Dr. Tashni-Ann Dubroy serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Howard University.
She currently oversees a $1.5 billion-dollar real estate portfolio, facilities management, IT, campus safety, enrollment
management, auxiliary services, environmental health and safety, process optimization and University strategy.
One of her first challenges as COO involved guiding the University through the recovery from a weather-related crisis
that crippled the steam plant. She is now leading a sustainable steam plant modernization effort through the construction of
Howard’s first Combined Heat and Power plant. Dubroy is leading an IT overhaul that includes improvement of Howard
University’s core network and managing the overhaul of the University’s Enterprise Resource Planning system. Recently,
under her leadership, Howard University improved its financial aid standing with the Department of Education, elevating
from Heightened Cash Monitoring, level 2 to the advanced payment method. Concurrently, her team was able to alleviate
repeat audit findings to benefit the University’s compliance status.
She most recently served as the 17th President of Shaw University. During her tenure, she was awarded Female
President of the Year by the HBCU Digest. Appointed in August 2015 during the University’s sesquicentennial
celebratory year, Dr. Dubroy’s administration positioned Shaw as a resource to the City of Raleigh through entrepreneurial
innovation, civic presence and support for students and surrounding communities.
Dr. Dubroy’s philosophy of fiscal conservatism and institutional capacity-building made her a fast-rising star in the
higher education community. In its first year, the Dubroy Administration effectively reversed six consecutive years of
enrollment declines and yielded a 15 percent increase of new and returning students in 2015. That same year, the
administration closed a $4 million fundraising gap which included an institutionalrecord $630,000 raised on a single night
during Shaw’s annual homecoming weekend, and earned a positive change in net assetsto counteract a two-year loss – all
of which earned her honors as 2017 CEO of the Year in the Triangle region. She was named to the 40 Under 40: Excellence
in Leadership list by the Triangle Business Journal. She has received numerous accolades from local philanthropic
organizations.
Her path to the presidency was unconventional, but her leadership has been categorized as a fresh and needed vision
for the sustainability of higher education in metropolitan settings. Dr. Dubroy began her career as a Research Scientist at
BASF, the world's largest chemical company. She quickly ascended to the position of Global Technology Analyst, and
after two years, was appointed to serve as a Chemical Procurement Manager, where she managed a strategic sourcing
budget of $35 million.
Prior to joining Shaw University, she co-founded Tea and Honey Blends, a hair care company that manufactured and
retailed natural hair care products, and co-owned downtown Raleigh’s Element Beauty Bar. Her entrepreneurial success
landed her on the pages of Money Magazine and Bloomberg’sBusinessWeek.
Dr. Dubroy earned her Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry from North Carolina State University in 2007 and holds
an MBA from Rutgers University. Prior to her C-suite appointments, the Shaw University alumna served as Special
Assistant to the President, Chair of Shaw University’s Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and as an
Associate Professor of Chemistry.