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Michael Sharp leads the Industrial Artificial Management and Metrology Project in NIST's Communications Technology Laboratory. He currently researches methods and metrology to integrate and qualify artificial intelligence for practical use in industrial and manufacturing settings. He received his Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the University of Tennessee in 2012 and has been an active participant in state-of-the-art research communities for data modeling,  sensing capabilities and artificial intelligence. In his spare time, Michael enjoys collaborative creative endeavors, such as D&D, and exploring outdoor spaces through hikes or disc golf.

Dylan Gilbert is a Privacy Policy Advisor with the Privacy Engineering Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce. In this role, he advances the development of privacy engineering and risk management processes with a focus on the Privacy Framework and emerging technologies.

Prior to joining NIST, he was Policy Counsel at Public Knowledge where he led and developed all aspects of the organization’s privacy advocacy. This included engagement with civil society coalitions, federal and state lawmakers, and a broad cross-section of external stakeholders on issues ranging from consumer IoT security to the development of comprehensive federal privacy legislation. He spent the early part of his career as a working musician and freelance writer in his native southern California.

Dylan holds a B.A. in English from the College of William and Mary and a J.D. from the George Washington University Law School.

Jennifer Cawthra is principal investigator for the health care projects at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). 

Nancy Lin is the leader of the Biomaterials Group in the Biosystems and Biomaterials Division of the Material Measurement Laboratory at NIST. As part of the Microbial Metrology team, she focuses on measurements and standards to enable the detection and quantification of microbes, including total and viable cell count for microbial cell reference materials, biofilm-material interactions, antimicrobial efficacy and biosurveillance. Nancy holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Valparaiso University and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve University. She enjoys gardening and spending time with her family.

Juan is an economist in the NIST Engineering Laboratory's Applied Economics Office. His research focuses on the economics of disaster resilience and seismic risk mitigation. Juan holds a Ph.D. in economics and an MS in statistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

David Darais is a Principal Scientist at Galois, Inc. and supports NIST as a moderator for the Privacy Engineering Collaboration Space. David's research focuses on tools for achieving reliable software in critical, security-sensitive, and privacy-sensitive systems. David received his B.S. from the University of Utah, M.S. from Harvard University and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.