Tom Kalil is the CEO of Renaissance Philanthropy. Tom served in the White House for two presidents (Obama and Clinton) and in collaboration with his team worked with the Senate to give every federal agency the authority to support incentive prizes for up to $50 million. Tom also designed and launched dozens of White House science and technology initiatives, including the $40 billion National Nanotechnology Initiative, announced by President Clinton; The BRAIN Initiative, announced by President Obama; The Next Generation Internet initiative, announced by President Clinton and Vice President Gore; and initiatives in advanced materials, robotics, smallsats, data science, and EdTech.

Tom also served as the Chief Innovation Officer at Schmidt Futures, a philanthropic initiative of Eric and Wendy Schmidt. At Schmidt Futures, Tom supported the launch of Convergent Research, an organization that incubates and launches Focused Research Organizations, timebound non-profit organizations designed to accelerate scientific progress. Tom Kalil serves as Chair of Convergent Research. Tom also serves as a Member of the Board of Future House, a non profit focused on building AI-powered assistants for the laboratory.

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