personnel
Zico Kolter — Independent Director at OpenAI Foundation
Metadata
| Source Table | personnel |
| Source ID | ViTk28QvSw |
| Source URL | openai.com/our-structure/ |
| Parent | OpenAI Foundation |
| Children | — |
| Created | Apr 8, 2026, 11:42 AM |
| Updated | Apr 8, 2026, 11:42 AM |
| Synced | Apr 8, 2026, 11:42 AM |
Record Data
id | ViTk28QvSw |
personId | Zico Kolter(person) |
organizationId | OpenAI Foundation(organization) |
personEntityId | Zico Kolter(person) |
personDisplayName | — |
orgEntityId | OpenAI Foundation(organization) |
orgDisplayName | — |
role | Independent Director |
roleType | board |
startDate | 2025 |
endDate | — |
isFounder | No |
appointedBy | — |
background | — |
source | openai.com/our-structure/ |
notes | CMU machine learning professor. Chairs the Safety & Security Committee. Foundation-exclusive board member — serves on the Foundation board but not the PBC board. |
Source Check Verdicts
confirmed95% confidence
Last checked: 4/9/2026
The source directly confirms all key fields: (1) person is 'Dr. Zico Kolter', (2) org is 'OpenAI Foundation', (3) role is 'independent director', and (4) the startDate of 2025 is confirmed by the announcement date of October 28, 2025. The source explicitly names Zico Kolter as one of the independent directors of the OpenAI Foundation board.
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