Elena Gerstmann, FASAE, CAE, Ph.D., joined IEEE in 1999 as a research manager and has progressively taken on bigger and better challenges within IEEE and is now the Staff Executive, Corporate Activities. IEEE is the world’s largest professional association for the advancement of technology. It has more than 425,000 members in over 160 countries, and annual revenues in excess of $425 million. Prior to IEEE, Elena was the Coordinator of Academic Information for Borough of Manhattan Community College, which is part of CUNY. She has taught undergraduate psychology classes at Rutgers University.