Alessandra Akkari

Alessandra Akkari, Ph.D., serves as the Chief of Staff for Public Administration and Executive Development at IFSUL since July 2022, while also heading the Sapiranga Incubator, managing operation, planning, and marketing for entrepreneurs. Concurrently, Alessandra is an Assistant Professor and Guest Professor at Universidade Federal do ABC, focusing on innovation and engineering management. Previous roles include significant contributions in higher education evaluation for INEP and ESTADÃO, senior research positions at Euromonitor International and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and leadership in scientific research at CNPq. Alessandra's educational background includes advanced degrees in biosystems and industrial engineering from Universidade Federal do ABC and executive development from Harvard.