Dr. Joyelle Harris has been appointed as the new Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute for Georgia State University. She will begin on January 21, 2025. Dr. Harris currently serves as Executive Director of the Engineering for Social Innovation Center at Georgia Tech. In addition, she holds a primary faculty appointment in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and an adjunct appointment in the Scheller College of Business. Dr. Harris has helped thousands of students gain access to the GA Tech entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem. Collectively, her student entrepreneurs have launched over 100 startups, with a significant portion founded by underrepresented minorities and women. Over time, these startups have collectively raised over $100 million in venture capital, achieving a total portfolio valuation of over $1 billion. Prior to her career in academia, Dr. Harris was a senior packaging engineer at Intel, where she worked to improve back-end core competencies and managed suppliers who built the package for the Intel die. She also helped to manage corporate social responsibility projects. Before Intel, Dr. Harris was a technical consultant for Exponent Engineering and Scientific Consulting group. In this capacity, she served multiple Fortune 500 clients by analyzing the electrical systems of their consumer products. Dr. Harris was also a consultant for the American Competitiveness Institute, where she evaluated electronic systems for the US Navy. Dr. Harris earned bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and electrical engineering from Spelman College and Georgia Tech, respectively. She earned her master’s and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Princeton University and her MBA from the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business. Read more.