Our Team
Prima Vista AI is a startup comprised of law, ethics, media, education, and data experts. Our executive team is based in Lawrence, Kansas while our consultants come from all over.
Our Execs
Katie is a former journalist and has worked in editorial, analytics, and management for more than 25 years. She led teams-driven strategies at major consumer-facing companies including Netflix, BuzzFeed, and Warner Bros. She specializes in data-driven AI application and communications. She is an active executive committee volunteer with the Sierra Club.
Katie Hasty, CEO
is an operations specialist and has worked in education for 15 years. She previously led international student administration for University of Missouri-Kansas City and served as an international student advisor for University of Central Missouri.
Marcie Barajas, COO
Russ has worked in media and data analytics across the country for three decades. He specializes in practical AI implementations that prioritize human skills and guidance.
Russ Fischer, CTO
Our Consultants
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We’re eager to add consultants to our growing list of CLE, CME, coursework, and CE presenters; writers for papers, newsletters, and social media; and for data research adjacent to the AI ethics and Responsible AI field.
Professor Michael H. Hoeflich is the John H. & John M. Kane Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Kansas School of Law and a leading scholar in legal ethics and professional responsibility. A legal historian with deep expertise in the evolution of lawyers’ ethical duties, Professor Hoeflich brings historical and comparative insight to contemporary questions surrounding artificial intelligence, professional judgment, and the responsible use of emerging technologies in legal practice.
Prof. Hoeflich earned his J.D. from Yale Law School and his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, and has served as dean of the Syracuse University College of Law and the University of Kansas School of Law. He has authored or edited more than 115 books and published 110+ articles examining legal ethics, legal culture, and the professional obligations of lawyers. His work provides an essential framework for understanding how longstanding ethical principles apply to using ethical AI for law students and professionals.
Dr. Alejandro Barajas serves as a staff psychologist at the University of Kansas Counseling and Psychological Services, providing assessment and therapy services to KU students. His clinical interests encompass multicultural issues, trauma, gender identity, psychological assessment, and group counseling. In addition, he holds adjunct faculty appointments in the Counseling Psychology doctoral program at UMKC and the Collaborative to Advance Health Services at UMKC’s School of Nursing and Health Studies, where he teaches multicultural considerations in healthcare service delivery.
With over ten years of experience as a Research Associate, Evaluator, and Trainer with the Collaborative to Advance Health Services at UMKC, Dr. Barajas has developed expertise in evaluation and research — including instrument development, data collection, data analysis, and technical report writing — as well as multicultural factors in counseling. He is also experienced in training, editing, and translating professional literature (English/Spanish) in psychology, neuroscience, and substance use disorders; psychotherapeutic medications; and counseling for special populations such as Hispanic and LGBT individuals.
Paul Callister is the Director of the Leon E. Bloch Law Library at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, a position he has held for over two decades. He also holds the position of Professor of Law, currently teaching Copyright Law, Developing Legal Research Skills, and Artificial Intelligence and the Law. Paul holds a B.A. from Brigham Young University, a J.D. from Cornell Law School, and an M.S.L.I.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Paul’s received the 2021 UMKC Law Marvin Lewis Rich Award for legal scholarship and he is a two-time recipient of the UMKC Law Brenner Award for legal scholarship. Paul’s has been published in Law Library Journal in February 2025 and in July of 2025, he received an award from the American Association of Law Libraries/Lexis Call for Papers. With his co-author, Tove Klovning, his book Field Guide to Legal Research was published in 2025. Also coming forth in 2026 is his book with co-author Dana Neacşu, The Technology of Legitimating Law: Information Epochs from Memory to Generative AI. Paul frequently speaks and publishes on AI and research issues.
Clay Johnson serves as Assistant Commissioner at the Kansas Department of Insurance. He began work as an attorney for the Kansas Department of Insurance and the Securities Commissioner of Kansas in 2016. Before that, he worked in private practice for 18 years in complex commercial litigation and employee benefits law, after beginning his career as a law clerk for Hon. Frederick J. Scullin, Jr. (N.D.N.Y) and Hon. Deanell Reece Tacha (10th Cir.). He resides in Lawrence, Kansas with his wife, Renae, their children, two dogs, and one rabbit.