Export Controls

Contact Information

Email: rose.ndegwa@emory.edu

Phone: 404-251-5185

Biography

As the Director of Export Control, Rose Ndegwa responsibilities include development, implementation, and maintenance of the Export Control program at Emory.

Ms. Ndegwa has over ten years of experience working in Higher Ed research compliance and administration. Prior to coming to Emory, Ms. Ndegwa worked at the Kansas State University to establish the export control compliance program, and at Texas A&M University where she was responsible for coordinating the export control program, enterprise risk management program, as well as supporting the IP Constituent Committee. Before her career in Higher Ed, Ms. Ndegwa spent over 15 years in intellectual property administration and management. She was instrumental in establishing an IP Management program for the International Livestock Research Institute, ILRI, an institute of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, CGIAR. She started her career as a Patent Examiner with the Kenya Industrial Property Institute.

Ms. Ndegwa has a Master's degree in Intellectual Property, from the, University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce Law Center, and M.A. in Leadership Studies, from International Leadership University.

Biography

As the Assistant Director of the Export Control Office, Griselle Hernandez responsibilities include assisting the Export Control Director with the implementation of the export control program as well as coordinating and managing centralized functions of the program.

Ms. Hernandez has over 10 years of experience in research compliance, with 6 of those years being in export control compliance. Prior to joining Emory, Ms. Hernandez worked at the Texas A&M University Export Control Office as an Assistant Director. Ms. Hernandez is admitted to practice law in her native Puerto Rico. She was the Legal Advisor for the Research and Development Center, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Campus, for 9 years. She practiced family law and worked with public housing evictions before deciding to focus her career on Higher Ed and export control compliance.

Ms. Hernandez has a B.S. in Political Science from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus and a Juris Doctor from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico Law School.