This after-work session is a part of our series for Asia Society France Patrons with experts and high-level speakers on Asia-related topics. 
 

Speaker

Jaleh Daie

Currently, she is Partner at Aurora Equity & Founder/Chair of AgFood Tech at Band of Angels. Previously, she was head of STEM at David & Lucile Packard Foundation giving multi-million dollar grants. She's worked with President’s National Science & Tech Council (cabinet level body) on presidential initiatives and as special assistant to Chief Scientist at NOAA. Jaleh began her career at Rutgers University and University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was professor (made full professor in six years); senior science adviser to UW-System President; Dept. Chair (first women of an agronomy department); Founder/Chief Executive of a multidisciplinary center and founder/director of a university-wide graduate program. In addition to her grant-funded research, she simultaneously managed three independent organizations.