Marisa Zalabak is an AI ethicist and educational psychologist specializing in the application of ethics to human-AI systems, with a focus on psychosocial well-being. She is a co-author of IEEE's P7010 standard for assessing the impact of AI systems on human well-being and P7014 standard for emulated emotions in AI systems. Within IEEE, she serves as Co-Chair of AI Ethics Education, Chair of the Global Methodologies–Planet Positive 2030 initiative, Co-Lead of the RAISE pilot and global standard on responsible AI use in K–12 education, and is working on the new Organizational Readiness in AI workgroup (P7026).

 

Marisa is Founder of Open Channel Culture, Co-Founder of the Global Alliance for Digital Education & Sustainability (GADES), a founding member of the Women in AI Global Network, faculty member of the Tracadero Forum Institute and a Resident Fellow with The Digital Economist. She is currently collaborating with Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) on mental health and generative AI and chatbot interaction. Her work sits at the intersection of applied AI ethics, human development, education, cognition, and psycho-societal impact — exploring how current and future generations can best thrive in partnership with AI systems.