Erna Grasz
Leadership Challenge Certified Facilitator
As an experienced executive, Erna Grasz established a reputation as a strategic leader with demonstrated success in diverse industries, including Medical Device, Defense Research, and Semiconductor Capital Equipment. She has led organizations, teams and individuals to success in fast-paced, high-stress, and results-orientated environments for over 20 years and is known as an organizer of chaos and a "turn-around" leader.
Most recently, Erna has transitioned her leadership skills from being a Chief Technology Officer in the Medical Device Market to the non-profit world as the CEO of Asante Africa Foundation.
Erna is an award-winning speaker with Toastmasters International. She has published numerous articles on leadership, communication skills and project management. Her advanced degrees are in Electrical Engineering and Engineering Management from Texas Tech University and Santa Clara University. She also has several executive Leadership and Management Training certificates from Stanford, MIT Sloan, and UCLA.
Other formal leadership roles include General Manager at Philips Healthcare, San Jose Campus, Vice President of R&D for Tyco Healthcare, Nellcor, Mallinckrodt Division, General Manager, KLA-Tencor, and Program Manager, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.