Samone works with actors across the AI value chain—including technology developers and deployers—on designing, implementing, and assessing the effectiveness of responsible AI practices. She also performs targeted assessments on the downstream impacts of AI, focusing on affected communities such as workers, healthcare professionals, patients, public benefits recipients, and human rights defenders.
Samone works with BSR member companies in human rights and technology, with a focus on the impact of technologies on marginalized communities.
Prior to joining BSR, Samone conducted research for a variety of agencies including the World Wide Web Foundation, UN Women, and the Office of the NYC Public Advocate. Her research takes a social justice focus informed by her experience in the nonprofit sector working directly with underrepresented populations like the LGBTQI+ community, immigrants and asylum seekers, sex workers, survivors of domestic abuse and sexual assault, and people seeking safe abortion.
Samone holds a master’s degree in human rights from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a bachelor’s degree in community studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz.