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Ethical Nightmare Avoidance is a Cross-Functional Team Sport

  • Reid Blackman, PH.D.

    Creator of The Ethical Nightmare Challenge and Founder & CEO / THE ETHICS EXPERT

    Reid Blackman, Ph.D. is the author of  “The Ethical Nightmare Challenge” (April 2026) and “Ethical Machines” (2022, HBR Press), as well as host of the Ethical Machines podcast. He leads Virtue in developing and implementing The Ethical Nightmare Challenge with clients, having previously led the company’s efforts in designing Responsible AI programs and training for the likes of Amazon, Etsy, Kraft Heinz, Merck, US Bank, Nationwide, and more. He has also advised the Canadian government on their federal AI regulations, was a founding member of EY’s External AI Advisory Board, and was an external Senior Advisor to the Deloitte AI Institute. He is also a keynote speaker, having delivered presentations to dozens of professional associations and conferences, as well as to the FBI, NASA, and the World Economic Forum. His work has been profiled by The Wall Street Journal, CNN, the BBC, Forbes, and Fox News. His written work appears in The Harvard Business Review and The New York Times. Prior to founding Virtue, Reid was a professor of philosophy at Colgate University and UNC-Chapel Hill. Learn more at reidblackman.com.

  • Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes, MD, MBA

    ADVISOR PARTNER / The risk, compliance, and innovation expert

    Ingrid is a senior executive in deep technology, healthcare, and life sciences, with a sustained commitment to digital governance and ethics advocacy. She is widely recognized as a futurist, global strategist, and innovation ecosystem builder, and is regarded as a global thought leader in quantum technologies, blockchain, artificial intelligence, digital twins, and brain–computer interfaces. Ingrid serves on the boards of numerous organizations and has held multiple leadership roles across corporate, academic, and not-for-profit sectors throughout her career. She is a member of the Forbes Business Council and actively contributes to INATBA, GBA, and IEEE working groups. She also continues to serve as an advisor to organizations affiliated with the United Nations, G20, and EU. In parallel with her business roles, she remains deeply engaged in academia, serving as Vice-Rector of the WBAF Business School, as a Faculty member at the University of Miami Herbert Business School, and as an Affiliate Faculty member at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy.

  • Matthew Rosenquist

    ADVISOR PARTNER / The cybersecurity expert

    Matthew is a Cybersecurity Strategist and benefits from 30 diverse years in the fields of cyber, physical, and information security. Mr. Rosenquist is the former Cybersecurity Strategist for Intel Corp., the CISO for Mercury Risk, a member of multiple advisory boards, and consults on best-practices and emerging risks to academia, businesses, and governments across the globe. Mr. Rosenquist specializes in security strategy, measuring value, developing best-practices for cost-effective capabilities, and establishing organizations that deliver optimal levels of cybersecurity, privacy, ethics, and safety. As a cybersecurity strategist, he identifies evolving risks and opportunities to help organizations balance threats, costs, and usability factors to achieve an ideal level of security.

  • Will Landedker

    Will Landecker

    ADVISOR PARTNER / The Responsible AI Data Scientist

    After earning his PhD in machine learning, Will spent over 10 years at tech companies like Twitter, Lyft, Stripe, and Nextdoor. His research and consulting work focuses on algorithmic accountability, fairness, transparency, trust, safety, and evaluation. His work includes deep audits of the data, algorithms, and processes used to create AI and AI-driven products, diagnosing issues of fairness, safety, and alignment in AI, remediating problems with misbehaving or misaligned algorithms, building tools and teaching teams to help them do more with less, and writing responsible AI policies and defining governance processes. He also serves as an expert witness in legal cases about AI.

  • Marty Pollak

    Chief Operating Officer

    As COO of Virtue Consultants, Marty leads business development, strategic partnerships, and client delivery across the firm. A former founder and private equity-backed operator, Marty brings a proven ability to scale businesses from early traction through exit. At Virtue, Marty focuses on helping clients navigate complex technology transitions and build ethical, future-ready businesses. He has led strategic planning efforts for companies developing novel platforms, overseen internal and customer-facing technology buildouts, and advised on the responsible deployment of data systems. His ability to translate long-term vision into actionable roadmaps—and align leadership, product, and commercial teams around that vision—has made him a valued partner in environments where integrity, innovation, and execution must go hand-in-hand.