Samantha Kappagoda was a Speaker on AI Governance at NYU Directors Academy

Samantha Kappagoda, Chief Data Scientist of Numerati^® Partners and Independent Director of the Credit Suisse Funds was a speaker on AI Governance at NYU Directors Academy on October 10, 2025.

The plenary panel titled Governance of AI and Emerging Technology Risk, was moderated by Joseph Facciponte, Executive Director of NYU Law PCCE, and her fellow panelists were the following:

• Sheila Bangalore: Board Member, Games Global and StoneAge Waterblast Tools
• Virginia Gambale, Managing Partner, Azimuth Partners, Board Member, Nutanix, Evertec, Virtu Financial, 10x Banking
• Jonathan Martin, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Meta

Samantha previously served as faculty at the Directors Academy in 2024 and 2023.

Samantha Kappagoda currently serves as an Independent Director / Trustee, Nominating Committee Chair and Audit Committee Member of Credit Suisse Funds now under UBS (NYSE: UBS), which are comprised of closed-end funds (NYSE: DHY and CIK) and open-end funds investing in commodity, high yield and credit strategies. She is also Chief Data Scientist and Co-Managing Member of Numerati Partners LLC, Visiting Scholar at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences NYU, advising research activities at RiskEcon^® Lab for Decision Metrics @ Courant Institute, and a Member of the Business Board of the Governing Council at the University of Toronto.