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Paula Goldman

Paula Goldman is EVP and Chief Ethical and Humane Use Officer at Salesforce, where she leads the company's framework for trustworthy technology with a particular focus on AI and data. Her earlier work included Imagining Ourselves, a project of the International Museum of Women that she directed, and a period running the Tech and Society Solutions Lab at Omidyar Network. Salesforce named her its first chief ethical and humane use officer in December 2018, and she started in January 2019. In April 2022 the Commerce Department appointed her to the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee, a body Congress set up to advise the President, and she went on to chair its Generative AI Working Group. Her book Manage the Machine, a guide to integrating AI into work, was published in September 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1975

    Childhood in Singapore and Jakarta

    She is born in Singapore in 1975. Her family lives in Jakarta, Indonesia, before moving to Southern California.

  2. 2007

    Imagining Ourselves project

    In 2007 she is founder and director of Imagining Ourselves, a project of the International Museum of Women. She also edits a book by the same title.

  3. By 2018

    Running a tech and society lab

    In 2018 her most recent post is vice president and global lead of the Tech and Society Solutions Lab at Omidyar Network, a social impact investment firm.

  4. December 2018

    Salesforce's first ethical-use officer

    In December 2018 Salesforce names her its first chief ethical and humane use officer, to lead a new Office of Ethical and Humane Use.

  5. January 2019

    Heading the new office

    She starts in January 2019, reporting to Tony Prophet, Salesforce's chief equality officer, and she heads the new Office of Ethical and Humane Use.

  6. April 2022

    Seat on federal AI committee

    In April 2022 the Commerce Department names 27 experts to the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee, and she is one of them. Congress set up that committee to advise the President, and she goes on to chair its Generative AI Working Group.

  7. September 2026

    Manage the machine

    Hachette Book Group publishes her book Manage the Machine in September 2026, a guide to integrating AI into work across sales, corporate strategy and HR.

  8. As of October 2026

    Chief ethical and humane use officer

    She is EVP and Chief Ethical and Humane Use Officer at Salesforce in 2026, and she leads the company's framework for trustworthy technology, with a particular focus on AI and data.

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  1. Archives & Museum Informatics: Museums and the Web 2007: Speaker: Biography: Paula Goldman archimuse.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Paula Goldman Joins Salesforce as VP, Chief Ethical and Humane Use Officer - Salesforce salesforce.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. The only way is ethics - Salesforce's Paula Goldman on how AI has expanded her mission, but the objective remains the same diginomica.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. U.S. Department of Commerce Appoints 27 Members to National AI Advisory Committee | NIST nist.gov. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Paula Goldman, EVP, Chief Ethical and Humane Use Officer, Salesforce - Salesforce salesforce.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Manage the Machine by Paula Goldman | Hachette Book Group hachettebookgroup.com. Checked 15 October 2026.