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NTI Board Announces 2025 Leadership Transition
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Organizational news from the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), a major global security nonprofit; tangentially relevant to AI safety governance communities tracking institutional changes in biosecurity and WMD risk organizations.
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The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) announced a leadership transition for 2025, signaling organizational changes at one of the leading nonproliferation and global security organizations. NTI works on reducing risks from nuclear, biological, and other weapons of mass destruction, and its leadership changes may affect priorities in biosecurity and emerging technology governance.
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- •NTI Board of Directors announced a planned leadership transition taking effect in 2025.
- •NTI is a key organization working on nuclear, biological, and chemical threat reduction and global security governance.
- •Leadership changes at major security organizations can influence policy priorities around emerging technology and biosecurity.
- •NTI has been increasingly active in AI and biosecurity intersection issues relevant to AI safety governance.
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# NTI Board of Directors Announces 2025 Leadership Transition
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After years of dedicated service to NTI’s mission of delivering innovative solutions to reducing nuclear, biological and emerging technology threats, Ernest J. Moniz, co-chair and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), and Joan Rohlfing, president and COO of NTI, will step down from their roles in 2025. A search for new leadership for the organization is underway.
In messages to NTI’s staff, Board of Directors, and key partners, Moniz and Rohlfing have shared their continuing passion for NTI’s work and mission and their commitment to ensure a smooth transition. Moniz will remain in his CEO and co-chair role until a successor is brought on board and will remain involved with NTI going forward to support the board and new leadership. Rohlfing will depart in June 2025 to create a new company with her son to harness artificial intelligence for nuclear risk reduction.
“Nearly 25 years ago, Ted Turner and I set out to see if a bi-partisan, non-profit organization could make a difference in reducing catastrophic risks,” said former Senator Sam Nunn, co-chair and co-founder of NTI, who served as CEO until 2017. “Ernie and Joan have made major contributions as NTI has proved time and again that significant risk reduction is possible and doable. Because of their expertise and their leadership of a great team, NTI is in a strong position to address the increasingly urgent security issues facing our nation and the world. I am immensely grateful to both Ernie and Joan for their tireless dedication to our shared vision for NTI.”
Moniz joined NTI in 2017 following his service as U.S. Secretary of Energy. Rohlfing is a founding NTI staff member and has served as president since 2010. Over the past eight years, they expanded the organizational mission to address risks and opportunities associated with emerging technologies and artificial intelligence at the intersection of nuclear and biosecurity, supported a dynamic biosecurity program, developed a robust partnership to ensure the safe and secure expansion of nuclear energy, expanded the government relations program, and increased the public awareness and
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