Gilda A. Barabino is the Daniel and Frances Berg Professor and Dean of the Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York (CCNY). She holds appointments the in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering and the CUNY School of Medicine. Prior to joining CCNY, she served as Associate Chair for Graduate Studies and Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory. At Georgia Tech she also served as the inaugural Vice Provost for Academic Diversity. Prior to her appointments at Georgia Tech and Emory, she rose to the rank of Full Professor of Chemical Engineering and served as Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at Northeastern University. She is a noted investigator in the areas of sickle cell disease, cellular and tissue engineering, and race and gender in science and engineering. Dr. Barabino received her B.S. degree in Chemistry from Xavier University of Louisiana and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Rice University. She is Past-President of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and Past-President of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). She is a Fellow of AIMBE, BMES, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She was awarded an honorary doctorate by Xavier University of Louisiana in 2016 and serves on their Board of Trustees. Dr. Barabino consults nationally and internationally on STEM education and research, diversity in higher education, workforce and faculty development and policy. She is the founder and Executive Director of the National Institute for Faculty Equity.