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Aaron P. Dworkin is a 2005 MacArthur Fellow and one of America's leading social entrepreneurs in the field of cultural recognition. As founder of the globally recognized Sphinx Organization, he has spent more than two decades building institutions that identify and celebrate human excellence at the highest levels. He is the longest-serving member of the National Council on the Arts, having advised five presidential administrations, and is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His leadership has been recognized with the National Governors Association Distinguished Service to State Government Award, Newsweek's "15 People Who Make America Great," BET's History Makers in the Making Award, and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Lifetime Achievement Award.Aaron has raised more than $50 million for philanthropic causes and is a former Dean and currently serves as Professor of Arts Leadership and Entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan. He is the author of multiple books on creativity, leadership, and entrepreneurship, including The Entrepreneurial Artist: Lessons from Highly Successful Creatives, and serves as host of the nationally broadcast Arts Engines show.At The Obsidia Project, Aaron is building a nonprofit home for public cybersecurity Casebooks, partnerships, and standards that help the field learn from consequential incidents.

Amani J. Dworkin is a cybersecurity researcher, Presidential Scholar, and student-athlete at DePaul University, where he studies cybersecurity as a Dean's List honoree and is a member of the SecDaemons. He graduated from high school a year early as an NAACP Scholar and a recipient of the National African American Academic Recognition Award. He also became the youngest person ever to earn the University of Michigan's Nexus cybersecurity certification.

His research addresses one of the most pressing challenges in AI security: defending against phishing attacks that adapt to the systems built to stop them. He is the architect of ICC (Isolated Criteria Code), an original defense design in which the AI model never reads attacker-controlled text. He is also the creator of GhostGuard, a five-star-rated AI phishing detection app that analyzes suspicious messages and safely tests links in an isolated environment. As a security contractor, Amani has conducted authorized phishing simulations against executive leadership and delivered remediation recommendations that were adopted by the organization.

As Co-Founder and Lead Technical Author of The Obsidia Project, Amani leads the research, writing, and evidence standards behind the organization's Casebooks. He ensures that each analysis is grounded in the public record, mapped to industry frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and NIST CSF, and translated into practical tools that help organizations turn lessons from consequential incidents into lasting readiness.