Biography

Donna Kidwell is the Chief Information Security and Digital Trust Officer at Arizona State University. She is passionate about bringing engineering, operations, program and services teams together to create technology environments that empower learners - with learner agency and trust at the heart of every interaction. After spending the first half of her career in the rocking Austin software industry, she’s spent the second half fostering innovation and technology with universities around the world. She is a frequent speaker on innovation, entrepreneurship, commercialization, transformative change management, and future models for education. Kidwell earned a Doctorate of Business Administration from Grenoble Ecole de Management, France; a Master of Science, Technology Commercialization and Bachelors of Arts, History from the University of Texas at Austin.