The George Washington School of Business is pleased to announce the appointment of Patrick Hall as the School’s first Chief AI Officer. This new role reflects GW Business’ commitment to supporting faculty and staff as we navigate rapid advancements in artificial intelligence—ensuring that our community benefits from trustworthy, pragmatic, and human-centered AI practices.
As Chief AI Officer, Prof. Hall will lead initiatives that directly support Dean Sevin Yeltekin’s AI priorities, including:
- Building an inventory of existing AI-related work across GW Business to highlight strengths, identify opportunities, and support collaboration.
- Facilitating discussion of principles for responsible use of AI within instruction, operations, and research.
- Providing faculty and staff feedback to the Dean’s Office on the design of a potential AI award process.
These efforts will be supported through a new GW Business AI Forum, a participatory space for faculty and staff to share perspectives, raise concerns, and shape the school’s approach to AI.
Prof. Hall will also collaborate with the NSF Trustworthy AI in Law and Society (TRAILS) Institute to develop educational programming—particularly in human-AI teaming and executive education—that strengthens GW Business’ position as a leader in responsible AI.
About Professor Patrick Hall
Prof. Hall brings more than a decade of teaching, research, and leadership in responsible AI to this new role:
- Faculty member in Decision Sciences, teaching data mining, machine learning, and responsible AI for 10 years.
- Recognized leader in trustworthy and responsible AI, with research supporting the NIST AI Risk Management Framework and large-scale AI evaluation initiatives, and serving as Board President of the AI Incident Database—a global resource for documenting harmful real-world AI failures.
- Recipient of a Department of Commerce Gold Medal (ITL Reflection Award) and named to the 2024 H2O.ai / American Banker AI 100 list.
- Former data scientist and ML engineer, leading some of the first responsible AI products to market in the 2010s.
Prof. Hall’s appointment helps ensure that GWSB’s AI strategy is grounded in expertise and transparency—with an emphasis on responsible AI and pedagogical integrity.