Dr. Tojan Rahhal

In 2026, Dr. Rahhal founded ScheduleMatch, a scheduling platform designed to simplify the complex process of building school-wide schedules. The idea grew directly from her experience helping lead a private school, where she saw firsthand how much administrative time was spent managing teacher availability, course requirements, staffing needs, and other competing constraints across spreadsheets. Drawing on her background in engineering, education, and organizational leadership, she developed ScheduleMatch to help school leaders create workable schedules more efficiently and spend more of their time focused on their schools and students.

In 2023, Dr. Rahhal turned her attention to a deeply personal endeavor: helping build a new school in her community to meet the needs of her children and other local families. She served as Board President for 3.5 years and continues to support the school in a consulting capacity. During her time in this role she learned the ins and outs of the education system, various teaching and learning philosophies, and used her expertise in non-profit leadership to help shape the success of the school.

In August 2021, she was named one of “10 to Watch,” nonprofit CEOs by United Way of the Greater Triangle for her proven impact and unique potential to shape the future of the community. 

In 2020, Dr. Rahhal was appointed President & CEO of Engineering World Health, bringing an innovative perspective shaped by her unique background, experiences, and passion for creating a more inclusive world. In Spring 2024, she stepped down as part of the acquisition process of EWH, a step taken to ensure the organization’s continued growth and global impact.

Starting in 2018, as the Assistant Dean for Inclusive Excellence and Strategic Initiatives at the University of Missouri’s College of Engineering, Tojan actively worked to create a culture of inclusive excellence, with efforts focused on recruitment and retention of faculty and students traditionally underrepresented in engineering. She was awarded the 2020 MU Study Abroad Teaching Excellence award for her unique curriculum combining diversity and inclusion in engineering. She was also recognized as a Women of Color History Maker in Diversity for her leadership in efforts to "catalyze change to help [engineering] students from underrepresented populations overcome historic barriers". Furthermore, Dr. Rahhal was chosen for the Shirley Chisholm Outspoken Advocate Award, the Outstanding Staff Award by the College, and again by the Engineering Student Council this past year. 

Tojan also served as an adjunct assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Missouri, where she developed several award-winning programs and curricula to address diversity and inclusion in STEM.

Earlier in her career, Tojan developed the NCSU IMSD Ambassadors program, which provided fifth graders the opportunity to meet a scientist over lunch. She also served as co-chair and then chair of UNC’s Women in Science group and was also a part of developing Science in the Stacks, an outreach program for children that enables hands-on science-related activities at the local library.

Tojan was inducted into Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society; the Order of the Golden Fleece, UNC’s highest and oldest honor society; and the Frank Porter Graham Graduate and Professional Student Honor Society, which recognizes outstanding service provided to the University and community, as well as being chosen as the most outstanding graduate student in Pharmaceutical Sciences due to her commitment to higher education and service.

​Amongst several programs, Tojan developed a Cross-Cultural Leadership Development Curriculum to advance leadership skills as they relate to the diversity and understanding of cultural differences in our global workforce as a student at UNC- Chapel Hill. This workshop has been performed by Tojan in front of numerous audiences at UNC, including the Eshelman School of Pharmacy students and faculty, and has now become part of the graduate program orientation and TA training sessions at UNC and over 10 other programs across the USA.