Director, Sustainable Skies Lab
Delta Air Lines
Atlanta, Georgia

Sangita Sharma 18MBA is the founder and director of the Delta Sustainable Skies Lab, a first-of-its-kind innovation hub advancing net-zero aviation technologies. Her career at Delta Air Lines has spanned strategy, innovation, and crisis response, including launching an internal innovation competition as an analyst and leading cleanliness protocol development during COVID-19.

Today Sharma drives decarbonization-focused innovation by connecting promising ideas with the resources they need to scale. Building the Sustainable Skies Lab and an ecosystem that balances safety, operability, and solutions for a sustainable future has been a true labor of love.

She credits Emory for shaping her systems-thinking approach and values-driven leadership and introducing her to a community of passionate, like-minded leaders. Sharma remains energized by the work ahead, confident that the best is yet to come.