Dr. Henna Karna is a C-suite AI and data entrepreneur, public-company director, author, keynote speaker, and Harvard Senior Fellow with more than 25 years of experience translating advanced technology into scalable products, new profit centers, and enterprise transformation. Her work spans technology, insurance and financial services, healthcare, consumer products, cybersecurity, government, and education. She has built businesses from the ground up, advised Fortune 50 companies and boards, and led global organizations of up to 1,500 people across 50 countries.
Henna currently serves as President, CTO & Co-Founder of NeuroVitals, a venture-backed AI platform connecting metabolic health, brain health, biomarkers, and daily behavior, and as Founder & Executive Architect of Golden Road Foundation, a Harvard-affiliated nonprofit developing a multi-year immersion and leadership curriculum for South Asian youth in partnership with The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University.
As a Harvard Senior Fellow, she examines AI’s social and organizational impact. Her forthcoming book, Brinkmanship: People Strategies and Skills for the Age of AI, from Fast Company Press in January 2027, offers a people-first framework for pairing machine intelligence with human judgment, trust, resilience, and responsible progress.
Before her current ventures, Henna served as GM and Managing Director of Global Industry Solutions, Insurance & Risk, at Google; EVP and Global Chief Data Officer at AXA; Chief Business & Information Officer at AIG; and President of Verisk Digital Services.
Earlier, she developed AI and genetic-algorithm solutions for Fortune 500 brands at Affinnova, worked as a cryptanalyst at the NSA and in internet security at GTE Government Systems, and taught MBA students at Babson College.
Henna earned her MBA from MIT Sloan, her master’s and doctorate from the University of Massachusetts in applied mathematics and cryptography, and her bachelor’s in mathematical sciences and computer science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Her work also draws on behavioral economics and emotional intelligence. She is a member of C200, World 50 Executive 50, and the MIT Dean’s Circle, and a mentor with Creative Destruction Lab.
Current Projects:
Golden Road Youth Program
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