{"id":1197,"date":"2023-01-19T12:09:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T17:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/business\/?page_id=1197"},"modified":"2026-08-13T10:54:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T14:54:40","slug":"executive-in-residence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/business\/speaker-series\/executive-in-residence\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive in Residence"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What Is an Executive in Residence?<\/h2>\n<p>The Willumstad School\u2019s Executive in Residence program enables our students and faculty to connect on campus with business leaders. The program helps create a bridge between the academic world and the business community.<\/p>\n<p>Executives in residence undertake a variety of activities, including but not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Providing lectures as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/business\/hands-on-learning\/insights-from-experts\/\">Insights From Experts<\/a> program<\/li>\n<li>Speaking to graduate and undergraduate classes<\/li>\n<li>Providing advice to faculty on their research<\/li>\n<li>Mentoring students on how to plan their careers<\/li>\n<li>Assisting with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/business\/hands-on-learning\/don-center\/\">Elizabeth and Allen Don Center for Innovative Technology and Decision Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Meet Our Newest Executive in Residence<\/h2>\n<h3>Jeanine Banks MBA \u201903<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2417 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/08\/Jeanine-Banks-Headshot-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/08\/Jeanine-Banks-Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/08\/Jeanine-Banks-Headshot-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/08\/Jeanine-Banks-Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/08\/Jeanine-Banks-Headshot-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/08\/Jeanine-Banks-Headshot-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/08\/Jeanine-Banks-Headshot-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/08\/Jeanine-Banks-Headshot-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/08\/Jeanine-Banks-Headshot-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/08\/Jeanine-Banks-Headshot-740x740.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/08\/Jeanine-Banks-Headshot-980x980.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Jeanine Banks is an entrepreneurial executive and general manager who brings a customer-centric perspective to any strategic problem. From an upbringing in her family\u2019s retail business to over 20 years of technology leadership experience, Jeanine has built a reputation for igniting innovation, supercharging growth, and scaling operations for companies, large and small.<\/p>\n<p>Jeanine&#8217;s most recent corporate role was Vice President at Google leading strategic AI initiatives for the advancement of math and science. Previously as Vice President of Google Developer X, Jeanine headed up a company-wide developer product engineering group, startup accelerators, and open source contributions while being the chief steward of Google\u2019s overall developer ecosystem, which grew 45% over 3 years to 35 million builders. She has been on the ground floor as one of the key executives directly shaping Google\u2019s innovation for developers, including AI Studio, Firebase Studio, Gemini API, and Gemma AI models. Prior to Google, Jeanine oversaw critical businesses at Amazon Web Services (AWS), including commerce infrastructure used by millions of developers, enterprises, and governments to manage billions in cloud spend and foundational platforms like Amazon EC2 Spot, Fleet Management, and Auto Scaling services.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Jeanine is co-founder and CEO of Lovell AI. She currently sits on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/about\/leadership\/advisory-council\/\">Adelphi University President\u2019s Advisory Council<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Is an Executive in Residence? The Willumstad School\u2019s Executive in Residence program enables our students and faculty to connect on campus with business leaders. The program helps create a bridge between the academic world and the business community. 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