# Bio & Headshot Pack — Jordan Loewen-Colón --- ## Identity line (email signature, social bio) > **Jordan Loewen-Colón, PhD** · Responsible-AI strategist & ethics advisor · Cofounder, AI Alt Lab · Author, *Reality Technologies* (forthcoming, Fortress Press) Shorter, for tight fields: > Responsible-AI strategist & ethics advisor · Cofounder, AI Alt Lab · Taíno technologist --- ## Short bio — ~50 words **Third person** > Jordan Loewen-Colón, PhD, is a Responsible-AI strategist and ethics advisor. He cofounded the AI Alt Lab, which helps governments, AI startups, and health organizations make their data practices ready for generative AI. He teaches at Queen's University and is the author of the forthcoming *Reality Technologies* (Fortress Press). **First person** > I'm a Responsible-AI strategist and ethics advisor. I cofounded the AI Alt Lab, where we help governments, AI startups, and health organizations build data-governance practices ready for generative AI. I teach at Queen's University and am writing *Reality Technologies* (Fortress Press). --- ## Medium bio — ~130 words **Third person** > Jordan Loewen-Colón, PhD, is a Responsible-AI strategist and ethics advisor working at the intersection of emerging technology, philosophy, and Indigenous data sovereignty. He is cofounder of the AI Alt Lab, which partners with state and local governments — including Utah and the City of Berkeley — alongside AI startups and health organizations to align their data practices with ethical principles and prepare their governance for generative AI. A former AI, Ethics, and Data Justice Fellow at Queen's University, he now teaches there and lectures at Syracuse. His writing appears in the *Harvard Business Review* and in peer-reviewed journals, and his forthcoming book, *Reality Technologies: The Promises and Problems of Tech Culture* (Fortress Press), examines how technology reshapes social life. He speaks internationally and reaches broad audiences through podcasts and live streams. **First person** > I'm a Responsible-AI strategist and ethics advisor working at the intersection of emerging technology, philosophy, and Indigenous data sovereignty. I cofounded the AI Alt Lab, where we partner with state and local governments — including Utah and the City of Berkeley — along with AI startups and health organizations to align data practices with ethical principles and ready their governance for generative AI. I was the AI, Ethics, and Data Justice Fellow at Queen's University, where I now teach, and I lecture at Syracuse. I write for the *Harvard Business Review* and peer-reviewed journals, and I'm finishing *Reality Technologies: The Promises and Problems of Tech Culture* (Fortress Press). I speak internationally and reach broader audiences through podcasts and live streams. --- ## Long bio — ~290 words (press kit, full profile) > Jordan Loewen-Colón, PhD, is a Responsible-AI strategist and ethics advisor whose work sits at the intersection of emerging technology, philosophy, and Indigenous data sovereignty. He writes as Taíno, and that vantage shapes a conviction at the center of his practice: that ethical technology is something organizations build deliberately, from the start — not a constraint bolted on after a system is already loose in the world. > > He is cofounder of the AI Alt Lab, which partners with state and local governments — including Utah and the City of Berkeley — as well as AI startups and large health organizations, helping them align data practices with ethical principles and prepare their governance structures for generative AI. He is also the founder of Supernova Immersives, a digital-therapeutics startup. > > A former AI, Ethics, and Data Justice Fellow at Queen's University's Centre for Health Innovation, Jordan now teaches at Queen's and lectures at Syracuse University. His commentary and research appear in the *Harvard Business Review* and in peer-reviewed journals spanning AI ethics, Indigenous data governance, and the philosophy of technology; he is also affiliated with the Aspen Policy Academy and FASPE. His forthcoming book, *Reality Technologies: The Promises and Problems of Tech Culture* (Fortress Press), examines how today's technologies reshape how we think, feel, and live. > > He holds a PhD from Syracuse University, a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a BA from The Ohio State University. Based in Toronto, he speaks internationally and reaches broad audiences through podcasts and live streams. > > Jordan is available for keynotes, workshops, advisory seats, and select consulting engagements. --- ## LinkedIn "About" — first person, formatted for the platform > I help organizations build AI practices they can stand behind. > > As cofounder of the AI Alt Lab, I work with state and local governments, AI startups, and health organizations to align their data practices with ethical principles — and to get their governance ready for generative AI *before* they deploy, not after. > > My approach comes from two places: a decade of scholarship in the ethics and philosophy of technology, and my perspective as a Taíno technologist focused on data sovereignty. I held the AI, Ethics, and Data Justice Fellowship at Queen's University, where I now teach, and I founded the digital-therapeutics startup Supernova Immersives. > > I write about these questions in the *Harvard Business Review* and in peer-reviewed journals, and I'm finishing a book — *Reality Technologies: The Promises and Problems of Tech Culture* (Fortress Press). I also reach wider audiences through talks, podcasts, and live streams. > > If you're working through AI governance, ethics, or data strategy — or want a speaker who makes these issues concrete — let's talk. The fastest way is to put fifteen minutes on my calendar: [link] --- ## Speaker / advisory blurb — third person, booking-oriented > Jordan Loewen-Colón, PhD, turns hard questions about AI ethics and data governance into decisions organizations can act on. Drawing on his work with governments and industry through the AI Alt Lab, his ethics scholarship, and his perspective as a Taíno technologist, he gives audiences a clear-eyed account of the risks *and* a practical path forward. **Speaking & advisory topics** - Building responsible-AI and data-governance practices that are ready for generative AI - AI ethics beyond compliance: trust, agency, and value alignment in the workplace - Indigenous data sovereignty and the case against AI extractivism - The human and social stakes of emerging technology **Formats:** keynotes · workshops · advisory seats · select consulting engagements -