Two moments in Tashni-Ann Dubroy’s career stand out most for her.
First, she recalls feeling on top of the world when she earned her doctorate in physical organic chemistry at 26.
And eight years later, she says she was humbled to accept an appointment as the 17th president of Shaw University, a private, historically Black university in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in chemistry a decade and a half before. During her tenure as president, Dubroy was credited with the university’s first enrollment increase in six years and closing a multimillion-dollar revenue gap.
Dubroy brought that experience to Howard University in 2017, when President Wayne Frederick appointed her its executive vice president and chief operating officer. She’s since overseen major operations at the D.C. HBCU, which has had its own financial transformation in recent years.
Howard University, which employs 3,500 and enrolled 12,000 students, brought in $889 million in revenue…
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