Ziba Cranmer
Ziba Cranmer is the Director of BU Spark!, an initiative for student-centered entrepreneurship and innovation in computing and data science. Cranmer established the BU Forced Migration and Human Trafficking (“FMHT”) co-Lab to bring together students from diverse disciplines spanning computer science, the social sciences, and law to create multi-disciplinary technology solutions to challenges presented by organizations in the anti-trafficking and immigrants’ rights sector. Cranmer is an innovation leader with a diverse range of experience spanning the public and private sectors. Prior to BU, Cranmer served as Executive Director of a national initiative supporting public sector innovators in cities across the United States to combat sex trafficking through technology. Cranmer spent over 11 years in the field of corporate responsibility including at Nike Inc. where she was a Director in the Sustainable Business and Innovation Lab, a venture unit responsible for making investments with the potential for business and social impact. Ziba also served as a Vice President of Corporate Responsibility and Social Impact at Cone Communications where she led social impact initiatives for major brands including Fedex, Disney, and Hilton Worldwide.