Piper Norton is the Program Coordinator of Partner Engagement at Columbia’s Data Science Institute. She works closely with Lori Glover, the Chief of Strategic Alliances. Their work focuses on building relationships between industry and academia with the goal of creating global impact. Before joining Columbia, Piper worked as Marketing & Events Coordinator at MIT Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). Piper graduated from the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst in May 2025. In her free time she enjoys running, walking, spending time with friends & family, and art.