Advisory Board

The people who keep our work grounded.

Leaders from recovery, behavioral health, public policy, and technology who guide how Hope Town AI does this work.

Why an advisory board

AI in this field needs more than technologists.

The organizations we work with serve people in recovery, people coming home from incarceration, and families in crisis. Getting AI right for them takes people who know that work from the inside.

Our advisory board brings together recovery advocates, behavioral health leaders, a state legislator, and AI governance experts, so what we teach and build holds up for the people it’s meant to serve.

Dan Meloy

CEO, Ohio Deflection Association
Molly O’Neill

CEO, OCAAR
Alisha Nelson

Executive Director, OneOhio Foundation
Cas Maxwell

CEO, AI OWL
Edwin Wong

CEO, Psyrin
Nyla Christian

CEO & Founder, Life Inspired
Michael Krause

Director, OHIOPRO
Heidi Workman

State Representative, District 72
Technology and Innovation Committee
Teresa Lampl

CEO, Ohio Council of Behavioral Health & Family Service Providers
Lori Criss

OSU Appalachian & Rural Center for Health
Former Director, Ohio Department of Behavioral Health
Nicole Jackson

CTO, Optimum Technology
AI governance leader (NIST, ISO, IEEE, and EU AI)