Iva Lawson joined NCSSM in March 2023 as the Bowman-Brockman Fund Program Associate and is now the Gift Processor for the NCSSM Foundation office. Prior to that, her career included executive support roles in engineering, manufacturing, and pharmaceutical companies. She spent 10 years working for technology giant Cisco.

Iva is a NC A&T alum and also the proud parent of an NCSSM-Durham alum 2002.