Elaina Farnsworth is an internationally recognized public speaker, published writer and thought leader in the Mobility & Green Transportation Industries. As the CEO of The NEXT Education, Elaina and her team develop training and certification programs for organizations entering into the new and exciting space of electric vehicles, autonomy and smart communities.
Elaina is a strong advocate of new mobility and intelligent transportation systems. She understands how moving to a greener, safer way of transportation will influence the economic factors that drive this industry. Her talent for communicating complicated concepts to all levels of society allows her to help people empower themselves in a connected world.
Elaina speaks to businesses, educational institutions, corporations and associations about green transportation and connected vehicles as the future key to transforming the global economy. Mrs. Farnsworth’s recent awards include; Industry Era Best 10 Women Leaders of 2020, 2016 Rule Breaker of the year, 2014 Elite 40 under 40, 2014 Detroit Crain's 40 under 40 , 2015 TechWeek's Top 100 Tech Leaders, 2015 Corp Magazine’s Most Valuable Professional among others.
Elaina severs on the Board of Directors for the Michigan Mobility Institute, Intelligent Transportation Society of Michigan, and Mobile Technology Association. She is an active member of the Telecommunication Consortium and she was the appointed Chairman of the Electrification Committee of the International Connected Vehicle Trade Association (http://www.connectedvehicle.org/). Elaina is an active member of many State Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Task forces and active expert in Transportation Electrification.
