Aisha Francis
Tech Power Players 50 | 2024 | Ranked #33
President and CEO, Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology
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BIOGRAPHY
Why a Tech Power Player? For leadership in delivering technology education to underserved communities.
Aisha Francis, former managing director of development at Harvard Medical School, is the first woman to lead Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology, Boston’s 116-year-old technical and trade school. Francis is overseeing the school’s transition from its South End location to a new $75 million campus in Roxbury’s Nubian Square. Construction at the new site began in March, with completion expected in 2025.
CAREER MILESTONES
2024
Broke ground on a new Franklin Cummings Tech campus in Nubian Square.
2023
Won the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Pinnacle Award—an honor for female business leaders—for Achievement in Arts & Education.
2021
Appointed president of Franklin Cummings Tech, the first woman to hold the post.
SIMILAR PROFILES
Tech Power Players 50 | 2024 | Ranked #33
Aisha Francis
President and CEO, Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology
Also Featured on
BIOGRAPHY
Why a Tech Power Player? For leadership in delivering technology education to underserved communities.
Aisha Francis, former managing director of development at Harvard Medical School, is the first woman to lead Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology, Boston’s 116-year-old technical and trade school. Francis is overseeing the school’s transition from its South End location to a new $75 million campus in Roxbury’s Nubian Square. Construction at the new site began in March, with completion expected in 2025.
CAREER MILESTONES
2024
Broke ground on a new Franklin Cummings Tech campus in Nubian Square.
2023
Won the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Pinnacle Award—an honor for female business leaders—for Achievement in Arts & Education.
2021
Appointed president of Franklin Cummings Tech, the first woman to hold the post.
SIMILAR PROFILES
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