Tynesia Boyea-Robinson
Executive Director
Year Up

Presentation Title: Effective Leadership Skills

Tynesia Boyea-Robinson is the executive director of Year Up in Washington DC, fostering her commitment to disadvantaged youth.  Her wide range of experience in IT and international business development made her a valuable asset to Year Up, and has resulted in growth from a class of 22 students and 8 corporate partners in 2006 to a class of close to 500 students and over 300 corporate partners in 2009.  She also created a performance assessment tool for Year Up which was recognized by The Bridgespan Group as an industry best practice.  Prior to joining Year Up, Tynesia held leadership roles in several business units at General Electric.  Tynesia received her MBA from Harvard Business school, where she won the Harvard Student Association MBA Award, and was the lead in their annual musical.  She holds a dual degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Duke University.