CHEVY CHASE, MD, April 01, 2026 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Lee J. Tiedrich, artificial intelligence (AI), data and emerging tech leader, OECD and global partnership on AI expert, and senior advisor to UK AI Safety Summit Report, was selected by Marquis Who's Who for a prominent feature in the Washington/Baltimore Edition of The Wall Street Journal, published on June 20, 2025.

Hailing from more than three decades of multifaceted experience spanning law, policy and engineering, Ms. Tiedrich understands market dynamics and helps organizations unlock innovation and manage risk in a complex, regulated and changing world. A widely recognized global leader, she is at the forefront of AI and emerging tech policy, serving as an AI expert for the OECD and the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI) and a senior advisor for the AI safety report arising from the international AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park. These multilateral efforts involve governments and other stakeholders and help shape responsible AI globally. Through these roles, Ms. Tiedrich leads international AI projects on data, intellectual property, and AI and the environment. She is deeply involved in AI governance, privacy and other cutting-edge matters.

Outside of her international policy work, Ms. Tiedrich serves on the faculty of Duke University, and her appointments have spanned several disciplines, including law, engineering and health care. In addition to her multi-disciplinary AI and data research, Ms. Tiedrich has designed and taught innovative courses, including one that enables graduate students to address real-world responsibility tech problems in multi-disciplinary teams. She is the principal investigator for Duke's participation in the U.S. AI Safety Institute Consortium, established through the U.S. Commerce Department. Her work is widely published.

Prior to joining Duke, Ms. Tiedrich was a partner at the global law firm Covington & Burling, where she led the firm's global and multi-disciplinary AI initiative and helped clients with a broad range of corporate, intellectual property, regulatory, policy and other matters. Impressively, she became the 22nd woman elected to Covington's partnership in 1999. Ms. Tiedrich has a proven track record of guiding organizations through technology transformations and legal uncertainties, beginning decades ago with cellular and the internet to the present day. In addition to her practice, Ms. Tiedrich led Covington's Women's Forum and Diversity Committee.

Well-regarded as an expert, Ms. Tiedrich presents globally to governments and other leaders in North America, Europe, India and Taiwan. Venues have included the Council on Foreign Relations, the Federal Judicial Center, the National Judicial College, the OECD, COP-27, GPAI, the UN AI High-Level Advisory Board, UNESCO, and the UN's World Intellectual Property Organization. Ms. Tiedrich serves on the CEIMIA board of directors and the editorial board of the Journal for AI Law and Regulation. She previously served on the Duke Engineering School Board of Visitors and chaired its strategy committee and on the board of the UC Hastings College of the Law Work-Life Law Center. Additionally, Ms. Tiedrich has held leadership positions with the American Bar Association and served as a peer reviewer for Oxford University Press. She has been selected for CIOLook's 10 Best Leaders of the AI Age, shaping a New Technological Era – 2024 and CIO Business World's 10 Most Visionary Women Leaders in AI Creating Global Impact, 2024. She received a Duke Women Innovators Award in 2023 and is featured by TechCrunch as a woman making a difference in AI.

Before launching her professional journey, Ms. Tiedrich was one of the few women who majored in electrical engineering at Duke University in the mid-1980s. She earned a Bachelor of Science in engineering from Duke with honors. She subsequently attended the University of Pennsylvania Law School, graduating with honors. Prior to joining the Duke faculty, Ms. Tiedrich was an adjunct faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

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