Avani Desai

CEO, Schellman

Avani Desai is the CEO at Schellman, the largest niche cybersecurity assessment firm in the world that focuses on technology assessments. Desai is an accomplished executive with domestic and international experience in information security, operations, P&L, oversight and marketing involving both start-up and growth organizations. Desai sits on the board of Arnold Palmer Medical Center and Philanos; is audit committee chairwoman at the Central Florida Foundation; and is the co-chair of 100 Women Strong, a female-only venture capitalist-based giving circle that focuses on solving community-based problems specific to women and children by using data analytics and big data.