Dr. Larisa Schelkin is CEO & Executive Director & Co-Founder of the Diversity and Outreach in Math and Engineering (DOME) Foundation, Inc. Prior to this position Larisa served as the Special Assistant to the President for Diversity at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts, and also as the Director for the Center for Diversity and Inclusive Leadership at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Before joining Tufts, Larisa managed engineering training, college relations, and diversity programs at Tyco Electronics, M/A-COM, Inc.

Larisa has served on the ASEE New England Conference Committee since 2000. At ASEE Larisa concentrates her efforts on women and underrepresented groups in engineering; K-12 outreach & global engineering education. She has also served as the Vice President of Career Guidance for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Boston from 2003-2006, and is currently serving as Chair for SWE National Multicultural Committee and is a member of the International Committee & Government Relations and Public Policy National Committee. Larisa has also served as SWE Industrial Advisor for SWE Boston University and SWE Faculty Advisor for Tufts University NSBE and SWE.

Currently, she is serving as an Advisor for the New England Science Network at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Larisa K. Schelkin is a member of the Massachusetts Metro North Regional Employment Advisory Board and also of the Massachusetts High Tech Magazine "Women to Watch" Annual Award Committee.

Dr. Schelkin holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Petroleum Engineering from the Russian Petroleum Engineering University, and a Master of Science from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. Larisa has done Doctoral work in artificial intelligence (AI) and the mathematical model of hydraulic processes. Prior to immigrating to the United States with her family, Larisa was employed as a petroleum engineer and petroleum engineering research and development specialist at the Russian Oil and Gas Research Institute in Moscow.