Veneeth Iyengar has the honor of being the first executive director of ConnectLA -- a role that came with the daunting task of eliminating Louisiana's digital divide by 2029.
Before joining ConnectLA, Veneeth served as assistant chief administrative officer under the City of Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, running point on issues concerning economic development, innovation, small business, entrepreneurship, job generation, and public private partnership development.
Veneeth holds a bachelor of science in economics from Purdue University and a masters of science in finance from Johns Hopkins University.