Government, United States
Executive Office of the President of the United States
Includes Office of Management and Budget and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Statistics
- People here now
- 1
- People ever
- 16
- Full moves in and out
- 11 in, 14 out
Our research follows 7,547 researchers, builders, lab leaders and public voices through cited biographies. Missing career records can lower counts. Outdated roles can overstate current counts and change ranks. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026. Career and profile data as of 22 October 2026.
We estimate that 16 people shaping AI have worked at Executive Office of the President of the United States, including 1 (6%) here now and 15 with former affiliations. Its 2 tracked sub-organizations are led by White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (13 ever, 1 now). Among 631 government research centers, Executive Office of the President of the United States is tied for 29th by all-time people and tied for 46th by current headcount. Policy, ethics and society leads 4 areas of expertise (11 of 16 people with profile topics). In dated work stints through 2025, active headcount rose from 3 in 2012 to 4 people in 2014–2015, 2022 and 2025. Across dated career transitions, we record 11 full moves in and 14 out, led by departures to University of California, Berkeley (2).
A table of repeated profile topics for qualifying joiner groups from the 2010s through the 2020s.
2010s
7 people joined
- ai governance2
- ai policy2
2020s
7 people joined
- ai policy7
- ai governance2
Source: People of Superintelligence career stints and profile tags, as of 22 October 2026.
Data table
| First stint decade | Joiners | Top profile topics |
|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 7 | ai governance (2); ai policy (2) |
| 2020s | 7 | ai policy (7); ai governance (2) |
Full departures outnumbered full arrivals by 3 (14 out vs. 11 in): arrivals came 6 from universities (55%), 1 from a company (9%) and 4 from labs, nonprofits or government, while departures went 1 to a company (7%), 5 to universities (36%) and 8 to labs, nonprofits or government. We also record 5 arrivals and 1 departure where a person added a role alongside an existing position. Today, 14 of the 15 people formerly at Executive Office of the President of the United States have a recorded current affiliation elsewhere (4 at companies, 8 at universities and 2 at labs, nonprofits or government bodies).
A stacked column chart of our yearly estimates at Executive Office of the President of the United States from 2012 to 2025. Each person counts once in each year with an active work stint.
Source: People of Superintelligence dated career stints, as of 22 October 2026.
Data table
| Year | Other | White House Office of Science and Technology Policy | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
A three-column flow diagram. People came from organizations on the left, Executive Office of the President of the United States is in the middle, and destinations are on the right. It shows 11 incoming and 14 outgoing full moves.
Source: People of Superintelligence career records with full moves only, as of 22 October 2026.
Data table
| Direction | Organization | Full moves |
|---|---|---|
| From | Actuate | 1 |
| From | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 |
| From | Duke University | 1 |
| From | George Mason University | 1 |
| From | Georgetown University | 1 |
| From | Harvard University | 1 |
| From | National Security Council | 1 |
| From | Scale AI | 1 |
| From | Other | 3 |
| Center | Executive Office of the President of the United States | 11 in, 14 out |
| To | University of California, Berkeley | 2 |
| To | Brown University | 1 |
| To | Clarkson University | 1 |
| To | Foundation for American Innovation | 1 |
| To | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 |
| To | Mozilla Foundation | 1 |
| To | OpenAI | 1 |
| To | Partnership on AI | 1 |
| To | Other | 5 |
A ranked bar chart of the 6 organizations that currently employ the most people formerly at Executive Office of the President of the United States, led by OpenAI (2) and University of California, Berkeley (2).
Source: People of Superintelligence current and former career records, as of 22 October 2026.
Data table
| Current organization | Former people here now | Share of former people with a current role |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | 2 | 14.3% |
| University of California, Berkeley | 2 | 14.3% |
| Ada Lovelace Institute | 1 | 7.1% |
| Brookings Institution | 1 | 7.1% |
| Brown University | 1 | 7.1% |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 7.1% |
A list of people who joined or left Executive Office of the President of the United States from 2023 through 2026, with the year and move type.
Joined
- Lynne E. Parker 2025 · from White House · Full move
Left
- Arati Prabhakar 2026 · to University of California, Berkeley · Full move
- Dean Ball 2026 · to OpenAI · Full move
- Michael Kratsios 2026 · to White House · Full move
- Alondra Nelson 2023 · to United Nations · Full move
Source: People of Superintelligence career moves, as of 22 October 2026.
Data table
| Year | Person | Direction | Other organization | Move type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lynne E. Parker | Joined | White House | Full move |
| 2026 | Arati Prabhakar | Left | University of California, Berkeley | Full move |
| 2026 | Dean Ball | Left | OpenAI | Full move |
| 2026 | Michael Kratsios | Left | White House | Full move |
| 2023 | Alondra Nelson | Left | United Nations | Full move |
Compared with peer government research centers, Executive Office of the President of the United States ranks higher on all-time headcount (tied for 29th of 631) than on current headcount (tied for 46th); 15 of its 16 all-time people are former affiliations. Across work histories (excluding degrees), 16 of the 16 people who have worked at Executive Office of the President of the United States (100%) also held a work role at another organization, connecting Executive Office of the President of the United States to 68 peer institutions.
People here now
The 1 person with a current role at Executive Office of the President of the United States is a public voice. Earlier in their career, that person held a work role at another organization. 1 current person also holds a concurrent affiliation outside Executive Office of the President of the United States.
People with former affiliations
We record 15 people who formerly worked at Executive Office of the President of the United States. 14 of the 15 have a recorded current role at another organization, led by OpenAI (2) and University of California, Berkeley (2). Across the 11 former people with confident OpenAlex records, combined career citations total 92,622 (median h-index 17).
- Aaron ChatterjiNow at OpenAI
- Alondra NelsonNow at Institute for Advanced Study
- Arati PrabhakarNow at University of California, Berkeley
- Charles E. ThorpeNow at Clarkson University
- Colleen V. ChienNow at University of California, Berkeley School of Law
- Dean BallNow at OpenAI, Foundation for American Innovation and Yale University
- Jason MathenyNow at RAND Corporation
- Jonathan LachmanNow at Thinking Machines Lab
- Larry SummersNow at Harvard University
- Lynne E. Parker
- R. David EdelmanNow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute For Education and Brookings Institution
- Randal E BryantNow at Carnegie Mellon University
- Suresh VenkatasubramanianNow at Brown University and Ada Lovelace Institute
- Terah LyonsNow at JPMorgan Chase
- Vijay KumarNow at University of Pennsylvania
Posts that include Executive Office of the President of the United States
Executive Office of the President of the United States appears in 2 research posts comparing organizations across AI.
- Of 216 AI researchers who entered public life, 83 held advisory seats and 58 took public rolesOf 216 AI researchers who entered public life, 83 held advisory seats and 58 took public roles. Another 97 people moved from public careers into AI organizations or research, with 62% of dated records starting from 2020 on.
- The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.