2020

2020

Hi, everyone.

Happy almost spring! This column is a short one filled with updates on all the incredible things our classmates are doing.

Sloane Sambuco, Morgan Sobaro, Samantha “Sami” Burack, and I (Katie Goldstein) attended a charity event supporting the Bowery in N.Y.C. in December. It was so fun to catch up, get ready together, and then dance the night away! We ran into Juliana McCombe and Abby Meyers on the dance floor.

Speaking of Abby, she wrote an article about how important it is for companies to have thorough supply-chain traceability to manage costs and avoid disruptions, particularly amid recent labor shortages, Covid, and geopolitical challenges. You can read the article at BainCapitalVentures.com by searching “Supply Chain Traceability as a Climate Imperative.”

A hearty congratulations to Andrew “Sosa” Sosanya, who became a security fellow of the Truman National Security Project this past November. Security fellows are policy experts, academics, and thought leaders who anticipate and articulate new global challenges and opportunities. Many work within the U.S. national security legislature, the international community, or an expansive network of private organizations. Sosa is an incredible technologist with a background in artificial intelligence (AI), the natural sciences, tech policy, and national security. He explored artificial intelligence, physics, and national security at length at Dartmouth, earning an honors A.B. in physics and government modified with computer science (artificial intelligence focus). His seniorthesis on the rise of autonomous weapons and militarized AI won Dartmouth’s Chase Peace Prize and was subsequently published in the Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice.

Currently, Sosa is a machine-learning engineer at SandboxAQ (part of Marble Labs, a technology-backed nonprofit focused on building public goods). Previously, he worked as a national security consultant, advising on areas including AI and digital transformation with policymakers across the U.S. Department of Defense, National Security Council, National Institutes of Health, and State Department to advance innovative ideas. He also worked as a policy analyst for the Federation of American Scientists Day One Project, where he built a platform for science and technology policy ideas. At the Day One Project Sosa helped develop ambitious and actionable policy ideas on issues such as reforming the $700 billion defense budget, electrifying the aviation ecosystem, and training diverse scientists. We’re excited to see all he does next to better our world as a Truman National Security Project fellow—congratulations again, Sosa!

Thankyou allfor reading and especiallyto those featured! If you have any news to share with the Dartmouth community or would like to pen a guest column, please write to me at dartmouth20classnotes@gmail.com.

Hugs.

—Katie Goldstein, 263 W Santa Inez, Hillsborough, CA 94010; katie.e.goldstein.20@dartmouth.edu

Katie Goldstein