in 2021\, Mack worked as a litigation attorney for a decade after earning his law degree from Northwestern. He also served as the pastor of Greater New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in New Haven\, Michigan. A psychology major at Princeton\, he is married to Alleda (Flagg) Mack ’99. \n  \nPANELISTS\nSteve Dunham ’66 \nVice President and General Counsel Emeritus\, The Pennsylvania State University \n  \nSteve Dunham’s legal practice and academic expertise include litigation\, professional ethics and responsibility\, and higher education law. He retired in 2023 from his role as vice president and general counsel at The Pennsylvania State University. Previously\, he served as vice president and general counsel of the University of Minnesota and Johns Hopkins University\, as a litigation partner and chair of the law firm of Morrison and Foerster in the San Francisco and Denver offices\, and as a faculty member at various law schools. Dunham has served on various nonprofit boards and committees and currently is the chair of the board of trustees at Soka University of America. \n  \nSteve Mills ’81\nSteve Mills is a director of Ariel Investments’ Project Level and on the board of directors of Selective Insurance Group\, AMC Networks and Madison Square Garden (MSG) Sports. He is the former president of the New York Knicks basketball team and served on boards at Ariel Investments and MSG Networks. Previously\, he served as president and chief operating officer of MSG Sports where he oversaw the business operations of the Knicks\, Rangers hockey team\, Liberty women’s basketball team and all other sports-related activities of the Garden. Prior to that\, Mills played an integral role in the National Basketball Association for more than 16 years and was instrumental in the creation of the Women’s National Basketball Association. He is on the board of directors for the Ladies Professional Golf Association and the Princeton Varsity Club and the board of advisers for the Hospital for Special Surgery.  \nMollie Marcoux Samaan ’91\nMollie Marcoux Samaan is an experienced executive with more than 30 years leading complex sports organizations and is currently CEO of the national governing body for squash. From 1995 to 2014\, she developed\, built and led amateur/youth sports businesses at Chelsea Piers Management. She then transitioned to college athletics and served as the Princeton University Ford Family Director of Athletics for seven years. At Princeton\, Marcoux Samaan focused on providing student-athletes with the tools needed to achieve\, serve and lead\, earning NACDA Athletic Director of the Year honors in 2020. From 2021 to 2024\, she led the LPGA as its ninth commissioner\, increasing tournament purses and player income by more than 90% while also focusing on creating an environment for athletes to reach their peak performance. As a consultant and entrepreneur\, she has used her extensive experience in youth\, college and professional sports to drive dynamic growth and impact. \nAshley Brisco ’11\nAshley Brisco manages prospective and professional basketball players and college students in employment and Name\, Image and Likeness (NIL) contracts. She received her bachelor’s degree in classics from Princeton University and a master’s degree in sports industry management from Georgetown University. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in data analytics and policy from Johns Hopkins University. A lifelong sports enthusiast\, Brisco participated in basketball\, softball\, soccer\, track and field\, cheerleading and tennis in high school. \nCampbell Weaver ’16\nCampbell Weaver is the director of hockey systems with the Boston Bruins. As one of the first technical employees in the hockey operations department\, he has overseen the design and implementation of internal analytical tooling that powers all of the Bruins’ data-driven decision-making. The impact of the analytics work ranges from amateur scouting and player development to National Hockey League on-ice strategy and roster and salary cap management. After earning a B.S.E. in electrical engineering at Princeton\, Weaver received a Master of Engineering in computer science from Cornell Tech\, where he cofounded Otari\, a smart yoga mat company that eventually was acquired by Peloton.
URL:https://reunions.princeton.edu/event/game-changers-media-money-and-the-new-business-of-sports/
LOCATION:Briger Hall\, C112\, Princeton\, 08544\, United States
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SUMMARY:Alumni-Faculty Forum — Truth to Power: Journalism’s Role in Defending Democracy
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Alumni Association of Princeton University  \n  \nPanelists:      \nThomas “T.R.” Reid ’66\nReporter\, Author \nAndie Tucher ’76\nH. Gordon Garbedian Professor of Journalism\, Columbia University \nMaria Ressa ’86\nCEO and Co-Founder\, Rappler; Professor of Practice\, Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) \nJosh Boak ’01\nWhite House Reporter\, Associated Press \n\nPANELISTS\nThomas “T. R.” Reid ’66\nT. R. Reid is a reporter\, author and documentary filmmaker. At The Washington Post\, he covered Congress and four presidential campaigns\, and then moved overseas as the paper’s bureau chief in Tokyo and London. He was a regular commentator for 15 years on NPR’s “Morning Edition.” He has written and hosted documentary films for PBS’s “Frontline” and National Geographic TV. Reid has published 10 books in English and three in Japanese. In his 80s\, he has become a columnist for AARP The Magazine. He was a member of Princeton’s Board of Trustees and a Ferris Professor of Journalism. \nAndie Tucher ’76\nAndie Tucher is a historian and journalist who writes on the evolution of conventions of truth-telling in journalism\, photography\, personal narrative and other nonfiction forms. Her most recent book\, “Not Exactly Lying: Fake News and Fake Journalism in American History” (2022)\, has won multiple awards. She is also the author of “Happily Sometimes After: Discovering Stories from Twelve Generations of an American Family” (2014); “Froth and Scum: Truth\, Beauty\, Goodness\, and the Ax Murder in America’s First Mass Medium” (1994); and many articles in the academic and popular press. Before her role at Columbia\, Tucher served as speechwriter for Clinton/Gore ’92. She was also editorial associate to Bill Moyers at Public Affairs Television\, editorial producer of the ABC News documentary series “The Twentieth Century” and associate editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. A classics major at Princeton\, Tucher holds a Ph.D. in American civilization from New York University. \nMaria Ressa ’86\nAs CEO of Rappler\, the top digital-only news site that is leading the fight for press freedom in the Philippines\, Maria Ressa endured constant political harassment and arrests by the Duterte government. Rappler’s battle for truth and democracy is the subject of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival documentary “A Thousand Cuts.” For her courage and journalistic integrity\, Ressa has received numerous accolades\, including the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. In 2022\, she was appointed by the United Nations secretary-general to the leadership panel of the Internet Governance Forum and serves as its vice chair. At SIPA\, she co-leads the Technology & Democracy Initiative at the Institute of Global Politics. Ressa’s books include “Seeds of Terror: An Eyewitness Account of Al-Qaeda’s Newest Center of Operations in Southeast Asia\,” “From Bin Laden to Facebook: 10 Days of Abduction\, 10 Years or Terrorism” and “How to Stand Up to a Dictator.” \nJosh Boak ’01\nJosh Boak is a White House reporter for The Associated Press (AP). He also covered the U.S. economy and the electorate for AP. Boak initially came to Washington to work on Bob Woodward’s book “Obama’s Wars\,” having previously been on the staff of The Chicago Tribune and The Blade (Toledo\, Ohio). His reporting has been recognized with the Livingston Award and as a Pulitzer-Prize finalist. He graduated from Princeton with an A.B. in English and received a master’s degree from Columbia University.
URL:https://reunions.princeton.edu/event/truth-to-power-journalisms-role-in-defending-democracy/
LOCATION:McCosh Hall\, Room 50\, Princeton University\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08540\, United States
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