Meet Our Team

The CAAI Team supports Booth researchers solving business and social problems with AI, and equips the next generation of leaders with the insight and expertise to be successful in a world where AI fundamentally impacts how we do business.

Center for Applied AI Leadership

Sanjog Misra

Faculty Director

Sanjog Misra is the Charles H. Kellstadt Distinguished Service Professor of Marketing and Applied AI at Chicago Booth. His research focuses on the use of machine learning, deep learning and structural econometric methods to study consumer and firm decisions. In particular, his research involves building data-driven models aimed at understanding how consumers make choices and investigating firm decisions pertaining to pricing, targeting and salesforce management issues.

Cathy Kiriakos

Director, CAAI

Cathy Kiriakos serves as Director of the Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Working alongside Faculty Director Sanjog Misra, she leads the Center's strategic and operational direction, overseeing external partnerships, programming, and data initiatives that connect rigorous academic research to real-world industry application.

CAAI Team

Lauren Doan

Senior Associate Director, Programs and Partnerships

Lauren coordinates AI-focused events and initiatives such as the AI and Economics Summer Institute and Conference, World Models Workshop, and the AI Workshop that engage Booth students, alumni, faculty, and the university community. She fosters collaborations and creates hands-on opportunities that highlight Booth’s leadership in applied AI and its real-world impact. Lauren is passionate about advancing understanding of AI’s business and societal implications through her work at CAAI.

Arleigh Truesdale

Senior Associate Director, Research Communications & Engagement

Arleigh leads science and research communications at the Center, overseeing projects that connect students, alumni, faculty, and industry partners. It spans experiential learning for MBA students, alumni engagement, and cross-institution thought leadership. She builds partnerships across campus, industry, and peer institutions to translate Booth insights into practice.

Florence Ukeni

Content Manager

Florence manages content and social media strategy at the Center, producing multi-channel storytelling across LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Bluesky, and the newsletter. Her work spans research briefs, alumni profiles, event coverage, and maintaining the Center's website. She translates CAAI's research into clear, compelling content that reaches students, alumni, and the broader AI community.

Nick Foster

Data Scientist

Nick Foster is a Data Scientist at the Center, where he contributes to the Nightingale Project, a CAAI initiative that partners with health providers to build anonymized datasets combining medical imaging and high-dimensional diagnostics for broader research access. He also supports a wider portfolio of datasets at CAAI and leads data engineering efforts.