Empowering staff. Taking action.
Global Shield is comprised of five full-time staff, along with a number of volunteers.
As Executive Director, Jared is responsible for strategic management of Global Shield. He leads the strategic direction of the organization, including plans for global expansion, and Global Shield’s advocacy plans across the various country offices.
Jared was previously the Director of U.S. and International Policy at the Future of Life Institute. At FLI, he focused on improving technology policy in the public and private sectors, particularly related to AI systems, to maximize the benefits of these technologies through the mitigation of their catastrophic risks. His work included active advocacy with U.S. and international policymakers and the provision of formal advice on draft and official policy. He previously worked as an Analyst in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy at the U.S. Congressional Research Service, where he confidentially advised the U.S. Congress on a range of critical policy topics, including the authorization and use of the Defense Production Act and many emergency response programs of the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. He holds a B.S. in Social Psychology and an M.P.P. with a special emphasis is humanitarian crisis management.
As Director of Policy, Rumtin is responsible for Global Shield’s research and development of policies to reduce all-hazards global catastrophic risk. He leads the development of the Global Shield newsletter and other policy publications. He also leads on strategic planning for the organization and efforts to expand global presence.
Prior to Global Shield, Rumtin’s 20-year career spanned across policy, business and research. Most recently, Rumtin was an independent researcher, adviser and public advocate for the ways governments can reduce existential and global catastrophic risk. He has led pragmatic and pioneering research in the field of GCR policy, including on all-hazards policy approaches to GCR, policy engagement by the expert community, and policy options for reducing GCR. He has published on the role of intelligence communities to help reduce existential risk, AI risk and governance, and Australian policy towards nuclear risk and national risk. Prior to this, Rumtin had a successful career in the Australian Public Service as a policy officer in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and an intelligence analyst in Australia’s Department of Defence.
As Chief of Staff, Courtney works across the organization to help deliver on its strategic, operational, and policy goals. She is particularly focused on preparing Global Shield to scale around the world and working with country office leads to support operational requirements.
Courtney has spent her career in policy and advocacy NGOs. In her previous role, she worked with peace, security, and diplomacy programs at One Earth Future Foundation, gaining experience across global issues areas like women peace and security, bilateral negotiations, and nuclear risk reduction. She eventually joined the OEF program Open Nuclear Network full time, where she stood up and led the Office of Foresight and Prediction. There, she implemented an innovative approach to measuring the risk of nuclear catastrophe through forecasting and worked with specialists and stakeholders to connect foresight to risk reduction work. Prior to this, Courtney served at policy and advocacy organizations focused on education, housing, and other pressing domestic issues. She occasionally teaches philosophy classes as an adjunct professor at her undergraduate alma mater, specializing in epistemology and social issues. Courtney has a B.S. from Abilene Christian University and a Master’s from Harvard University.
As Director of Global Shield’s US Office, Rob leads policy advocacy with the US government on all-hazards global catastrophic risk, such as on the implementation of the Global Catastrophic Risk Management Act (GCRMA) and new legislative initiatives.
Prior to Global Shield, Rob was on Capitol Hill as the National Security Advisor to Senators Feinstein and Butler of California. Before that Rob worked in the defense industry and spent 10 years at Bloomberg Government as the Senior Defense Analyst. He also worked as a lobbyist and had a 20-year career in the U.S. Air Force as an intelligence officer, commander, and politico-military affairs officer. He is a graduate of the Air Force Academy and has a master's degree from the University of California, San Diego in Latin American Studies and a master's degree in Global Risk from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Bologna, Italy.
As Director of Global Shield Australia, Devon leads policy advocacy with the Australian government and other stakeholders on all-hazards global catastrophic risk, such as on artificial intelligence, food system resilience and critical infrastructure security.
Prior to joining Global Shield, Devon had a lengthy career in the Australian public service, including with the Attorney-General's Department and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and time in private legal practice working on public international law matters. His roles included work on complex and sensitive international disputes and treaty negotiations, managing the intersection of security and trade issues, and a diplomatic posting to Papua New Guinea. Devon has a Bachelor of Arts (Development Studies) and Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Melbourne and a Graduate Diploma of International Law from Melbourne Law School.
Laura leads Global Shield’s international growth by identifying promising countries for expansion, engaging with key stakeholders, and ensuring the necessary legal, policy and operational foundations to establish new offices.
Laura has built her career at the intersection of public policy and innovation in Brazil. She began as a Specialist in Public Policies and Government Management in Minas Gerais, Brazil’s second-largest state, where she served over 20 million residents across 853 municipalities. From 2020 to 2021, she played a central role in the COVID-19 Emergency Situation Room at the State Secretary of Health, helping to coordinate the state’s pandemic response. She later became Director of Open Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship for the Government of Minas Gerais, where she oversaw HubMG GOV, the largest open innovation program for public administration in Latin America. Laura also co-founded Instituto Aleias, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing the number of women in leadership positions in the Brazilian public sector. She holds a degree in Public Administration from Fundação João Pinheiro and is pursuing a Master’s in Public Policy at the University of Oxford.
