Vilas Dhar is a global expert on artificial intelligence (AI) policy. He serves as President and Trustee of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, a 21st-century $1.5 billion philanthropy advancing AI and data solutions to create a thriving, equitable, and sustainable future for all.

Appointed by Secretary-General António Guterres to the UN High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, Vilas also serves as the U.S. Government Nominated Expert to the Global Partnership on AI, as a member of the OECD Expert Working Group on AI Futures, on the Global Future Council on AI at the World Economic Forum, on the Advisory Council at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), and as Chair of the Center for Trustworthy Technology. His LinkedIn Learning course, Ethics in the Age of Generative AI, is the most-viewed AI ethics course globally, reaching over 500,000 learners.

He holds a J.D. from NYU School of Law, an M.P.A., from the Harvard Kennedy School, and dual Bachelor’s degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Illinois, where he was named University Chancellor’s Scholar.