Polina Zvyagina

Executive Lead Counsel General Motors

Polina Zvyagina is Director of AI & Data Governance and Executive Counsel at General Motors, where she leads enterprise‑wide AI and data governance strategy for products that move through the real world, from advanced manufacturing, embodied AI in vehicles and enterprise level AI adoption. A global leader in AI law, policy, and governance, she brings more than 15 years of experience from GM, Meta, Airbnb, Uber, and Apple, building programs that turn AI safety frameworks into operational reality at scale. Before joining GM, Polina led AI Policy & Governance at Meta, where she helped shape the company's approach to AI trust, open‑source releases like Llama, and global regulatory strategy across the White House, NIST, and international AI safety initiatives. Her work has informed emerging global frameworks for AI transparency, accountability, and foundation model governance, and she has co‑authored widely cited pieces on AI system cards, system‑level transparency, and foundation model governance. Known for building 0→1 governance functions that engineers actually want to use, Polina spends her time at the intersection of law, safety engineering, and real‑world deployment, asking fun questions like: what does "responsible AI" mean when the model is not just answering prompts, but steering two tons of metal down the highway?