Bio - Larisa K. Schelkin
Larisa K. Schelkin, CEO & President and Co-Founding Director of the Diversity and Outreach in Math and Engineering (DOME) Foundation, Inc. Prior to her position with the DOME Foundation, Inc. Larisa served as the Special Assistant to the President for Diversity at WIT in Boston, Massachusetts, and also as the Director for the Center for Diversity and Inclusive Leadership at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Before joining Tufts, Larisa managed engineering training & education, college relations, and diversity programs at Tyco Electronics Corporation, M/A-COM, Inc. Prior to this position she worked as a Director of Operations for Center for Loss Prevention and Structural Integrity at WPI. She holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Petroleum Engineering from the Russian Petroleum Engineering University, and a Master of Science from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. Larisa has done Doctoral work in artificial intelligence (AI) and the mathematical model of hydraulic processes. Prior to immigrating to the United States with her family, Larisa was employed as a petroleum engineer & a senior petroleum engineering research and development specialist at the Russian Oil and Gas Research Institute in Moscow. Larisa and her family have lived in Russia, India, and Africa, and proudly became citizens of the US a few years ago.