Wichita Property Tax Conference

Tim Hwang is the former Director of the Harvard-MIT Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative, a philanthropic project working to ensure that machine learning and autonomous technologies are researched, developed, and deployed in the public interest. He also was the global public policy lead for artificial intelligence and machine learning at Google, and the General Counsel and VP Operations for Substack. Tim's current research focuses on the geopolitical aspects of computational power and machine learning hardware, and the parallels between historical common law development and platform content policies.

Tracy Walder is one of few women to serve in both the Directorate of Operations at the CIA and as a Special Agent in the FBI. Throughout her action-packed career, she led highly complex missions in war zones and black sites all over the world — often being the youngest person and only woman in the room. While serving as a Special Agent at the FBI’s LA Field Office, she helped take down one of the most notorious foreign spies ever caught on american soil. Tracy has shared her story with the nation’s top media outlets and in her highly acclaimed book, The Unexpected Spy. Tracy is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Texas Christian University. 

Dr. Aswath Damodaran is the Kerschner Family Chair Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University. Over the decades, he has created and helped shape the field of valuation. He teaches the corporate finance and valuation courses in the MBA and executive programs. Being at NYU since 1986, he has received the Stern School of Business Excellence in Teaching Award. His research interests lie in valuation, portfolio management and applied corporate finance. In addition to myriad publications in academic journals, Professor Damodaran is the author of several highly-regarded and widely-used academic texts on Valuation, Corporate Finance, and Investment Management.