Devin Cook
former Associate Director at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy
About Devin
Devin Cook is the former Associate Director at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE), which examines how people and businesses work, interact and will ultimately prosper in a time of rapid digital transformation. Prior to this position, she co-founded and led the IDE’s Inclusive Innovation Challenge, a $1.5 million future of work prize for startups. She has conducted research with MIT innovation and entrepreneurship faculty, worked at multiple start-ups, mentored over 100 start-up founders, and taught entrepreneurship at accelerators nationwide. She was awarded MIT’s Ronald I. Heller Award for her contribution to entrepreneurship education on campus. A Fulbright Scholar, Devin researched entrepreneurship and economic development among textile artisans in India. Devin earned a BA from Middlebury College and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
