Our People

Lindsey works with companies across industries to responsibly develop and deploy technology in line with international standards, regulations, and emerging best practice. She focuses primarily on risks to people in the fields of Responsible AI and online trust and safety. She leads BSR’s Responsible AI Working Group and has particular experience building out Responsible AI governance approaches, especially risk assessment processes.

She also has extensive experience in developing responsible sales processes, designing and conducting human rights assessments, conducting in-depth research exploring implications of emerging technology, and integrating human rights-based approaches into responsible technology development and deployment. 

Prior to joining BSR, Lindsey worked with digital rights organization, Access Now, to drive the then burgeoning conversation on the human rights implications of AI. As part of this, she wrote the foundational report Human Rights in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Lindsey previously worked at Internews, implementing a large portfolio of digital rights projects across Latin America, which focused on equipping journalists and human rights defenders with digital security and policy advocacy skills. Lindsey has worked and lived across Latin America and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

Lindsey holds a Master’s in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University and a BA in Political Science and International Studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Chris works with technology companies to develop and deploy technology responsibly in line with international standards, best practices, and nascent laws and regulations. He brings experience and expertise in trust and safety, human rights, content regulation, and understanding and addressing the impacts of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.

Chris specializes in supporting technology companies with regulatory requirements that may touch on risks to people and society connected to their products and services, including risk assessments under the EU Digital Services Act and the UK Online Safety Act. He also leads company-wide human rights assessments and reviews of companies' human rights and online safety practices.

Prior to joining BSR, Chris spent eight years working to advance the rights to freedom of expression and privacy in the ICT sector, leading policy advocacy for over 90 global ICT companies, digital rights and press freedom groups, academics, and investors at the Global Network Initiative. He also facilitated independent, third-party assessment of ICT companies' human rights commitments under the GNI Principles.​ He previously worked for NGOs focused on post-conflict recovery and Middle East affairs. ​

Chris holds a BA in International Affairs from James Madison University.

Lale advises companies on the responsible design and deployment of technology, helping them navigate emerging risks and strengthen practices that protect people across technology value chains. Her work focuses on Responsible AI, end-use risks of technology products and services, online platform governance, and integrating human rights-based approaches into technology governance.

Lale leads BSR's Tech Against Trafficking collaboration, which brings together some of the largest tech companies in the world to advance the use of technology to fight human trafficking and modern slavery, and to address human trafficking on online platforms and in global supply chains. Lale also leads BSR’s multi-company working group focused on Labor Rights in the AI Data Supply Chain, which promotes labor rights for data enrichment workers preparing datasets and training algorithms that underpin AI systems. 

Prior to BSR, Lale worked at Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise division, where she played a key role in establishing the company's cloud business across Turkey, the Middle East, and Africa. She also worked with the Partnership on AI to help build its AI for Social Good strategy.

Lale holds an MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, where she focused on responsible business practices. She received a BA in Political Science and International Relations from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey.

Richard leads BSR's Responsible Technology team and portfolio, working with companies across sectors to take a responsible approach to the design, development, use, and governance of technology, aligning innovation with international human rights and environmental standards.

He brings deep expertise on the relationship between technology and society, with a particular focus on translating international human rights law and standards into practical approaches for the development and governance of AI and other emerging technologies. He has supported companies with human rights due diligence of new technologies and high-risk markets, the development of AI governance, and impact and risk assessments.

Drawing on his background as a practicing lawyer, Richard has particular experience helping companies understand and address the impacts of emerging technologies while navigating evolving regulatory requirements. He has worked with many companies undertaking risk assessments required under the EU Digital Services Act and the UK Online Safety Act.

Prior to joining BSR, Richard led the legal and policy team at Global Partners Digital, an international human rights organization focused on the impacts of digital technologies on human rights.

Richard holds an LLB in Law and European Law from the University of Nottingham and is a qualified lawyer in England and Wales.