Nishant Shah
Nishant Shah is the Senior Advisor for Responsible AI for the State of Maryland. In this role, he oversees the
Office of AI Enablement and collaborates with stakeholders across the state to cohere an AI strategy centered on responsible and productive use. Prior to his time working for the State of Maryland, he was a product leader on Meta’s Responsible AI team, alongside other roles at Amazon, the White House’s US Digital Service, and Refunite, a mobile tech nonprofit in East Africa.
“I’m grateful and excited to work with passionate leaders across the state and across sectors to build momentum in AI experimentation, adoption, and governance. We’re at the very beginning of this journey, and I’m proud of the foundational’ 0 to 1’ work we’re doing to lay the groundwork. To capitalize responsibly, ethically, and productively on the opportunities AI offers, we need the right guardrails in place. Going from theory to practice, as the technology rapidly changes, is this moment’s challenge.”