Ryan Letada works at the intersection of two unstoppable forces shaping our future: human migration and AI.

He's the founder of the AI Institute for Human Migration + Arrival (AIHMA.org) — responsible AI for human migration, from the move to the life that follows.

AIHMA advances research, governance, and technology for everyone who moves — and the institutions that serve and employ them. Its work spans immigration, workforce mobility, refugee resettlement, and climate displacement.

Its flagship applied research, Arrival Intelligence, helps newcomers arrive, settle, work, and thrive faster in new workplaces and neighborhoods.

Born in Kuwait to Filipino refugee parents, Ryan has lived human mobility firsthand — the why behind his work.

Before AIHMA, he founded NextDayBetter, an award-winning agency for borderless storytelling, commerce, and work, reaching 60M+ views with campaigns for Mailchimp, AARP, and Doctors Without Borders.
A serial builder, he also co-founded the social venture that brought One Laptop Per Child to the Philippines. He previously served on the Pinterest Inclusion Council and the Board of Trustees at Wheaton College (MA). Today he advises the American Bar Association's Immigration Justice Project.

A Fulbright Scholar in climate displacement and mass relocation, Ryan is also a Google NextGen Tech Policy Fellow, Gold House Member, and Posse Foundation Scholar. His work has been featured in Forbes, Advertising Week, BuzzFeed, NBC Asian America, the Hammer Museum, and TED.

Outside work, he's a proud dad of two — raising them on the essentials: Spice Girls and Boyz II Men.