Paula Goldman is Salesforce’s first-ever Chief Ethical and Humane Use Officer and an EVP of
Product. In her role, she leads Salesforce in creating a framework to build and deploy
trustworthy technology, with a particular focus on AI and data. Prior to Salesforce, Paula was
VP and Head of the Tech and Society Solutions Lab as well as VP of Impact Investing at
Omidyar Network, an investment firm founded by eBay Founder Pierre Omidyar. As an
entrepreneur and investor, she lived and worked across multiple countries including India,
Ghana, Kenya, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bosnia, the UK and the US. Paula was a member of the
US National AI Advisory Committee established by Congress to advise the President, where
she chaired the Generative AI Working Group. She has been an advisor to multiple
start-ups, and a fellow at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Paula earned a Ph.D. from
Harvard University, where she did a dissertation on how unorthodox ideas become
mainstream.