15
Faculty, coaches, and program leads
PROGRAMS · FACULTY
Cadre assembled.
Federal AI leaders, founders, coaches, and veterans. Every member of the cadre is an operator-practitioner. They do this work for a living and volunteer their time to the cohorts.
5
Federal SES & military O-6 and above
100%
Operator-practitioners
FACULTY LEADERSHIP
Ted Adair
Founder & President, Oath & Oak
Program Lead, AI Mission Ready · 25 Years, Federal Mission Growth & Digital Transformation
AI FIELDCRAFTTHE HUMAN EDGE
Mika Cross
Workplace Transformation Strategist
Board Member, Oath & Oak · Program Co-Lead & Faculty Lead, AI Mission Ready
AI FIELDCRAFTTHE HUMAN EDGE
Kris Saling
Data, AI & People Analytics Expert
Board Member, Oath & Oak · Lead Program Advisor, AI Mission Ready
AI FIELDCRAFTTHE HUMAN EDGE
COACH & FACILITATOR CADRE
Tyler Bohl
Founder & Principal AI Architect
Ghostdog Systems · U.S. Army (Ret.)
AI FIELDCRAFT
Taka Ariga
CEO, SOL Imagination AI
Former OPM Chief AI Officer
AI FIELDCRAFT
Kelly Foster
Career & Entrepreneurship Pathways
MBA · PMP · LSSBB
AI FIELDCRAFT
Kirstin Austin
Executive Coach, Meadow LLC
Former CLO/SES, IRS · LeadWithAI
AI FIELDCRAFTTHE HUMAN EDGE
Trish Martinelli
Technology & Data Strategy Leader
IBM · U.S. Army Veteran
AI FIELDCRAFT
Nina Atkin
Founding Partner, Elevant Strategies
Fmr. VP Global AI, Warner Bros. Discovery
AI FIELDCRAFT
Stephanie Wade
CEO, Ascendant
Co-Founder, The Lab at OPM
AI FIELDCRAFT
Joshua Kuehl
AI Coach & Strategy Consultant
4th Paradigm · U.S. Army Veteran
AI FIELDCRAFT
Jason Brooks
CEO & Founder, INNOVO AI
U.S. Navy Corpsman · Agentic-AI Architect
AI FIELDCRAFT
Janie Scanlon
Coach
Oath & Oak Cadre
AI FIELDCRAFT
Corrine Gerard
Lead, The Mentor Circle
The Human Edge
THE HUMAN EDGE
K
Karen Arnold
Coach
The Human Edge
THE HUMAN EDGE
“This course is very important because it teaches the foundations of AI literacy, so not just the tools but how to use it, thinking about the guardrails, how to think about use cases. And you have support along the way.”
AI MISSION READY FACULTY
