The Foundation for American Innovation (FAI) today announces the addition of Dean Ball as Senior Fellow. He will focus on artificial intelligence policy, as well as developing novel governance models for emerging technologies.

Ball joins FAI after having served as Senior Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). He played a key role in drafting President Trump’s ambitious AI Action Plan, which drew widespread praise for its scope, rigor, and vision.

“We are thrilled to have Dean rejoin the team,” said Foundation for American Innovation Executive Director Zach Graves. “He’s a brilliant and singular talent, and we look forward to collaborating with him to advance FAI’s optimistic vision of the future, in which technology is aligned to serve human ends: promoting individual freedom, supporting strong institutions, advancing national security, and unleashing economic prosperity.”

Prior to his position with OSTP, Ball worked for the Hoover Institution, the Manhattan Institute, the Mercatus Center, and the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, among other positions.

“President Trump’s AI Action Plan represents the most ambitious U.S. technology policy agenda in decades,” said Ball. “After the professional honor of a lifetime serving in the administration, I’m looking forward to continuing my research and writing charting the frontier of AI policy at FAI.”

He serves on the Board of Directors of the Alexander Hamilton Institute and was selected as an Aspen Ideas Fellow. He previously served as Secretary, Treasurer, and trustee of the Scala Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey and on the Advisory Council of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue University. He is author of the prominent Substack Hyperdimensional.

The Foundation for American Innovation is a think tank that develops technology, talent, and ideas to support a better, freer, and more abundant future. Learn more at thefai.org.