UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla was named Monday to the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker.
Khosla was one of 30 private sector, nonprofit and academic leaders chosen for the panel, which has existed for six years.
“Entrepreneurship and innovation are integral to the culture at UC San Diego,” Khosla said. “Being a member of NACIE offers a valuable opportunity to share ideas with a prestigious group of leaders to help make America more competitive globally.”
He was selected from a pool of more than 200 applicants. The council members will offer recommendations for policies and programs designed to make U.S. communities, businesses and the workforce more globally competitive.
“The members of NACIE provide important counsel to the Department of Commerce on the types of federal policies that will support entrepreneurship, innovation and job-driven workforce training, all of which are critical to American competitiveness,” Pritzker said.
“As America’s innovation agency, we value the expertise of our private sector partners and appreciate the opportunity to incorporate their views into our policymaking process,” she said.
Others selected for NACIE include Esther Baldwin, director of innovation at Intel; Tiffany Stevenson, vice president of talent management and development at Sephora USA; and Andrew Yang, founder and CEO of Venture for America.
–City News Service
