Jaleh Daie, Ph.D.

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Mar 19

Membership: Founding Member
Joined: Q2 2023
Companies: Aurora Equity and Band of Angels (AgFood Tech)
Titles: Partner, Chairman/Founder
Websites: LinkedIn

Professional Biography

Women in Tech Hall of Famer, Jaleh Daie is a multidimensional thought leader who has worked in academia, business, philanthropy, government and NGOs, always seeking to improve the human condition. She navigated careers in private and public sectors using multiple mental models. A noted biologist, she is an investor, board director, keynoter & strategic advisor. Jaleh has served administrations of three Presidents, collaborated/worked in eight countries and has received numerous awards. Jaleh has served as board chairman, board treasurer, board secretary, Board Life Director & chair of charity galas helping to raise millions. Her unique differentiator on boards is foresight.

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.

Jaleh’s board service includes: Manna Tree Partners, SnapDNA, A6, Nokia Innovent, Investigen, Linkore, LightFull Foods, White House Fellows, Asia Society; UN-World Food Program; Filoli, Commonwealth Club, Association of Women in Science (President), Council of Scientific Society Presidents (Chairman), US Space Foundation (first woman & Treasurer) & CRDF Global.

Jaleh’s honors include: LSQ Ambassador, Top 50 Women Leaders of Austin Congressional Citation, Henry Rutgers Fellow, Honorary Naval Aviator, Honorary Life Girl Scouts, Teksia Lifetime Achievement; Honorary doctorate; AAAS & AWIS Fellow. Leaders of Science.