Edele Hovnanian

Edele Hovnanian is founder and benefactor of HIVE Ventures.
She is currently the President of H.
Hovnanian Industries, a diversified real estate company on the East Coast, and the Hirair and Anna Hovnanian Foundation.
Edele manages a billion dollar portfolio of assets controlled by her family office and oversees the operations and grant awarding within the Foundation, which includes a number of non-profit operating entities owned by the Foundation, including HIVE.
Edele’s prior professional career was as an investment banker.
She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BS and BA and Columbia University with an MBA.