Jamie Metzl

Jamie Metzl is a renowned technology and healthcare futurist, geopolitical expert, author, and media commentator. With a career spanning government, international affairs, and advanced technology, Jamie has made a profound impact in various domains. He is the Founder and Chair of OneShared.World, a global social movement, and serves as a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and an expert at Singularity University. His government service includes roles in the U.S. National Security Council, State Department, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and as a Human Rights Officer for the UN in Cambodia. Additionally, Jamie was a member of the World Health Organization expert advisory committee on human genome editing and gained recognition as “the original COVID-19 whistleblower” for advocating a thorough investigation into the pandemic’s origins, leading to his testimony in the March 2023 US congressional hearings.

As an accomplished author, Jamie's works encompass a range of genres and subjects. He has written about the Cambodian genocide, penned historical and sci-fi novels including "The Depths of the Sea," "Genesis Code," and "Eternal Sonata," and authored the bestseller "Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity." His upcoming book, "The Great Biohack: Recasting Life in an Age of Revolutionary Technology," is set for publication in May 2024.

Jamie's contributions to national security extend to being a founder and board co-chair of the Partnership for a Secure America. He also serves on the board of the American University in Mongolia and Parsons Dance. His personal achievements include being an ultramarathon runner and ironman triathlete. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a former White House Fellow and Aspen Institute Crown Fellow, Jamie holds a Ph.D. from Oxford, a JD from Harvard Law School, and graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University.