Jacqueline (Jackie) Glassman has been at the forefront of automotive safety, autonomy, and fuel economy for decades, making her a go-to advisor for clients navigating the evolving landscape of motor vehicle regulations, business structures and autonomous vehicle (AV) technologies. With a deep understanding of both traditional and emerging regulatory regimes and cutting-edge AI systems, Jackie counsels companies facing the intersection of AI, software development, and transportation innovation.

Jackie’s experience spans from serving as Acting Administrator and Chief Counsel at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to representing a broad swath of the automotive industry and, most recently, serving as General Counsel and Co-Head of Safety at an AV software development start up company.  Jackie’s career has included building company safety programs involving both development and enforcement, negotiating Consent Order arrangements, managing individual enforcement issues and implementing regulatory strategies.

Mr. Strickland currently serves as Vice President for Global Regulatory Affairs and Transportation Technology Policy for General Motors (GM). He is responsible for GM’s advocacy with regulatory agencies at the local, state, national and international levels, focusing on the company’s transition to be the leading electric vehicle and automated vehicle manufacturer in the world.

Mr. Strickland served as the fourteenth Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) from 2010 - 2014. As the top automotive safety official in the United States, he was responsible for executing the agency’s mission to reduce crash-related fatalities and injuries while insuring the highest standards of safety on the nation’s roads. Mr. Strickland oversaw a broad range of vehicle safety and policymaking programs, including setting vehicle safety standards, investigating possible safety defects, and tracking safety-related recalls; annually distributing over $600 million in highway safety grants to states and leading the behavioral safety program; and establishing and enforcing the regulations on fuel economy. His major accomplishments at NHTSA include overseeing the development of the first national fuel economy programs for both passenger vehicles and heavy-duty trucks in conjunction with the Environmental Protection Agency, and implementing the vehicle safety and highway safety grant mandates included in the 2012 Highway Reauthorization (MAP-21).

Mark R. Rosekind, Ph.D., was the Chief Safety Innovation Officer at Zoox, an Amazon-owned autonomous mobility company from 2017-2022. He was appointed the Distinguished Policy Scholar in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for 2020-2022.

Previously, Dr. Rosekind was appointed by President Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be the 15th Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), serving from 2014 to 2017. Prior to NHTSA, Dr. Rosekind was appointed by President Obama, confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and served as the 40th member of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) from 2010 to 2014. Before the NTSB, Dr. Rosekind founded Alertness Solutions, a scientific consulting firm that specialized in fatigue management. He previously directed the Fatigue Countermeasures Program at the NASA Ames Research Center and was chief of the Aviation Operations Branch in the Flight Management and Human Factors Division.

Dr. Rosekind is an internationally recognized expert on human fatigue. His work has been widely published, and his awards include the NASA Exceptional Service Medal and six other NASA group/team awards; the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Sleep Foundation; the Mark O. Hatfield Award for Public Policy from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine; and Fellow of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Dr. Rosekind earned his A.B. with honors from Stanford University, his M.S., M.Phil., and Ph.D. from Yale University, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Brown University Medical School.

James Owens is currently serving as the Chief Legal & Policy Officer at Nuro. Prior to this role, James held various positions at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and law firms such as Sidley Austin LLP and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. James has a diverse educational background, holding a PhD in History from the University of Virginia, a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law, and a BA in History from James Madison University.

Ann Carlson is the Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law and a Faculty Director and the founding Director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. She is a leading scholar of climate change and air pollution law and policy, the co-author of a top casebook on Environmental Law (with Dan Farber and William Boyd), and the co-editor, with Dallas Burtraw, of Lessons from the Clean Air Act: Building Durability and Flexibility into U.S. Climate and Energy Policy. She has published numerous articles in leading law reviews, including California, Harvard, Michigan, Northwestern, and UCLA. From 2021 to 2024, Carlson served in the Biden-Harris Administration as Chief Counsel and Acting Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Under her leadership at NHTSA, the agency issued two sets of stringent fuel economy standards, a rule to require pedestrian automatic emergency braking for all light duty vehicles, and the first ever order requiring immediate reporting of crashes involving automated vehicles.  Carlson is a frequent media commentator and blogs at Legal Planet. She is the recipient of the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award, the Eby Award for the Art of Teaching and the Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching. Carlson is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers. She is a magna cum laude graduate of both UC Santa Barbara and Harvard Law School.