Dr. Elodie Billionniere is a tenured associate professor in the School of Engineering and Technology at Miami Dade College. Her effectiveness in writing grant proposals has helped the college secured over $2 million the past two years to fund STEM and education programs as well as a collaborative high tech learning hub with the aim of providing further opportunities to underrepresented populations to meet local and national workforce needs. With industry partners, she has been instrumental in the creation of new educational pathways in enterprise cloud computing, which are unique in the state of Florida. Her leadership and mentorship have been recognized on several occasions with the most recent national award 2019 Education Leadership – College-Level Promotion of Education by the Women of Color in STEM.
Dr. Billionniere holds a doctoral degree in computer science from Arizona State University, a master’s degree in higher and postsecondary education with a concentration in leadership from Arizona State University, and a bachelor’s degree in computer science-mathematical sciences from the University of Montana. She is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.