#  Program Leadership: Leading Ethically in the Age of AI 

 



### David C. Lamberth, Professor of Philosophy and Theology 

 

David Lamberth is Professor of Philosophy and Theology in the Faculty of Divinity, where he teaches a range of courses in Western thought that probe the interconnections between theological and philosophical reflection in American and continental traditions. He joined the faculty in 1997, and he served a three-year term as associate dean for academic affairs at HDS from 2000 to 2003.

His 1999 *William James and the Metaphysics of Experience* exhibits his interest in the revival of pragmatism and demonstrates the inherent engagement with religion in James's philosophical views. Lamberth has written extensively on James’s radical empiricism, and his approaches to rationality and truth.

Other research interests include: method and theory in the study of religion; the intersection of neuroscience and theories of mind in relation to religion; the framing of the intersection of philosophy and religion; and religious experience. He is currently the faculty chair of the Master of Theological Studies program.



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### Richard J. Geruson, MRPL '25, Chairman and CEO, Global Board Services and Investments 

 

Richard Geruson was CEO of Lexmark, the multibillion-dollar, 10,000-employee Fortune 500 technology company; Phoenix Technologies, whose independent BIOS enabled the global PC ecosystem; and VoiceSignal, the AI startup that invented mobile phone voice recognition. He was senior vice president of Nokia, vice president of IBM and Toshiba, and a McKinsey & Company executive.

As GBSI Chairman and CEO, he provides AI-governance expertise to corporate boards across three continents, having served on 33 boards and 46 advisory boards, including the Leadership Council of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics in Silicon Valley.

As Lecturer in Religion and AI, Geruson taught at Harvard Divinity School (HDS) and is teaching its AI ethics executive-education program. He holds three graduate degrees from Oxford University, including a doctorate in economics, as well as a master’s from HDS. He attended Harvard Business School as a visiting scholar and previously served on its faculty.

His publications include *A Theory of Market Strategy* (Oxford University Press, 1992) and “AI Harms Are Not Ethically Inevitable” (Harvard Divinity Bulletin, Autumn/Winter 2025). His current research identifies the limits of AI value alignment due to emergent behavior and develops a framework for systematic vigilance in identifying and mitigating AI harms.



 



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