Dr. Tashni-Ann Dubroy
Dr. Tashni-Ann Dubroy brings extensive experience to UNCF through a career spanning higher education leadership, corporate strategy, entrepreneurship and scientific research. Most recently, she served as a senior advisor with the DGA Group, a global advisory firm specializing in intelligence, risk and strategic positioning, where she advised organizations and executive leaders on complex strategic, operational and governance challenges.
Drawing on a multidisciplinary background that includes executive leadership in higher education, corporate strategy and scientific innovation, Dr. Dubroy brings a distinctive perspective to organizational problem-solving. Throughout her career, she has demonstrated an ability to translate strategy into operational execution, build high-performing teams and guide mission-driven institutions through growth, modernization and organizational change.
Dr. Dubroy previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Howard University. Her leadership responsibilities included oversight of human resources and services, auxiliary services, information technology, facilities management, environmental and emergency management, public safety, and enrollment management. Under her leadership, Howard University experienced significant growth in enrollment and, in tum, its financial outlook. Dr. Dubroy began her early 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 Chemical Procurement Manager, where she oversaw strategic sourcing in the polyolefin division.
She departed corporate America to explore entrepreneurial pursuits and co-founded Tea and Honey Blends, a haircare 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 Business Week.
Her passion for education led to her becoming a faculty member and later an administrator at her alma mater, Shaw University. The pinnacle of her tenure at Shaw was her installation as the 17th president of Shaw University. 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. Prior to her executive appointment as president, 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.
Dr. Dubroy serves on multiple advisory committees and boards of directors, including Vital Voices Global Partnership, the international nonprofit founded by former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that invests in, and advances women leaders around the world, and AJ Dwoskin & Associates, a real estate development and property management company with a diversified portfolio of residential and commercial assets. On August 1, 2024, she was appointed Chair of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) Board of Directors, earning the distinction of being the first Black woman to assume that position in the organization’s history.
Dr. Dubroy earned her Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry from North Carolina State University, an MBA from Rutgers University, and a B.Sc in Chemistry from Shaw University.