As interim vice president, Fite leads a 12-program organization and 160-member staff who operate a statewide network of assistance to Georgia. As a group, EI² is the nation’s largest and most comprehensive university-based program of business and industry assistance, technology commercialization, and economic development.
Fite, who was previously EI²’s associate vice president, also is director of its Business & Industry Services group of programs. She has more than 26 years of economic development experience at Tech.
The Business & Industry Services group includes the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP), EI²’s largest economic development offering. It also includes:
Safety, Health, and Environmental Services (SHES)
Atlanta MBDA Centers
Contracting Education Academy
Georgia Tech Procurement Assistance Center (GTPAC)
Southeastern Trade Adjustment Assistance Center (SETAAC)
Previously, Fite was director of the GaMEP.
Her earlier experience includes the application of industrial and management engineering, employee involvement, and business principles.
She has a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Miami and a bachelor’s in health systems from Georgia Tech.In 2018, she achieved the faculty rank of principal extension professional, the Georgia Tech’s highest professional extension faculty rank.