Brenda Musilli

Director of Education
INTEL CORPORATION

Brenda Musilli is the Worldwide Director of Education for Intel Corporation and President of the Intel Foundation. A 25-year Intel veteran, Musilli assumed leadership of Intel Education in 2005, building on her lifelong passion for education.

As Director of Education, Musilli leads the Intel® Education Initiative, a more-than-$100 million annual, global commitment to accelerate math, science and engineering education, the building blocks of innovation. Intel Education spans more than 50 countries and includes the Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS), the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), Intel® Teach and the Intel Computer Clubhouse network.

On behalf of Intel Education, Musilli travels extensively worldwide, collaborating with leading educators, government officials and multilateral organizations. A frequent speaker on the issues and challenges surrounding global education, she recently served as guest lecturer at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education and as a member of Intel's delegation to the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Musilli is also a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Education Initiative steering board.

Since becoming the Director of Education, Musilli has led Intel's increased commitment, through the Intel Teach program, to training an additional 10 million teachers in the next five years, and recently launched Intel Teach Online to reach a broader segment of the teaching population around the world. Under Musilli's leadership, Intel Education Initiative teacher training has increased significantly, and Intel-sponsored science competitions (Intel STS and Intel ISEF) have set record participation.

Musilli holds a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from University of California, Davis and an MBA degree from University of Santa Clara. She is the proud mother of two school-aged children, Megan and John-Jackson.