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Izella Mitchell Dornell

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Izella Mitchell Dornell

Company:

Gartner

Title:

Vice President and Executive Partner

Category:

Virginia

Award Year:

2022

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Izella Mitchell Dornell is a Vice President Executive Partner with the Gartner Executive Programs Service Delivery team, working extensively in the federal and public sectors and tribal markets. She serves as a strategic partner for federal, state, local, and tribal technology leaders, and CIOs, enabling their ability to successfully unlock transformative solutions for their respective organizational mission critical priorities. She is also the Americas Program Manager for Gartner's Women CIO community. Dornell is an accomplished senior executive with a successful career in public service. Prior to joining Gartner, Dornell was the deputy CIO for the U.S. Department of Commerce, where she was recognized for outstanding IT portfolio management and proven results across the department and among her peers in the federal government. Dornell also had an extensive career at NASA which began as a technical intern at the Johnson Space Center. While at NASA, Dornell held several progressive leadership roles in support of the Human Spaceflight programs, Space Shuttle, International Space Station and Constellation. She ultimately led the agency's transition of the Space Shuttle's annual multi-billion-dollar infrastructure/assets at the end of the program. Dornell was part of NASA's senior management team that established the Exploration Systems Mission organization at NASA Headquarters in response to the Space Exploration Vision's Executive Order from the President of the United States. Dornell formal education includes an undergraduate degree in mathematics and physics from Tennessee State University, an MBA from the University of Houston, along with completing Harvard's Executive Management Program, Penn State University's Leadership Program, and Simmons College Executive Program for Female Executives.

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