Shiv is a second-year student studying Biochemistry and Economics. He’s especially interested in biosecurity and animal welfare, and works in a virology lab. Outside of EA, he enjoys playing tennis, cooking, and reading philosophy and poetry.

Alexandra is a junior studying Philosophy, Psychology, and Political Science. Within EA, she is particularly interested in Global Health and Development, and has previously led the corresponding Fellowship. After graduation, she hopes to pursue a PhD in Social Psychology. Outside of EA, she enjoys reading, running, cooking, and spending time with her friends.

Chiara is a junior at UW-Madison majoring in Economics and Statistics. She serves as the Finance Coordinator for Effective Altruism where she manages the organization’s budget, tracks expenses, and helps prepare funding proposals and presentations. She’s especially interested in how markets and financial systems can be leveraged to drive positive, large-scale impact. Outside EA, she enjoys reading, chess, hikes, and cooking.

Erica is a senior studying data analytics and consulting in the school of business. She has been involved as an EAUW executive since 2023 and is passionate about expanding our ideas to new members. Originally from San Francisco and working in New York next year, she recently completed a semester abroad at the National University of Singapore.

Rory is a senior studying Mathematics and Philosophy. He is especially interested in the use of mathematical and statistical reasoning to solve important problems in the world, and in spreading the general ethos of the EA community to larger society. Outside of EA, he likes to swim regularly, read classical and speculative literature, self-study math, and occasionally write poetry.

Michel co-founded EA UW in Fall 2020 after hearing a podcast episode, as one does. Together with Lenni, his twin, and the help of early organizers he shaped it to be the group it is today — which is hopefully still a group of standout people committed to leaving the world better than they entered it. As of this writing, he is finishing up his degrees in Neurobiology and Psychology remotely in Berkeley, where he’s working full time on improving EA infrastructure and skilling up in grant-making and AI alignment. But, if you ask him what he’s doing now, it will almost certainly be something new (rumor has it). He’s happy to chat with all EA UW members!

Lenni co-founded EA UW–Madison together with his brother in 2020 when he was a sophomore. Together, with a wonderful team of dedicated people, he helped create a community of people in Madison inspired to do good in the world. Lenni graduated from UW–Madison in 2022 with a B.S. in Physics and Political Science. He now works on biosecurity issues as a research assistant in Kevin Esvelt’s lab at MIT.

Reid is a fourth year undergraduate student studying Electrical Engineering with a focus in Machine Learning and Data Science. He has been a member of EAUW Leadership since his second semester sophomore year after participating in an Intro to Effective Altruism Fellowship. Within EAUW, he helps with outreach, events planing, and leading intro to EA Fellowship groups. His current career goal is to work in AI Governance: the field of creating policies to ensure that Artificial Intelligence technology is used in a safe and ethical way. Some of his hobbies include sailing, reading, and wide ranging philosophical conversations with friends. He is passionate about educating and inspiring people to strategically use their careers to create as much positive change in the world as possible.

Aaron Yarmel (PhD, MSc, MA) is the Associate Director of the Center for Ethics and Human Values at The Ohio State University. His research focuses on two-level utilitarianism, social change, and philosophy for children. Before moving to Ohio, he was the founding director of Madison Public Philosophy, a Philosophy for Children organization. He has been involved in the Effective Altruism movement since 2015 through his academic research, as a guest speaker and workshop presenter, and as an EAGx conference organizer.

Emma is currently the Director of Chapter Management at One for the World; a nonprofit focused on accessible, effective giving via undergraduate and graduate student chapters. Before joining One for the World, she spent four years running corporate campaigns and organizing with a distributed network of volunteers at Mercy For Animals, a global farmed animal protection nonprofit. She has been involved with the effective altruism movement since 2016 by organizing EA spaces and EAGxMadison, attending EA Global conferences, and working with affiliated animal advocacy organizations and groups. She welcomes chats with EA UW members or in person in Madison.

Holly is a senior studying Economics and International Studies with a certificate in Art History. She is especially interested in reducing extreme global poverty and the fight against preventable diseases. Outside EA, she enjoys yoga, going for walks and hikes, trying new recipes, and hanging out with friends.

Kenneth is a PhD student at Carnegie—Mellon University in the Social and Decision Sciences. He wishes to alleviate suffering for all sentient beings, and he is firmly committed to liberty and equality, animal rights, and veganism. In his free time, he writes a blog, plays Minecraft, and hangs out with friends.

Meera is a second-year Computer Sciences major with an interest in machine learning and AI. They love reading novels and hiking. Meera is the resident community health point-person. If you have any concerns about something that has happened in the group, you can talk to them (or someone else on leadership if you're more comfortable with that). They are committed to helping make EA a welcoming and accessible space for people who identify as queer or disabled.

Casey is a graduate of UW–Madison, where she studied English Linguistics, CS, History, and Japanese. She has been a member of the EA community since Summer 2021 and a leader at EA UW from Spring 2022 to Spring 2023, after which she moved to Japan. She grew up on a farm in rural Wisconsin with vegetarian parents and has actually never eaten meat. She cares deeply about improving the happiness, physical health, and mental health of all sentient species and wants to spend her life working on those issues. She also has prosopagnosia (more commonly known as "face blindness") so although she loves meeting people, she is usually unable to recognize anyone.

James is a fourth-year majoring in Biochemistry, Neurobiology, and Economics. He's particularly interested in mental health as an EA cause area as well as longtermist and transhumanist research, specifically involving neural mechanisms and consciousness. Outside EA, he researches neurodegenerative diseases and works as an EMT, and his hobbies include volleyball, ultimate frisbee, and wilderness camping.

Akhil is a Computer Sciences graduate student and Teaching Assistant at UW–Madison with a Bachelor's in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati and over four years of professional experience as a software engineer developing network management applications. He has been actively involved with the effective altruism community for over 2 years now through the facilitation of virtual programs. He is especially interested in reducing existential risks from Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Engineered Pandemics.

Harmon is a graduate of UW–Madison, where he studied Computer Science and Economics with a focus in Bioinformatics. His interests include biosecurity and entrepreneurship, and he’s done extensive research in machine learning.

Jeremy is a four-year student studying Computer Science. He's interested in software engineering, improving mental health, and learning theory. He's currently exploring how to orient his career with positive impact in mind. In his spare time he enjoys reading, running, philosophical conversations, and participating in hackathons.