# Paul Christiano joins OpenAI Foundation Board

Christiano also joins the Foundation's Safety and Security Committee and becomes a non-voting observer on the OpenAI Group PBC Board.

- Christiano led alignment research at OpenAI from 2017 to 2021 and founded the nonprofit Alignment Research Center.
- He serves as a Senior Tech Advisor at NIST's Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI).
- Christiano will recuse himself from all OpenAI-related matters and model evaluations at CAISI.
- The Safety and Security Committee, chaired by Zico Kolter, oversees safety and security practices across all of OpenAI.

## Why it matters

OpenAI adds a prominent alignment researcher and government standards advisor to its top safety and governance bodies.

## Sources

- [OpenAI: Paul Christiano joins OpenAI Foundation Board](https://openai.com/index/paul-christiano-joins-openai-foundation-board)

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Summarized by dstilled on 2026-09-09. https://dstilled.ai/story/1f382ff2-7064-4137-88b1-61f5d052f9b2