Howie Lempel is a Policy Director at Secure AI Project. He previously served as CEO at 80,000 Hours, Interim CEO at Effective Ventures (UK), and Interim Managing Director for Global Catastrophic Risks at Coefficient Giving. In a previous life he was a paralegal at the New York District Attorney’s Office and a Research Assistant at the Brookings Institution. He has a BA in Mathematical Economics and Social Studies from Wesleyan University.