Professional Background: Medicine
Dr. Ayanna Howard is Dean of the Ohio State University College of Engineering. She was previously at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she was Chair of the School of Interacting Computations and of the Robotics Program. She founded AutoNation System lab. Ayanna started her career at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She founded and is Board President of Zyrobotics, a Georgia Tech spin-off. Her training is in Computer Engineering before receiving an MBA. Ayanna has over 20 years of research experience.
Interview Quotes:
“Had to learn the dynamics of boardroom communications.”
“You need to be comfortable with sometimes being uncomfortable in the boardroom.”
“Need to break the perception that embracing diversity somehow increases a company’s exposure to risk.”