ROOST Welcomes Inaugural Board of Directors to Guide Mission and Long-Term Governance

ROOST (Robust Open Online Safety Tools) is proud to announce the formation of its inaugural Board of Directors. This is an important piece of foundational work that will help ROOST continue advancing its mission to build open, transparent, and community-driven safety tools.

Founded in 2025, ROOST was created to ensure that critical online safety infrastructure isn’t locked behind proprietary walls. By developing shared, open tools, ROOST supports developers, researchers, civil society, and platforms working to keep digital and AI systems safe and accountable.

“This Board brings together extraordinary leaders who understand not only the technology, but also the communities and governance that make institutions resilient. Their guidance will help us scale our mission while staying true to our values.”

This new Board brings together leaders who have shaped technology, public policy, open source communities, civil society, and national security—and whose expertise will be instrumental in guiding ROOST’s next phase of growth.

Together, they will steward ROOST’s long-term strategy and ensure our work remains independent, inclusive, and grounded in public-interest values.

Introducing the Board of Directors

ROOST’s Board brings a unique combination of expertise—from open source governance to government leadership, from technology policy to community empowerment.

Guiding ROOST’s Mission for an Open, Safe Internet

ROOST is building open, robust safety tools that can be used across AI models, online platforms, and digital communities. This includes foundational infrastructure for detecting fraud and abuse, mitigating harmful content like child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and terrorism and violent extremism content (TVEC), and supporting practitioners working to mitigate emerging harms like sadistic online exploitation.

The Board will help ROOST:

Looking Ahead

As ROOST expands its work, this Board will anchor the organization’s independence and ensure its tools remain open, public-interest–aligned, and accessible to all who are building towards a safer internet. Together, this group will help ROOST drive the next generation of cooperative safety infrastructure—designed for openness, built for resilience, and governed by the trust and safety communities who rely on it.