Our Team

The visionaries and practitioners building an AI that honors diverse ways of knowing

Core Team

Phloeun Prim

Phloeun Prim

Project Lead

A visionary cultural entrepreneur, Prim is the Executive Director of Living Arts International (LAI). LAI incubates cultural initiatives that contribute to a peaceful, sustainable future, using the living arts as a catalyst for change.

Prim started his career as a co-founder of 'Artisans d'Angkor', a Cambodian social enterprise that provides professional skills to young Cambodians in rural communities. He became Director of Cambodian Living Arts (CLA) in 2009, which was the seed for LAI.

Prim has been a visiting Professor at NYU Abu Dhabi, teaching courses on Arts for Transformation. His skills enable him to bridge connections across grassroots and policy levels.

Tatenda Tavengeyi

Tatenda Tavingeyi

Project Coordinator

Tatenda Tavengeyi is a heritage professional and AI enthusiast with specific interests in indigenous knowledge systems and practices, AI governance and ethics.

Tatenda currently serves as the project coordinator for the "An AI Our Own" initiative under the Cambodia Living Arts International, and a subcommittee member for the Sudan Heritage Preservation Council.

Sadik Shahadu

Sadik Shahadu

Communications & Partnerships

Sadik is a certified Wikipedia trainer, journalist, and partnership and fundraising manager for An AI of Our Own.

He is also the co-founder of the Dagbani Wikimedians User Group, a young not-for-profit organization based in Ghana working to support the 16 Mabia languages on Wikimedia and the internet at large.

Gillian Rhodes

Gillian Rhodes

Strategic Assistant

Gillian Rhodes is an American performing artist and storyteller who has spent close to thirteen years working in Cambodia, South Korea, Pakistan, and now Dubai.

She began working with Phloeun in 2012 as an executive assistant. Her creative ability to see how things connect and articulate in words helps her gather the concepts and ideas central to AAOO and give them shape and form.

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