Larisa K. Schelkin is a CEO & President & 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 Wentworth Institute of Technology 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, college relations, and diversity programs at Tyco Electronics, M/A-COM, Inc. At ASEE Larisa is concentrating her efforts on women & underrepresented groups in engineering; K-12 outreach & global engineering education. She has also served as the Vice President of Career Guidance, Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Boston from 2003-2006, and she is currently serving as Chair for SWE National Multicultural Committee and is a member of SWE International Committee & Government Relations and Public Policy National Committees. Larisa K. Schelkin is a member of the Massachusetts Metro North Regional Employment Advisory Board and also of the Massachusetts High Tech Magazine "Women to Watch" Annual Award Committee. 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. Prior to immigrating to the United States with her family, Larisa was employed as a petroleum engineer and 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.