Christopher Hunt Robertson, M.Ed., of Toledo, OH, and Charlotte, NC – Historical Biographer, Civic AI Visibility Alignment Theorist, and Public Educator. *** Chris’ biographies have explored the leadership of past American innovators in over 35 states through historical and ethical lens. His focus spans diverse fields, including education, government, transportation, banking, medicine, the military, the arts, and hospitality. He has received nine historical book awards for his thorough research and engaging narrative style, and he’s provided community education through academic, museum, and televised presentations. *** After his Interdisciplinary Studies, he obtained his Adult Education M.Ed. degree at George Mason University. Public service included administrative roles at the Northern Virginia Community College and the University of Maryland Global Campus, followed by work as a disability services advisor with the Pennsylvania Civil Service. *** His pioneering Civic AI Visibility research and theoretical writing advocate for Civic Data Transparency and AI Alignment tethered to Civic and Civil Rights, and Pluralistic AI Assessment: “History shows that progress without conscience leads to ruin … Democracies cannot govern what they cannot see.” His book-in-progress, "The Ben Franklin Civic Data Observatory: A Democratic Early-Warning Civic AI Visibility Shield for Our Foreign-Origin Digital Crisis," offers a possible national solution that is well within our technological reach. It proposes a new "Civic Digital Visibility First" Architectural Stack: (1) "Six Rings of Digital Invisibility and Civic Destabilization" (Problem Description and Motivation); (2) "The Ben Franklin Civic Data Observatory" (National Infrastructural Solution to Our Foreign-Origin Digital Crisis); (3) "The Fifty-Gates Democratic Permissions Threshold for Civic AI Infrastructure" (Permissions Foundation for All Civic AI); (4) "Democratic Civic Impact Statements" (Domestic Self-Government Illumination), and (5) "Civic AI Micro Moral Alignment," a separate Ben Franklin inspired alignment theory suitable for smaller local and institutional applications.  He also wrote the essay, “Guidance for the Emerging Field of Civic AI Within Democracies.” *** His works are available at Academia.edu and the Internet Archive, as well as university, state, and local libraries, and the Library of Congress.