The Board

Rafael Yuste, M.D., Ph.D, is a neuroscientist at Columbia University, where he is Professor of Biological Sciences and Director of the Neurotechnology Center. Yuste and his laboratory pioneered the development of many imaging techniques in neuroscience. He led the researchers who proposed the US BRAIN Initiative and the International BRAIN Initiative. He also led the “Morningside” consortium who proposed novel human rights (“Neurorights”) to protect brain activity and brain data. He obtained awards from the Mayor of NYC, the Society for Neuroscience, the Director of the NIH and the Tällberg/Eliasson Global Leadership Prize. Yuste is Chairman of the Neurorights Foundation.

Jared Genser is an international human rights lawyer with decades of experience on high profile cases. He is Managing Director of Perseus Strategies, Special Advisor on the Responsibility to Protect to the Organization of American States, Senior Tech Fellow at Harvard University’s Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights, and outside General Counsel to the Neurorights Foundation. Genser was previously a partner in the government affairs practice of DLA Piper LLP and a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. He has also been a Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, University of Pennsylvania Law School, and University of Michigan Law School.

Jamie is Co-founder and Board Member at the Neurorights Foundation. He is the managing partner of Everyone, Inc., a venture studio that creates and invests in companies that deploy technology and regenerative economic strategies to advance health, learning, and economic opportunity. He has been a founder and executive at companies including Current TV and RedPill VR, an investor at City Light Capital, and served in government as a Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. He is on the Board of Governors of The Institute of New Economic Thinking, Shine Global, and is a senior advisor to The World Liberty Congress. He is a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania and Stanford University Graduate School of Business.