Jacquelynn Garafano, Ph.D., Board Member

Dr. Jacquelynn (Jackie) Garofano is a Strategic Mission Account Executive for Microsoft, focused on U.S. Defense Industrial Base partners. She is the former CTO of Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc. and she has collaborated with CCAT as a materials scientist on two research programs over her academic and professional career. 

Dr. Garofano has been named one of Connecticut’s Women of Innovation® twice. First, as the recipient of the Collegian Innovation and Leadership Award in 2011 and, most recently, as a finalist in the Large Business Innovation and Leadership category for 2020. She was also named to the “40 Under 40” lists compiled by Connecticut Magazine (2013) and Hartford Business Journal (2015), for professional excellence and leadership. She was recognized as a 2018 The Future is NOW awardee by the Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund for her work to advance women and girls in STEM. Most recently, she’s been named the recipient of the 2020 Petit Family Foundation Women in Science Leadership Award and the 2020 Spark Award for mentorship by the Society of Women Engineers.

Dr. Garofano earned her bachelor’s in physics with honors from Southern Connecticut State University, and master’s and doctoral degrees in materials science and engineering from the University of Connecticut.