Dr. Donna H. Rhodes is a principal research scientist in the Sociotechnical Systems Research Center at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and director of the MIT Systems Engineering Advancement Research Initiative (SEAri). She is principal investigator for numerous sponsored research projects on innovative approaches for enterprise transformation under the digital paradigm, human-model interaction, model curation, and model-centric decision making and trust. Her research involves international collaboration and engagement with industry, government and academic partners across a variety of sectors in engineering and manufacturing. She teaches graduate courses, professional courses and executive courses, and has advised over 120 graduate students and authored over 150 publications. Previously, Dr. Rhodes held senior leadership positions at IBM, Lockheed Martin, and Lucent. She is a Past President and Fellow of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). Her contributions in the systems field have been recognized by numerous publication awards, INCOSE Founders Award, IBM Outstanding Innovation Award and Lockheed Martin NOVA Award. She received her M.S and Ph.D. in Systems Science from T.J. Watson School of Engineering at Binghamton University.