Shan Sankaran

Shan Sankaran is a technologist and advocate at the intersection of AI ethics, accountability, and systemic risk. With an entrepreneurial background in AI development for Whistleblower solutions, policy, ethics, compliance and Cyber security, Shan brings a critical lens to the challenges of whistleblowing in the age of artificial intelligence. His work focuses on enabling whistleblowers using modern tech like AI, Blockchain and making it rewarding for their risk, exposing algorithmic bias, advocating for transparency in AI systems, or resisting corporate/military misuse of AI.

Paul Pearson

As Vice President of Whistleblowers of America, Paul Pearson leads efforts to enhance the organization’s digital presence, technology support, and strategic initiatives, while strengthening its marketing and social media outreach. In addition to his leadership role, Paul is an AI instructor, sharing his expertise to help others understand and responsibly use emerging technologies. His dedication to WoA is rooted in personal experience; in 2019, Paul faced retaliation after reporting corporate espionage as a contractor for the Department of Defense's High-Performance Computing Program. With guidance from Jackie Garrick, he navigated that challenging time and became a passionate advocate for whistleblowers.

Dawn Davidsen

As Tech and AI Lead at WhistleblowersUK, Dawn Davidsen works to protect tech workers who raise concerns about wrongdoing, with a particular focus on issues around discrimination, safety, ethics, and responsible development practices. With extensive experience in the technology industry, her work centres on how tech whistleblowers raise concerns in practice and the legal protections - or lack of -they face when these concerns are not well received. In this role, she has campaigned for legislative change in the UK, raising awareness of critical issues with UK parliamentarians as part of WhistleblowersUK's efforts to establish a UK Office of the Whistleblower.

DR. JADE SINGLETON 

Dr. Jade Singleton, a trusted advisor in strategic culture transformation and education, is the founder of the Sarah Jane Academy™. Her academy is dedicated to reshaping organizational cultures to be more inclusive and innovative. In addition to her pioneering work at the academy, Dr. Singleton co-founded IKONI Collective, a groundbreaking start-up aimed at enhancing work wellness for Black women professionals.

Gretal Leibnitz, Ph.D

Executive Director for ProActualize Consulting, LLC, leads a consulting business specializing in organizational change to optimize inclusive disciplinary excellence and global competitiveness.  As an Experimental Psychologist, Leibnitz works to identify, develop, and apply evidence-based strategies to advance inclusive science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplinary distinction within academic departments, institutions of higher education, organizations, laboratories, and professional societies.

Tanya Justak-Richman

Joe Carson

Joe Carson, is the putative GOAT of career federal agency whistleblowers and “engineer zero” as a catalyst to the engineering profession consciously evolving its mission to “engineers apply laws of math and discoveries of science to the universe’s natural resources to create a world that works for all.”   His decades of largely futile efforts to obtain overt support from faith communities and their leaders evidences their lack of moral/institutional courage when their professional standing and economic security could be impacted if they did other than bystand and say “you’ll get your reward in heaven, but I have to think of my family, Shalom.”

Sarah Shirley

Chaplain | Spiritual Director | Leadership & Clergy Coach | Transition & Grief Specialist

David Tenenbaum

Dr. David A. Tenenbaum has been working for the US Army as a civilian engineer since December 1984. He holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Chemical Engineering and a Doctorate in Business Administration. Dr. Tenenbaum has extensive experience working with other countries, conducting risk assessments and assessing technologies worldwide, and developing business opportunities worldwide. 

Karen Carson

Karen Carson is a retired pediatric critical care nurse of 44 years and a former elected school board member who served for 12 years. She and her husband, Joe, have been married for 40 years, raising three children and cherishing their roles as Mimi and Bubba to two grandchildren. For over three decades, Karen has stood by Joe as they navigated workplace threats, legal battles, and whistleblower retaliation, offering a unique perspective on the resilience and challenges faced by whistleblower families.

Kelly Paxton

Kelly has worked in the public and private sector.  Most recently she worked as an investigator for Nike. Her investigations include embezzlement, conflict of interest, intellectual property, Open Source Intelligence and fraud. Kelly is also the proud owner of pinkcollarcrime.com, a passion of hers about embezzlers in the workplace.   Her book, Embezzlement How to Prevent, Detect and Investigate Pink-Collar Crime, was published in December, 2020.

Madeline Tenenbaum

Madeline Tenenbaum is a clinical social worker and myomassalogist who was primarily a stay-at-home mom when her family's whistleblowing journey began. Their lives changed overnight when an FBI raid on the Sabbath disrupted their home, with their young children (4 years and 18 months) present. Days later, the media descended, turning their private struggle into public spectacle. Madeline offers a firsthand perspective on the emotional, financial, and social toll of whistleblowing on families, shedding light on the resilience needed to navigate public scrutiny and personal hardship

Everett Stern 

CEO and Intelligence Director of Tactical Rabbit

Simon Andriesz

BGC Group Whistleblower

Elan Moas

Whistleblower, Author, Whole Life Insurance Specialist