San Francisco Mayor-Elect Daniel Lurie announced a 10-member transition team on Nov. 18, with Sam Altman, cofounder and CEO of OpenAI, listed as one of seven co-chairs.
The team will provide counsel to Lurie and his advisors while they develop relationships with 50 city agencies and key partners, create a leadership team, and make 100-day plans, according to a press release.
“I’m excited to introduce this talented and diverse team who will help guide our transition and lay the groundwork for the change San Franciscans demand,” Lurie said in the press release. “Every one of these incredible leaders brings a track record of shaking up the status quo to deliver results. My transition co-chairs share my commitment to building an accountable, effective government to tackle the many challenges confronting our great city.”
Altman is one of the most prominent figures in the artificial intelligence industry and is known for ChatGPT, a product based on generative AI that can interact with human beings.
The transition team is also to “provide critical guidance on ways the city can innovate to ensure better service to the people of San Francisco,” the press release states.
The other six co-chairs are former Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White, nonprofit Mission Asset Fund CEO José A. Quiñonez, former Twitter CFO Ned Segal, former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, San Francisco Democratic Party Chair Nancy Tung, and former Police Commander Paul Yep.
Now Lurie is delivering on that promise, the press release states.
