Karl Reid is the former Vice President for Equity and Inclusion at MIT and previously served as Northeastern University’s inaugural Chief Inclusion Officer and Senior Vice Provost after completing his tenure as the Executive Director of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) . He now serves as the co-founder of the Engineering PLUS Alliance, a national NSF-funded project working to increase the number of women and BIPOC students earning degrees in engineering.
A leading national advocate for increasing college access, opportunity and success for low-income and BIPOC youth, Dr. Reid came to NSBE from the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). Before his service at UNCF, he worked in positions of progressive responsibility to increase diversity at his alma mater, MIT, which he previously left as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education and Director of the Office of Minority Education.
Dr. Reid earned his Doctor of Education degree at Harvard University and his undergraduate
and master’s degrees in Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. He is the author of “Working
Smarter, Not Just Harder: Three Sensible Strategies for Succeeding in College…and Life.”