Bio
Ella Duus is a policy advocate with a technical background dedicated to shaping safe, ethical, and trustworthy AI systems through governance. As a two-time NASA contractor and entrepreneur in the ML space, she leverages technical understanding to craft sound policy. Currently, Ella is working on risk assessment practices as a Summer Fellow at GovAI. She also works in the Policy Working Group at Encode, informing federal lawmakers and advocating for state-level AI legislation. She is a research assistant at the Sloane Lab and the Faruqe Lab at the University of Virginia’s School of Data Science. Ella is a Jefferson Scholar and Master of Public Policy student at the University of Virginia. She hopes to shape AI federal policy, particularly through legislation.
