To solve the grand challenges of the digital age, a static network is insufficient. IDIA operates on a “nexus partnership philosophy,” serving as a highly permeable, dynamic hub that manages the flow of ideas, capital, and talent across our research enterprise and external markets.
Executive Leadership
Our executive team steers the daily operations, strategic positioning, and regional integration of the Institute.
Team IDIA
The engine behind IDIA’s daily programmatic execution, ecosystem matchmaking, and regional convenings.
The Governance Core
IDIA’s structural governance ensures that our research enterprise remains perfectly aligned with university priorities, academic excellence, and real-world market demands.
Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Impact (ORIEI)
As our parent organization, ORIEI provides IDIA’s institutional mandate. We funnel highly translatable digital research directly into ORIEI’s commercialization pipeline, actively driving local, state, and federal economic impact.
The External Advisory Board
Composed of curated industry executives, venture capital experts, former federal agency leaders, and local civic organizations, this board provides IDIA’s external market validation. They ensure our initiatives remain sharply aligned with real-world economic and technological demands.
John Blair
Director
National Business Investment
Fairfax County Economic Development Authority
Adriana Bonilla
Assistant Director Business Development
Business Investment Group
Arlington Economic Development
Jeremy Epstein
Principal Research Scientist & Co-Director
ICARIS, Georgia Tech Research Institute and Adjunct Professor of Cybersecurity, Georgia Tech
The Faculty Affiliate Board
This internal steering committee ensures that IDIA remains firmly rooted in transdisciplinary convergence. These lead researchers help identify emerging technological frontiers and build highly competitive cross-college research teams.