Nada Marie Anid, Ph.D.
United States
Vice president for Strategic Communications and External Affairs; New York Institute of Technology
Panel 4: Is Seeing Believing? How AI-enabled Deepfakes are Challenging Ethics in Technology
Nada Marie Anid, Ph.D., is vice president for Strategic Communications and External Affairs, an office created by New York Institute of Technology in May 2018, dedicated to articulating it's mission as a premier polytechnic that fosters technology innovation and entrepreneurship.
A results-oriented leader with astute business acumen, Anid served as the first female dean of the NYIT School of Engineering and Computing Sciences from 2009 to 2018. As dean, she spearheaded the creation of NYIT's NSA/DHS National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education, its federally and state-funded Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center (ETIC), and its Empire State Development's Division of Science, Technology, and Innovation (NYSTAR)-certified business incubator.
Long an advocate for women pursuing education and career opportunities in STEM fields, Anid's efforts in this area include her recent book, The Internet of Women: Accelerating Culture Change, a “Salon Talk” interview on Silicon Valley’s gender culture for Salon.com, and opinion articles in Forbes, Fox, University Business, and the Huffington Post, among others. She is also the recipient of numerous awards; in 2018 City and State honored her with the “Protecting NY Award” in recognition of her leadership in homeland security and security management; in 2015, she received a “100 Inspiring Women in STEM Award” from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine; and she was three times named one of the Top 50 Most Influential Women in Business by Long Island Business News, in recognition of her achievements in workforce and economic development.
Anid serves as chair of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Public Affairs and Information Committee (PAIC) and is a member of the Managing Board of the Institute for Sustainability of AIChE. She also is a member of the Board of Directors of LISTnet, the Riverdale Nature Preservancy, and the Girl Scouts of Nassau County. Additionally, she is an active member of the Long Island Regional Economic Development Council's Offshore Wind Committee and the Long Island STEM Hub.
She earned her Ph.D. in environmental engineering from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), and bachelor's and master's degrees in chemical engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.