Dr. Dominique Harrison is an executive leader and expert in responsible innovation and public policy, focused on the equitable design, deployment, use, and governance of emerging technologies. She is the Founding Principal of Equity Innovation Ventures, where she advises organizations on building responsible, inclusive approaches to emerging technologies.

 

Previously, Dr. Harrison served as Director of the Office of Minority Broadband Initiatives (OMBI) at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), where she led a $268 million federal grantmaking program supporting HBCUs, TCUs, and HSIs to expand broadband access, economic opportunity, and digital equity. She also co-led evaluation efforts across NTIA’s broadband portfolio to assess impact and inform national investment strategy.

 

Before that, she was Director of the Racial Equity Design and Data Initiative at Citibank, advancing responsible innovation and financial inclusion, and Director of Technology Policy at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, where she restructured and led the organization’s technology policy program focused on AI, privacy, and broadband access. She previously served as Project Director at the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Digital program, leading cross-sector initiatives at the intersection of technology, equity, and public policy, and has held academic appointments at Howard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Trinity Washington University.

 

An active voice in the tech policy community, Dr. Harrison has served on the Program Committee for the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC), the Rock Health Innovation Council, and as an advisor to organizations including the Center for Democracy & Technology and the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Communications Equity and Diversity Council (CEDC), where she chaired the Digital Empowerment and Inclusion Working Group.

 

Dr. Harrison holds a Ph.D. in Technology, Policy, and Society from Howard University, an M.A. in Media Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, and a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her work has been featured in outlets including NPR, C-SPAN, NBC News, Roll Call, and The Hechinger Report. Dr. Harrison is the proud child of Jamaican immigrants and enjoys globetrotting with her husband at a moment’s notice.