Dr. Ellie Graeden

Dr. Ellie Graeden is an expert in translating data and AI products for use in high-consequence decision making in climate, water, and global health. As Chief Data & Product Officer at Metron, a water technology company backed by XPV Water Partners, she is leading the development of AI-driven software that has saved more than billions of gallons of clean water.

Dr. Graeden has previously founded and led companies that build data and AI products at the intersection of policy, science, and strategy. As founder and CEO of Talus Analytics, she built flood-risk and emergency-management platforms for FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security, and health data platforms for the CDC and the World Health Organization. As co-founder of RedZone, she developed a wildfire catastrophe model now used by global insurers to price climate risk. She has advised the G7 Global Partnership on biosecurity and AI risk, including risk to water infrastructure. She earned her doctorate from MIT and is a widely published thought leader on data privacy, AI and data regulation, and cleanAI.

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