Tasha Rose Inniss is an American mathematician and the director of education and industry outreach for the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).

[1] She became interested in mathematics in fourth grade, and decided she would study it as a freshman in high school.

[1][3][5][6] In 2000, Inniss became the first African American woman to obtain a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, together with Sherry Scott and Kimberly Weems.

She was part of the National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operators and advised by Michael Owen Ball.

[14][15][16][17] She led a National Science Foundation project that looked to increase the quality and quantity of underrepresented minorities matriculating and completing doctoral degrees.