Ayanna Howard

Dr. Ayanna Howard is an accomplished entrepreneur, educator, and international expert in robotics and AI, and the president of Spelman College. In her former leadership roles, she has served as dean of The Ohio State University College of Engineering, chair of the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a deputy manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She has been recognized on top industry lists including Forbes’ “America’s Top 50 Women in Tech,” Business Insider’s “23 of the Most Powerful Women Engineers,” and Women Inc.’s “Most Influential Women Corporate Board Directors.” She has also been featured in the Amazon Prime series Luminaries and in the IMAX movie Superhuman Body.