About

Ian David Moss is CEO and founder of the Effective Institutions Project. Over the course of more than two decades, he has partnered with dozens of grantmaking foundations and philanthropic families to design impactful programs, allocate resources effectively, and collaborate productively toward a thriving future. All told, his work has guided the distribution of more than $250 million in grants and spending to improve people’s lives worldwide.

Ella is the Managing Director at EIP. She works closely with Ian on strategic initiatives and external relations, and ensures that the organization’s systems run effectively. She was one of EIP’s first employees and holds a MSc in International Social and Public Policy from the London School of Economics.

Jakob Graabak is the Interim Director of EIP’s Peace and Security Program. He is currently building out this new program, with a focus on fostering diplomatic dialogue between Great Powers and mitigating new escalation risks driven by emerging technologies. Previously, he directed the technology foresight program at the Brussels-based think tank Centre for Future Generations, co-founded the Norwegian Center for Long-Term Policy, and acted as a project lead at SecureBio. He is a former fellow at the McKinsey Global Institute.

Tyler is the AI Program Director, leading EIP’s artificial intelligence initiatives. A seasoned grantmaker and researcher, Tyler has advised philanthropists on over $60 million in grants across AI safety, biosecurity, and peace and security. He helped to set up the only international body with a mandate to consider transformative impacts of advanced AI, at the OECD, and established the first research institute dedicated to AI welfare, at NYU. He’s co-authored two books and over a dozen published papers, and held fellowships at the National Institutes of Health and the University of Oxford. Tyler holds a PhD in political philosophy from Rutgers University; he is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, and most recently led on research, communications, donor education, and AI governance grantmaking at Longview Philanthropy.

Conrad is a Senior Associate at EIP supporting research, monitoring, and prioritization across institutions and issues. He holds a MA in International Political Economy and is also a PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam, researching global shifts in power, norms, and institutions.

Lev is the Operations Manager at EIP. He is responsible for improving and maintaining organizational systems, managing compliance, and offering as-needed support to strategic initiatives. He has cross-sector experience spanning operational quality management for CAF America, strategy for healthtech startups in emerging markets, biomedical research for the NIH, and field-based emergency medicine across three continents.

Faye is a research fellow at EIP. She is an undergraduate Economics student at Minerva University interested in global development, with experience in journalism and research.