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Erik Leklem

Erik Leklem (USJLP 2012, 2013) is an AI Governance Research Fellow with Machine Alignment, Transparency & Security (MATS) Research, in Berkeley, California. In this role, he is developing options for accelerating pathways to an international AI governance treaty and verification regime. Previously, he was a civil servant with the U.S. Department of Defense, the State Department, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. He was a Defense Venture Fellow with the venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates. Erik is currently also a Mentor with UC Berkeley's SkyDeck Accelerator and advises defense/deep tech startups, recently focusing on helping a pre-seed counter-drone company.