 In January 2017, Apple head of advanced development for Siri, Tom Gruber, joined the Partnership on AI's board.In October 2017, Terah Lyons joined the Partnership on AI as the organization's founding Executive Director.Lyons brings to the organization her expertise in technology governance, with a specific focus in machine intelligence, AI, and robotics policy, having formerly served as Policy Advisor to the United States Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith.