Seasoned executive with over 19 years experience in engineering, design, business strategy, and sustainability. Dedicated to an interdisciplinary and human-centered approach to sustainable development enabled by a prepared engineering workforce, technology, social entrepreneurship, and cross-sector partnerships. Extensive experience in leading multicultural global teams ensuring that programs are successfully integrated, structured, and scaled. Recognized conceiving, developing, and launching pioneering initiatives that drive meaningful impact, as well as effective stakeholder engagement. Passion for developing and supporting diversity and inclusion, particularly women in science, technology, engineering, and math. As an accomplished sustainability and engineering executive, Iana is particularly skilled at building and managing multiple sustainability programs, multi-million-dollar budgets, and leading cross-functional teams. She has developed and implemented entrepreneurial solutions with international organizations, and public and private sector partners. Iana is a frequent public speaker and published author. She has also served as a board member for multiple philanthropic organizations and academic institutions.Key Accomplishments:• Co-founded Engineering For Change (E4C) and designed E4C Fellowship which has hosted over 200 fellows to date and attracted over 1,800 applicants from 78 countries in 2022 alone.• Established fee-for-service model and secured clients such as World Bank’s infoDev Climate unit, U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office and National Renewable Energy Lab, Siemens USA, Conservation X Labs, and USAID, demonstrating program viability.• Developed strategy, and refined operational framework of ASME ISHOW for digital delivery, benefiting over 180 social enterprises advancing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).• Designed and executed Siemens Design Challenge which promotes solutions to food and water insecurity and helps achieve the SDGs.