Clara Piloto is a passionate and driven leader with over 20 years of experience in business development, program and project management, marketing, and executive education. Piloto is particularly interested in adult education, corporate training, workforce development, online and blended learning, entrepreneurship, technology, gender and race equity, and underrepresented populations. She is a graduate of Harvard University Graduate School of Education and The University of California, Berkeley. Piloto currently serves as the Director of Global Programs and Director of Digital Plus Programs at MIT Professional Education. She is an expert negotiator and has a strong business acumen, with specific expertise in setting up and/or growing global entrepreneurial, market-centered programs. Piloto is a globally adaptive leader who is comfortable working in academic and non-academic environments and has a mission-driven and collaborative leadership style.