2020 AMIE Virtual Conference Guide

2020 VIRTUALCONFERENCE September 9-10, 2020

A NEW DECADE

Discovering the Possibilities Through Research and Sustained Partnerships PROUD SPONSORS Abbott • The Boeing Company • Lockheed Martin Corporation • Office of the Director of National Intelligence Boston Scientific Corporation • General Motors Company • IBM Corporation • Leidos • Microsoft Corporation The MITRE Corporation • NetApp • Northrop Grumman Corporation • Optum • Oracle • Raytheon Technologies Career Communications Group

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OURMISSION Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE) is a catalyst that forges Industry/ Government/Academic partnerships that support programs to advance minorities interest in engineering.

OURVISION AMIE is the premier organization that develops industry, government and university partnerships to achieve diversity in the engineering workforce.

Discovering The Possibilities Through Research And Sustained Partnerships

OURVALUES As a coalition of Industry, Government Agencies and the ABET accredited Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Engineering Schools, AMIE is committed to: • Promoting and encouraging minority students to pursue engineering degrees • Facilitating the recruitment of HBCU engineering coops, interns and graduates to member organizations • Providing a forum for member organizations to exchange ideas on “Best Practices” and “Issues” related to developing a diverse engineering workforce • Facilitating the forging of Engineering Research and Technology Transfer partnerships between the AMIE HBCU’s and the AMIE non-academic members

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GREETINGS FROM THE AMIE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIR SCOTT TRAPP On behalf of the AMIE Board of Directors, industry, government and academic partners, I want to personally welcome you to our 27th Annual Conference and extend my thanks and appreciation as we embark to hold our 27th conference virtually. To each and every one of you….Thank You for taking COVID-19 seriously! The personal and professional sacrifices that you are making during this time – closing campus activities, cancelling face to face meetings, practicing social distancing and simply adjusting to the horrific crises are not in vain. All the actions we take are incredibly important as we are all doing all we can to slow the spread and break this pandemic.

To me, AMIE is like a big family. These conferences and gatherings are like reunions and never would we have imagined that 27 years later, we would be holding our annual conference “virtually.” Virtual hugging, virtual high fives, virtual meetings have all become a part of our new norm. And is such being the case, AMIE and our partners have also had to adjust to this new normal. We have seen evidence of new business processes, new meeting tools and new engagement resources which are testaments to your continued support and collaboration across the AMIE family and how we continue to rise to new challenges. As an example, our second Quarter virtual meeting was received with much success and we anticipate a similar response to our upcoming Annual Conference. Our work matters through an unwavering focus on our students, partners, deans and each other as demonstrated by several key examples of resiliency and adaptability despite the circumstances. I would like to share some examples. Recently, AMIE reached out to our HBCU Deans for a pulse check on how they were doing as the students and faculty transitioned to a virtual environment. AMIE’s immediate call to action was to contact our industry partners to secure assistance. Our Deans let AMIE know that they needed virtual servers and laptops for faculty and students as they transitioned into a virtual platform. One example of the collaboration is how AMIE partnered with IBM to get reduced cost laptops and Lockheed Martin was able to contribute funding for 242 laptops in the hands of students and faculty. In addition, Oracle, Leidos, IBM and Microsoft were able to assist with virtual servers. In these unprecedented times, we must all work hard to provide HBCUs with the necessary resources to be successful and keep producing the best engineers for the world.

In keeping with our 2020 conference theme “A New Decade – Discovering the Possibilities through Research and Sustained Partnerships”, AMIE’s goal is to expand corporate, government, and academic partnerships to implement and support programs geared toward underrepresented minority students in engineering careers. As many of you know, we have started a very important endeavor as indicated with the launch of our “HBCU Innovation Initiative”. We are placing research, innovation and resiliency at the forefront to build on our academic strengths and collaborate as a research community. The “HBCU Innovation Initiative “clearly positions us in that strategic direction as we anticipate the development updates in 2020-2021. On behalf of AMIE, I would like to thank The MITRE Corporation for their leadership, resources and financial support of the “HBCU Innovation Initiatives”.

For those of you here for the first time, welcome and I look forward to meeting you virtually. For those of you who are here again, thank you for your continued support.

Warm Regards, Scott Trapp, AMIE Board of Directors Chair

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Welcome to the 2020 Annual Conference of Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE)! Though virtual for the first time, our Annual Conference will again feature prominent speakers and inspiring panel discussions focused on “A New Decade: Discovering the Possibilities through Research and Sustained Partnerships”.

Over 27 years ago, AMIE was created to represent a coalition of industry, government agencies and ABET accredited Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Schools of Engineering who saw a diversified workforce as a competitive advantage and an essential business need.

Today, our Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) represent less than 3 percent of the 300+ accredited engineering schools in the country and they graduate almost a third of minority engineers each year. A diverse workforce is within reach if strong alliances between corporations, HBCUs and government agencies are in place. AMIE is the organization that makes this happen. AMIE continues to act as a catalyst that forges Industry-Government/Academia partnerships that support programs to advance minorities’ interest in engineering.

This year’s conference will be an innovative and interactive virtual experience that will bring together the Council of Engineering Deans of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), students, engineering professionals and leaders from top corporations and government agencies to discuss strategies to discover the possibilities through research and sustained partnerships and increase diversity in the engineering workforce. We will feature prominent speakers and inspiring panel discussions focused on Innovation, Technology, Research and Programs and Best Practices to attract, educate, graduate and place minority students in engineering and computer science careers.

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GREETINGS FROM THE AMIE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR VERONICA L. NELSON

I would like to thank our conference sponsors, the members of the 2020 Annual Conference Planning Committee and our Digital Producer – The EnVISION Firm. This year’s virtual conference would not be possible without their continued support, vision, hard work, passion and dedication. I would also like to thank all of our conference speakers and attendees.

Our conference would not be successful without your commitment and support. Thank you and have a great 2020 AMIE Conference!

Sincerely, Veronica L. Nelson Executive Director, Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE)

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2020 VIRTUALCONFERENCE September 9-10, 2020

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

OPENING SESSION

Welcome

Scott Trapp, Chair, Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering Board of Directors

Jacklyn M. Wynn, Vice Chair, Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering Board of Directors

Plenary Speaker: Dr. Catherine Marsh, Director, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON HIGHER EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE AMERICA

MODERATOR: Terrell Reid, Corporate Programs Manager for Supplier Diversity, Northrop Grumman Corporation

PANELISTS:

Dean Patrick Carriere, College of Sciences and Engineering, Southern University and A&M College

Linda Fischetti, Technical Director for the Health Transformation Technical Center, The MITRE Corporation

Dean S. Keith Hargrove, College of Engineering, Tennessee State University

Mark Pervine, Plant Director – Parma Metal Center, General Motors Company

Timothy N. Thomason, Digital Strategy & Program Lead, Optum Technology

Everett Tucker, Divisional Vice President, Core Lab Instrument Operations, Abbott

12:30 PM – 12:40 PM

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12:40 PM – 12:55 PM

SPEAKER: Camille Chang Gilmore, Vice President, Human Resources and Global Chief Diversity Officer, Boston Scientific Corporation

12:55 PM – 2:00 PM

SUCCEEDING TOGETHER: STRENGTHENING PUBLIC/PRIVATE/ GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIPS IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT

MODERATOR: Dr. Nannette Wright, Director, Execution Readiness Assessments, Raytheon Technologies

PANELISTS:

Dean Robin Coger, College of Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University

Dean J. Murray Gibson, College of Engineering, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Steve Jarrett, Sr. Diversity and Inclusion Consultant, Oracle

Derek W. McGowan, Diversity Program Manager – Higher Education Institutions, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Dawn Meyerriecks, Deputy Director of CIA for Science & Technology

Desira Stearns, Strategic Diversity Outreach Director, Leidos

2:00 PM – 2:10 PM

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2:10 PM – 2:20 PM

SPEAKER: Naveed Hussain, Vice President & General Manager, Boeing Research & Technology, The Boeing Company

2:20 PM – 3:20 PM

A NEW DECADE OF POSSIBILITIES: A DISCUSSION ON INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND BEYOND

MODERATOR: Shola Akinmeji, Sr Manager, Manufacturing and Product Solutions – Global Procurement, Abbott

PANELISTS:

Dean Heshmat Aglan, College of Engineering, Tuskegee University

Dr. Nicholas Fuller, Director, Hybrid Cloud Services, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, IBM Corporation

Nafiz N. Karabudak, Corporate University Science & Technology Manager, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Less Lincoln, Principal Software Engineering Manager, SRE, Microsoft Corporation

Dean Devdas Shetty, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of the District of Columbia

3:20 PM – 3:30 PM

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3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

AMIE BUSINESS MEETING

Scott Trapp, Chair, Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering Board of Directors

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

2020 AMIE ANNUAL RECOGNITION CEREMONY

Host: Jacklyn M. Wynn, Vice Chair, Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering Board of Directors 4:30 PM – 4:35 PM

2020 AMIE ANNUAL CONFERENCE SILENT AUCTION ANNOUNCEMENT

4:35 PM – 4:40 PM

CLOSING REMARKS

Scott Trapp, Chair, Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering Board of Director

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH 11:00 AM – 11:35 AM

OPENING SESSION

Welcome

Scott Trapp, Chair, Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering Board of Directors

FIRESIDE CHAT SPONSORED BY LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION

SPEAKERS:

Stephanie C. Hill, Executive Vice President, Rotary and Mission Systems, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Dr. Eugene M. DeLoatch, Full Professor and Dean Emeritus, Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering, Morgan State University

11:35 AM – 1:00 PM HBCU DEAN’S ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION - DEANS’ PERSPECTIVES ON THE SHARED ROLE OF

UNIVERSITIES AND CORPORATIONS IN INFLUENCING THE TRAJECTORY OF OUR YOUNG ENGINEERS

MODERATOR: Dean Joyce T. Shirazi, Hampton University

PANELISTS: The Council of HBCU Engineering Deans

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH (CON’T.)

Dean Zhengtao Deng, Alabama A&M University

Dean Wilbur Walters, Jackson State University

Dean Pamela Holland Obiomon, Prairie View A&M University

Dean John M. M. Anderson, Howard University

Dean Michael Keeve, Norfolk State University

Dean Oscar Barton Jr., Morgan State University

Dean Derrek B. Dunn, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Dean Dawit Haile, Virginia State University

1:00 PM – 1:10 PM

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1:10 PM – 1:20 PM

SPEAKER: Larry Luster, Chemical Engineering, Hampton University

1:20 PM – 2:20 PM

RISING ABOVE COVID-19: STRIVING, ARRIVING AND THRIVING

MODERATOR: Mekka Williams, Principal Engineer, NetApp

PANELISTS:

Rashad Bailey, Electrical Engineering, Tennessee State University

Malkam Hawkins, Electrical Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University

Shanice Nurse, General Engineering with a specialization in Computers, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Vicky Olivier, Chemical Engineering, Hampton University

Kristopher Small, Electrical Engineering, Hampton University

Hamilton Winstead, Manufacturing Engineering, Virginia State University

2:20 PM – 2:30 PM

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2:30 PM – 3:10 PM

2020 AMIE DESIGN CHALLENGE

SPEAKER:

Gary Michael Schneider, Vice President, Global Technical Sales, IBM Sales & Distribution,

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Joyce T. Shirazi, D.Sc., Dean, School of Engineering and Technology, Hampton University

VIDEO PRESENTATIONS:

1st Place – Hampton University

2nd Place – University of Maryland Eastern Shore

3rd Place – Jackson State University

3:10 PM – 3:20 PM

2021 AMIE ANNUAL CONFERENCE

HOST: Dr. S. Keith Hargrove, Dean, College of Engineering at Tennessee State University

3:20 PM – 3:25 PM

2020 AMIE ANNUAL CONFERENCE SILENT AUCTION ANNOUNCEMENT

3:25 PM – 3:30 PM

CLOSING REMARKS

Scott Trapp, Chair, Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering Board of Directors

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SPECIALTHANKS Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR CONFERENCE SPONSORS whose financial and in-kind contributions helped to make the virtual conference possible.

OUR GUEST SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS who have shared their valuable insights and experience on issues of critical importance to the progress of Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE).

THE 2020 AMIE ANNUAL CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE and THE ENVISION FIRM. This year’s conference and celebration would not be possible without their hard work, passion and dedication.

AND TO ALL OUR ATTENDEES who share a common belief in our mission and participated in countless ways to make our Annual Conference a success.

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DISTINQUISHEDGUESTS DIRECTOR, INTELLIGENCE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS ACTIVITY

Dr. Catherine Marsh became director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity in November 2019 where she is responsible for investing in high-risk/high-payoff research that has the potential to provide our nation with an overwhelming intelligence advantage. Prior to this assignment, Dr. Marsh was the chief scientist for the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology from 2016-2019, where she was responsible for ensuring that leading edge science and technology underlies current and future mission capabilities. Before that, she served as the dean of the DS&T's George Methlie School. Her first assignment at IARPA was from 2013-2015 as the deputy director. Dr. Marsh is a renowned power-sources expert with extensive experience leading development teams both in industry and the government. Dr. Marsh joined the CIA in 2001 and served in several capacities to develop agile, flexible and innovative power solutions for the Intelligence Community. While in industry, she led the team that put lithium-ion technology on numerous platforms, including NASA's MARS Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. Dr. Marsh is a Director of National Intelligence Fellow and member of the DS&T's distinguished expert cadre.

She holds a bachelor's and doctorate in inorganic and analytic chemistry from Brown University.

CAMILLE CHANG GILMORE

VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES & GLOBAL CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER, BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

Camille Chang Gilmore is Vice President of Human Resources (HR) and Global Chief Diversity Officer for Boston Scientific Corporation. In this role, Camille oversees HR strategies, health equity, community and diversity & inclusion programs for the company’s $9.0 billion global business, in over 130 countries, whereby their products treat approximately 30 million patients every year.

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Diversity is a core value at Boston Scientific. As CDO, Camille drives diversity and inclusion, community and health equity strategies and programs across the organization that recognizes and values the unique talent, attributes and contributions of all employees.

Camille has more than 20 years of HR experience. Prior to coming to the medical device industry in 2004, she held roles of increasing responsibility at Federal Express, Exxon Chemical Company, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IBM and the State of Oregon.

Camille is an active member of her community as well as the communities that Boston Scientific resides in. She serves on the board for the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (GTCYS); SHRM Foundation Board of Directors; as well as a liaison to the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) organization. Camille is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated and was selected as one of Savoy Magazine’s 2016 Top Influential Women in Corporate America, The Network Journal’s 2018 Top 25 Black Women in Business, 2019, 2018 BLACK ENTERPRISE's Top Executives in Corporate Diversity as well as ranked #2 in Diversity Global Magazine’s 2020 Top 10 Influential Women in Diversity.

Camille is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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DISTINQUISHEDGUESTS STEPHANIE C. HILL

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, ROTARY AND MISSION SYSTEMS, LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION

Stephanie C. Hill is executive vice president of rotary and mission systems (rms) for lockheed martin corporation. RMS is a $16-billion gross enterprise employing 34,000 people across the globe, with approximately 10 percent in Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, United Kingdom and other countries. The RMS portfolio features more than 1,000 programs, including helicopters, integrated air and missile defense, littoral warfare, undersea warfare, radar, electronic warfare, cyber solutions, C4ISR, and training and logistics systems. RMS supports the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency, as well as intelligence, civil, commercial and international military customers.

Most recently, Ms. Hill served as senior vice president of Enterprise Business Transformation at Lockheed Martin where she was responsible for developing strategies and implementing integrated, cross-functional solutions that transformed operations through technology, culture, and processes to deliver business-based outcomes. She led the corporation’s Digital Transformation and Enterprise Information Technology teams, comprising more than 4,700 professionals worldwide.

Since joining Lockheed Martin in 1987 as a software engineer, Ms. Hill has held positions of increasing responsibility including: deputy executive vice president of RMS; senior vice president of Corporate Strategy and Business Development; vice president and general manager of Cyber, Ships and Advanced Technologies; vice president and general manager of the Information Systems and Global Solutions Civil business; vice president of Corporate Internal Audit; and vice president and general manager of the Mission Systems and Sensors business.

Ms. Hill is a member of the Board of Directors of S&P Global, a leading provider of independent ratings, benchmarks, analytics and data to capital and commodity markets worldwide. She also serves on the Board of Visitors for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Ms. Hill has been recognized for her career achievements and community outreach, especially in the advancement of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education.

She was recognized among Savoy Magazine’s 2020 Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America; Black Enterprise’s 2019 Most Powerful Women in Corporate America; and Computerworld's Premier 100 IT Leaders. She was honored as the U.S. Black Engineer of the Year

by Career Communications Group in 2014 and included on EBONY Magazine’s Power 100 list. In addition, the World Trade Center Institute presented her with an International Leadership Award, and AFCEA presented her with the Heroines in Technology Award. Deeply committed to the development of others, she mentors many students and Lockheed Martin professionals. She also is Co-executive Sponsor of Lockheed Martin’s African American Council for Excellence.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Ms. Hill graduated with high honors from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Economics; the university also recognized her with an honorary doctorate in 2017.

DR. EUGENE M. DELOATCH

FULL PROFESSOR AND DEAN EMERITUS, CLARENCE M. MITCHELL, JR. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Prior to beginning his service as Professor and Inaugural Dean of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering at Morgan State University (1984–2016), Dr. Eugene M. DeLoatch completed twenty-four years of affiliation with Howard University in Washington, D.C. During his last nine years at Howard, he led a department that granted baccalaureate degrees to more African American engineers than any school in the country. He has a baccalaureate degree in Mathematics and Electrical Engineering (E.E.) from Tougaloo College and Lafayette College respectively. He also holds a M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the New York Polytechnic University. In recognition of his many years of effective service to engineering education, Dr. DeLoatch has been awarded Honorary Doctorates by Lafayette College (1984), Binghamton

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University (2004) and Tougaloo College (2017).

Dr. DeLoatch became the first African American to serve as President of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), the world’s most prestigious engineering education organization, during the ASEE’s 2002-2003 activity year. He is a Life Member and Fellow of the Society which was founded in 1893.

NAVEED HUSSAIN

VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER, BOEING RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY, THE BOEING COMPANY

Naveed Hussain is the vice president and general manager of Boeing Research & Technology (BR&T), the advanced central research and development unit of The Boeing Company. As a trusted research, technology and technical leader, BR&T develops innovative technologies that break barriers, enabling the development of future aerospace solutions while improving the cycle time, cost, quality and performance of existing Boeing products and services.

Named to this position in 2018, Hussain leads a team of scientists, technologists, technicians and engineers who collaborate with research and development partners worldwide to solve the aerospace industry's toughest challenges. He has oversight of operations at five research centers in the U.S. including Alabama, California, Missouri, South Carolina and Washington, as well as seven international research centers in Australia, Brazil, China, Europe, India, Russia and South Korea.

Prior to this assignment, Hussain was the vice president of Aeromechanics Technology for Boeing.

Previously, he led Platform & Networked Systems Technology for BR&T, launched the BR&T – India research center in Bangalore and directed Boeing Defense, Space, & Security Flight Engineering.

He holds six patents and joined the company as a Howard Hughes Doctoral Fellow in 1990.

Hussain earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Science degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Stanford University, all in mechanical engineering. He also completed a master’s degree in business administration from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

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Of his most cherished recognitions, Dr. DeLoatch lists the 2017 Black Engineer of the Year Award, the 2016 Tau Beta Pi Distinguished Alumnus Award, the 2015 AMIE Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2014 ABET Claire L. Felbinger Award for Diversity. In 2017, Dr. DeLoatch became a 2017 National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame Inductee. On June 22, 2019, he was selected as one of the inaugural recipients of the NSBE/BMAC Legacy Achievement Award at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum - (National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Baltimore Metropolitan Area Chapter (BMAC). The 14th of August 2019, Dr. DeLoatch hosted the Master’s in Engineering in Cyber Engineering (MECE) Cohort III Completion Ceremony at Morgan State University.

TERRELL REID

CORPORATE SUPPLIER DIVERSITY PROGRAMS MANAGER, NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION

Terrell has recently taken on the role of Corporate Supplier Diversity Programs Manager at Northrop Grumman. Earning his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering from Morgan State University, and a Master’s Degree in Technical Management from Johns Hopkins University, Terrell spent over 12 years as a Systems Engineer supporting Navy programs in a variety of technical roles at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL).

During this time at JHU/APL, he also developed into leadership roles in both line management and project management. In 2017, Terrell joined Northrop Grumman as the East Region Pathways Program Manager for Software and Digital Technology Strategy and Performance. After a stint as a Contract Labor Strategy Manager in Northrop Grumman Space Sector at the beginning of 2020, he has moved into the Global Supply Chain Supplier Diversity organization. Currently, Terrell is responsible for corporate oversight and administration of the company’s Mentor-Protégé, Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR), Historically Black Colleges/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI), Indian Incentive and AbilityOne programs.

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DISTINQUISHEDGUESTS LINDA FISCHETTI

DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION, THE HEALTH INNOVATION CENTER, THE MITRE CORPORATION

Linda Fischetti is the Director of the Division, the Health Innovation Center, which applies its talents across the Healthcare ecosystem to solve some of the nation’s largest problems in Health Policy, Technology, Reimbursement and other relevant and pressing challenges. Ms. Fischetti has previously worked in payer, provider, government and private sector environments where she served in as a clinical equivalent of the Senior Executive Service, working across many Federal Executive Branch Departments during the formative years of the government’s activities in Health Information Technology. She has served on various boards of directors and Federal Advisory Committees, currently she is a member of the Health Information Management Systems Society HIMSS North America Board of Directors. Ms. Fischetti is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at Georgetown University in the Executive Master’s Program in Health Systems Administration.

EVERETT TUCKER

DIVISIONAL VICE PRESIDENT, CORE LAB INSTRUMENT OPERATIONS,,ABBOTT

Everett Tucker is Abbott’s divisional vice president for core lab instrument operations. He was appointed to this role in july 2018 and is responsible for global manufacturing of in vitro diagnostic instruments and automation solutions for the diagnostics core lab business.

Everett joined Abbott in January 2015 as the Divisional Vice President for Global Operations Strategy and Engineering. Prior to joining Abbott, Everett held different roles at General Electric (GE), Honeywell, and Kimball Electronics. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Engineering and Operations for CAE Healthcare. Everett is the Executive Committee Chair for Abbott’s Black Business Network, which sponsors professional development programs that helps attract, retain and grow industry-leading talent. Everett earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Pennsylvania State University and is certified Six Sigma Black Belt.

TIMOTHY N. THOMASON

DIGITAL STRATEGY & PROGRAM LEAD, OPTUM

Tim is the Digital Strategy & Program Lead within Optum a part of UnitedHealth Group. He drives the digital tech strategy for UnitedHealth Group‘s Engagement, Inclusion & Diversity Center of Excellence. Tim started his career as a design-thinking strategist leveraging industry frameworks and creative problem solving when he served on an internal enterprise accelerator team. Tim is also the Executive Director for Minority Game Changers, a 501c3 nonprofit serving the NC triangle area creating interactive and immersive STEM and professional development sessions for students from under-represented backgrounds. Tim received his certificate in Diversity & Inclusion from Cornell University and graduated with a degree in Information Management & Systems from University of South Caraolina Upstate.

DR. NANNETTE WRIGHT

DIRECTOR, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE

Dr. Nannette Wright is Director of Execution Readiness Reviews, and Risk and Opportunity Management for Raytheon Missiles & Defense. Nannette joined Raytheon Technologies in 2018 to focus on ensuring Raytheon programs are ready to execute flawlessly upon contract award and ensure Raytheon maintains and follows a strong risk and opportunity management process to minimize risk and maximize opportunities. She has supported Program Management within the Advanced Technology Business Area and currently supports Strategic Initiatives with the Program Management Excellence Organization.

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Prior to joining Raytheon, Nannette evaluated programs across Lockheed Martin to ensure processes and controls were in place to manage technical risks. Nannette also was a key member of the Separation Management Office that successfully separated ~$4.5 billion of the Lockheed Martin Government Information Technology business. She has been a Technical Director for Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Systems in the area of Modeling & Simulation and Hardware in the Loop Testing and a Program Manager for Deepwater, Homeland Security, and Research and Development programs. Prior to Lockheed Martin, Dr. Wright worked in the Department of Energy complex, holding diverse positions including Internal Dosimetrist, Radiation Safety Trainer, and International Program Manager for Russian Nuclear Weapon Material Accounting.

STEVE JARRETT

SENIOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION (D&I) CONSULTANT, ORACLE

Steve is a Senior-level Human Resource executive with over 25 years of experience in human capital management, diversity/inclusion, talent acquisition, retention, succession planning, and compensation & benefits, Steve understands that a company’s greatest asset is its people.

Throughout his career, he has played a key role in aligning HR with overall corporate growth strategies, developed and implemented analytics to support organizational objectives, and worked to create business environments where team members are inspired to do their best work.

As a Senior Diversity and Inclusion(D&I) Consultant for Oracle, Steve has developed a strategy to enhance the Oracle D&I brand. Steve created the framework that will serve as the foundation for Oracle to provide global D&I support to its business units. Steve simplified the focus areas for Oracle’s Employee Resource Groups to make them simpler without compromising their connection to the business. He created an e-learning D&I module for HR Business Partners worldwide that received 95% favorable ratings for content, alignment with business goals and its non-threatening approach to D&I. His initiatives include line of business specific D&I programs on Unconscious Bias. Steve led the effort to redesign the D&I intranet site making it more intuitive and user friendly and is responsible for creating and gaining approval for Oracle’s D&I tagline, “Innovating Through Diverse Points of View”.

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Nannette received her PhD in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Texas and MS and BS in Health Physics from Purdue University. From 2014 – 2018, Dr. Wright served as the Chairman of the Board for the State of New Jersey’s Educational Opportunity Fund. This program helps over 10,000 first generation college students per year attend and graduate from New Jersey colleges and universities. The Secretary of Higher Education for New Jersey also appointed Nannette to serve as the lead for the New Jersey STEM Equity Initiative. Dr. Wright also served on the Board of Directors for the non-profit organization Urban Promise. Nannette and her husband reside in the Boston area and have one son.

As an independent consultant, Steve developed talent management solutions for firms in multiple industries, including strategies for diversity and inclusion, staffing, succession, retention and employee engagement.

As Senior Vice President of Human Resources with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Steve has had the opportunity to add value as a key strategic contributor to overall corporate goals. His efforts have led to the creation of the firm’s 1st formalized Succession Planning Program, the 1st Employee Engagement Survey, and 1st Diversity Leadership Council, as well as FINRA’s repeated selection as one of Working Mother magazine’s Top 100 companies.

Prior to joining FINRA, Steve spent more than 25 years with IBM Corporation in progressively responsible HR Management roles, working with organizations ranging from 300 people to large, global business units with more than 85,000 employees worldwide. His efforts focused on creating robust succession planning, compensation, and human capital programs.

A Life member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Steve and his wife Sharon currently reside in Charlotte NC with their two children, Royce and Tori.

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DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, AND A PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY

Dr. Robin N. Coger is the Dean of the College of Engineering, and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T) in Greensboro, NC (www.ncat.edu/coe). Dr. Robin Coger earned her Bachelor of Science from Cornell University, and her Master of Science and Doctoral degrees from the University of California – Berkeley -- all in mechanical engineering. She completed her post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School in Boston, followed by serving as a dedicated professor, researcher, center director, and administrator at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte for over 15 years. In 2011, Dr. Coger joined N.C. A&T as the Dean of the College of Engineering, and eight years later she is still excited about the accomplishments and innovations of the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the College.

Dr. Coger is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. She is also a Board member of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, the Advancing Minorities Interest in Engineering organization; and FIRST – an organization founded to inspire the interest and participation of young people in engineering, science and technology. Aligned with her understanding of the importance of sharing best practices and concepts among engineering educators, Dr. Coger is also a member of the editorial board of the American Society of Engineering Education publication, PRISM.

HESHMAT A. AGLAN, PH.D., P.E.

DEAN AND PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY

Dr. Aglan is the Dean of the College of Engineering and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tuskegee University. He has earned numerous honors and awards including appointment by the Governor of the State of Alabama to the State Board of Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration. He also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Elastomers and Plastics, Associate Director Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Education Coalition (AMSTEC), a member of the Board of Directors of the State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame. Aglan has shared his innovative engineering research with NASA, DOD, DOE, NSF, DHS, Federal Railroad Administration, Raytheon, Nucor Steel, Boeing, and other companies. He is a registered professional engineer in both Alabama and Ohio. Aglan has supervised 6 PhD students, more than 50 MS students and has published more than 130 refereed journal articles. Aglan has recently been granted two patents by the USPO; one deals with the invention of nanostructured thin films (9034426 Issued: May 19, 2015) and the second on the invention of a technology for in situ repairing of railroad railhead defects (9358628 issued: June 17, 2016). Aglan has received both his Doctorate and Master’s degrees from the University of London, England and his bachelor’s degree from Assiut University, Egypt, all in Mechanical Engineering. He also had a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Department of Macromolecular Sciences, Case Western Reserve, Cleveland Ohio.

DEREK MCGOWAN

DIVERSITY PROGRAM MANAGER, HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION, LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION

Derek McGowan joined the Lockheed Martin team in 2001. Lockheed Martin is a nation leader in Global Security, Aerospace, Systems Integration, Training, and Information Technology. A majority of Lockheed Martin’s business is with the U.S. Department of Defense and Federal Government agencies. He is the Program Manager for Higher Education Institutions Global Diversity and Inclusion. His primary responsibilities include managing the multimillion-dollar portfolio for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). He drives the implementation of

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diversity and inclusion efforts in STEM programs, relationship building, student development and recruiting at partnering Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). In this capacity he is responsible for strengthening partnerships and enhancing the diversity pipeline of technical talent, he ensures knowledge sharing, coordination, communication, assessment and enhancement of LM activities associated with HBCUs and MSIs. Mr. McGowan develops strategic plans for key internal and external programs while working as a business partner with LM executives, campus leaders, and teams to develop a robust nationally recognized diversity and inclusion strategy.

DAWN MEYERRIECKS

DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Dawn C. Meyerriecks was appointed Deputy Director for Science and Technology 21 October, 2015. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Meyerriecks served as the Associate Deputy Director for Science and Technology.

From 2009 - 2013, Ms. Meyerriecks served as the Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Acquisition, Technology & Facilities since 2009. In this role, she explored and delivered complex technologies underpinning national missions.

From 2006 - 2009, Ms. Meyerriecks was an independent consultant providing senior leadership business and technology consulting direction to government and commercial clients. In addition to consulting, she served on a number of government and commercial advisory boards, to include the STRA TCOM C2 Advisory Group, the Defense Science Board, the NCTC Advisory Board, the National Academy of Sciences, the Unisys Federal Advisory Board, and the SunFed Advisory Board.

From 2004 - 2006, Ms. Meyerriecks served as the Senior Vice President for Product Technology at AOL. While at AOL, she was responsible for full lifecycle development and integration of all consumer facing AOL products and services, including the re-launch of aol.com, AOL Instant Messenger, and the open client platform.

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Prior to this role, Derek was the LM Campus Relations Manager. He and his team managed the portfolio that directly impacted branding and securing talent for the multibillion-dollar Corporation. He supported LM commitments to campuses, student organizations that impacted recruiting efforts at both regional and national levels. Derek led key meetings with campus Presidents, Deans, Department Chairs, faculty, staff, and student organizations and other critical contacts to build LM’s image and brand as the premier Systems Integrator and “Employer of Choice”. Mr. McGowan has worked in the recruiting profession for more than 34 years which includes seventeen years of diverse Air Force recruiting experience. He received an undergraduate degree from St. Leo University and is completing a dual Masters’ degree in HR Management and Training and Development from Webster University. Derek is married to the former Deborah Martin of LA California, they have two adult children, and three grandchildren.

Prior to AOL, Ms. Meyerriecks worked for nearly ten years at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), where she was the Chief Technology Officer and Technical Director for the Joint Interoperability and Engineering Organization (JIEO). Her last assignment was to charter and lead a new Global Information Grid (GIG) Enterprise Services organization. Ms. Meyerriecks worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as a senior engineer and product manager before her tenure at DISA. In addition to being named the Government Computer News Department of Defense Person of the Year for 2004, Ms. Meyerriecks has been honored with numerous other awards, including lnfoWorld 2002 CTO of the year; Federal Computer Week 2000 Top 100; lnfoWorld

MARK PERVINE

PLANT DIRECTOR – PARMA METAL CENTER, GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY

Mark is currently responsible for plant operations at Parma Metal Center which is comprised of stamping and metal sub-assembly welding processes. His main responsibilities are leading the organization in achievement of business metrics, developing and leading effective and engaged teams and driving for benchmark levels of performance in all business metric categories. Being a strong people leader, Mark focuses on driving synergies around focused employee engagement strategies that align with company initiatives for a more captivating working environment.

Prior to his latest appointment, Mark was the Assistant Plant Director at the Lordstown Assembly

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DISTINQUISHEDGUESTS Complex where he led complex activities for assembly/building the Chevrolet Cruze product program.

Mark began his career with General Motors as an intern in Bedford Global Propulsion System (GPS) plant in 2000 and progressed through several different manufacturing assignments of increased scope and levels of responsibility in Defiance GPS, Flint Assembly, Pontiac Stamping, Bay City GPS, Parma Metal Center, Fairfax Assembly, Lordstown Assembly and now back at Parma in his current position as Plant Director. Mark is very active in General Motors African Ancestry Network (GMAAN) an GM Employee Resource Group (ERG), serves as the lead manufacturing recruiter for GM’s National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) team and North Carolina A&T State University GM recruiting team. He also serves as a mentor within and outside of the manufacturing area to numerous proteges and has been a guest speaker at Purdue University for several student organizations.

Mark holds a Master of Science in Management from Indiana Wesleyan University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Leadership from Purdue University.

He lives in Ohio, is married and has three children.

DESIRA STEARNS STRATEGIC DIVERSITY OUTREACH DIRECTOR, LEIDOS

Desira Stearns is the Strategic Diversity Outreach Director for Leidos. She is responsible for building and managing external diversity partnerships with Minority Serving Institutions, national diversity organizations and conferences, and community outreach organizations. As a trusted partner and leader supporting a corporation of nearly 40,000 employees, she provides enterprise-wide solutions and expertise to senior executives, managers, talent acquisition, and human resources teams to execute diversity and inclusion strategies.

She has 24 years of experience within a variety of disciplines including software engineering, human resources, and project management. She spent the first 20 years of her career at Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions (IS&GS) where she was a graduate of the Engineering Leadership Development Program and worked in various technical roles including Database Architect. At the midpoint of her career, she transitioned into human resources where she held several leadership roles including diversity program management, human resources business partner for the IS&GS Chief Technology Office and lead facilitator for first-line leadership development training. She has a wealth of experience launching, managing and growing Employee Resource Groups.

She is an avid K-12 STEM champion, previously managing a K-12 STEM math and science academy diversity talent pipeline initiative supporting six high schools across Prince George’s County, Md., Montgomery County, Md. and Baltimore City, Md. for nearly a decade.

Stearns holds a Bachelor of Science degree, Magna Cum Laude, in Computer Science from Tennessee State University and a Master of Science degree in Engineering Science from The Pennsylvania State University, Malvern, PA. She is also a Women of Color STEM Conference national award winner.

SHOLA AKINMEJI SR MANAGER, MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCT SOLUTIONS – GLOBAL PROCUREMENT, ABBOTT

Shola Akinmeji is currently Sr Manager for Global Procurement, focused on Manufacturing and Product Solutions. In his role, he develops solutions for the electronics components used in our diagnostic and medical devices.

Shola joined Abbott in October 2016 as Manager of Global Energy Strategy, where he had crossdivisional oversight of energy management to drive reductions in energy utility cost and carbon emissions. Prior to joining Abbott, Shola held different roles at Booz Allen Hamilton and Exelon Corporation. Most recently, he served as Manager of Power Energy Engineering at Booz Allen Hamilton.

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Shola earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Morgan State University, a master’s degree in sustainable energy engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park, a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland, College Park, and is a Licensed Professional Engineer.

NAFIZ KARABUDAK Nafiz Karabudak is Corporate University Science and Technology manager responsible for Development and Management of Science & Technology (S&T) Research collaboration with the Universities for Lockheed Martin Corporation. Mr. Karabudak provides leadership by establishing Strategic Partnerships and Advanced Technology Engagement with the Universities, R&D Centers, and Academia-Industry-Government Consortia. Mr. Karabudak has proven track record in Technology Development and Management also in Europe, Asia, and Australia.

LESS LINCOLN PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING MANAGER, SRE, MICROSOFT CORPORATION

Less Lincoln is an executive at Microsoft employed to design, startup, maintain, transform, and decommission aaS (as a Service) programs and business units. He is often engaged at the point when an IT business or business unit moves from one mode of operation to another, e.g.: Mergers and/or Acquisition, startup to sustained operation, or product to service. Cultural and sociological considerations are deeply considered, resulting in highly functional, possibly unorthodox, organizational architectures.

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CORPORATE UNIVERSITY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MANAGER, LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION

DIRECTOR, HYBRID CLOUD SERVICES, IBM T.J. WATSON RESEARCH CENTER, IBM CORPORATION

Dr. Nick Fuller is Director of the Global Hybrid Cloud Services organization at IBM Research.

In this role, Nick leads a global team of 80 Research professionals and is responsible for providing innovation for and at the intersection of IBM’s Services and Cloud and Cognitive Software portfolios. These AI-based innovations span multiple domains in application lifecycle management, including: the modernization of monolithic applications, IT operations and compliance management of hybrid multicloud applications, and technical support of hardware and software products.

Nick obtained his Advanced Level Certificate in 1992 from Fatima College, Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Math in 1997 from Morehouse College and his PhD in Applied Physics in 2002 from Columbia University. In the 17+ years that he has been at IBM Research, he has held multiple technical, leadership and client facing roles working in partnership with various IBM product units and clients. Some key accomplishments during this time include: fueling the launch IBM’s AI for IT initiative in 2020; achieving over ½ $B in innovation-led savings for IBM’s Global Technology Services business over a 3-year period, developing foundational capabilities for IBM’s Cloud business and delivering semiconductor innovation for 5 successive generations of CMOS devices for IBM’s Systems business and OEM Clients.

Nick is an IBM Master Inventor, is the holder of 70+ patents, and has co-authored 75 technical publications. He lives in Long Island, New York with his wife and two sons and in his spare time loves playing soccer, listening to music and writing. To this latter end, he penned his memoirs entitled “Struggle and Progress”. This memoir is a ten-year endeavor detailing his struggle from youth to early adulthood with the absence of his biological father and exposure to crime in his community; and lifelong progress he made by combining his passion for science and discovery with the unparalleled support he received from his mother, other pivotal role models and peers.

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DISTINQUISHEDGUESTS GARY MICHAEL SCHNEIDER VICE PRESIDENT, GLOBAL TECHNICAL SALES, IBM SALES & DISTRIBUTION, IBM CORPORATION

Gary Schneider has been in the technology industry since 1988, when he joined IBM as a software developer at the IBM Toronto Lab Database as a member of the DB2 development team.

He was a member of the initial technology transfer team that first delivered DB2 on the Windows and AIX platforms in the early 90’s, porting the product from OS/2. During that time in Toronto he held positions with progressively increased responsibility within Development, Business Partner Enablement, Marketing and Business Development.

In 1999, he ventured into the entrepreneurial space, leading a startup technology company that specialized in digital media distribution using VPN (Virtual Private Networks) for in-store point-ofsale advertising. Key clients include Wal-Mart Canada and Wendy’s Corporation. The company won the Canadian Venture Fair as the best investment opportunity of the year in 2000.

In April 2001, he returned to IBM US, being named Worldwide Director of Channel Development, responsible for worldwide strategic alliances and technical enablement for IBM’s Information Management (IM) division under IBM Software Group.

In March of 2003, he was named Director of Linux Competitive Technology for IBM’s Information Management business. In this role, his organization had responsibility for IBM Data Management’s business strategy and execution on Linux, including alliances with Novell, Red Hat and other emerging Linux vendors and solutions providers.

In January 2006, he was appointed to the position of Worldwide Director of Field Technical Presales and Sales Enablement for Information Management (IM), responsible for the field Technical Sales team for IM, as well as overall sales training for all IBM seller communities on the IM portfolio.

In February 2010, Mr. Schneider accepted the role of CTO & Vice President of Technical Leadership for IBM’s Growth Markets Unit, based in Shanghai, China, responsible for driving technical sales, innovation, and technical & professional skills development across IBM’s eight growth market regions.

Mr. Schneider returned to the U.S. in 2015, and is currently Vice President of Global Technical Sales, based in Armonk, New York, where he leads IBM’s field Technical Sales community to drive business transformation across all markets and client segments.

Mr. Schneider has an engineering degree from the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and an M.B.A. from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada.

JOYCE T. SHIRAZI, D.SC. DEAN, SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, HAMPTON UNIVERSITY

Dr. Joyce T. Shirazi, Dean of the School of Engineering and Technology at Hampton University has a long and distinguished career in higher education and industry. At Hampton University, she leads a skilled team of faculty and staff in the Architecture, Aviation, Chemical, Electrical and Computer Engineering departments, to ensure that Hampton University is a leader in STEM related fields.

She has served in both faculty and staff positions in the University System of Maryland, including Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff in the Office of the President, Chair of the Information and Technology Systems Department, Program Director and Professor for Engineering Management, MBA, Management of Information Systems, and Technology Management programs in the Graduate School at University of Maryland Global Campus. She served as Chair of the Council of University System of Maryland Faculty and as the chief liaison between the Chancellor, Board of Regents and the Council, and on the Maryland Higher Education Commission Faculty Advisory Council.

She has experience in multinational corporations, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Boeing, with project management and design of engineering systems such as offshore oil platform structures, wide-

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body airplanes and hazardous waste and air quality environmental systems in countries around the world.

She is a licensed, professional civil engineer and has academic credentials that include a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Howard University, Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Doctorate of Science in Environmental and Engineering Management from The George Washington University, and executive graduate leadership training from the Institute for Educational Management at Harvard University.

PRINCIPAL ENGINEER, NETAPP

Mekka Williams is a Principal Engineer for NetApp, Inc and has extensive experience in software engineering principles across many industries. She is currently responsible for the Cloud Test Ecosystem, developing and maintaining a hybrid cloud lab environment and automation libraries and tooling used by QA and Development organizations to validate products in the NetApp cloud portfolio that span Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure platforms.

Mekka is passionate about exposing underrepresented minority youth to engaging STEM projects and diverse STEM professionals to help increase their interest and hopefully their representation in the field in the future.

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HISTORICALLYBLACK COLLEGES&UNIVERSITIES ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY NORMAL, ALABAMA DR. ZHENGTAO (Z.T.) DENG

INTERIM DEAN, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Ph.D.). Coming soon, graduate degrees in Mechanical Engineering (MS) and Electrical Engineering (MS) will be offered. In collaboration with the College of Education, the College of Engineering, Technology and Physical Sciences offers a variety of certified and non-certified teaching programs and the undergraduate and graduate levels.

HAMPTON UNIVERSITY HAMPTON, VIRGINIA DR. JOYCE T. SHIRAZI

DEAN, SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA DR. J. MURRAY GIBSON

DEAN, FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY-FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY (FAMU-FSU) COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Alabama A&M University reflects the uniqueness of the traditional land-grant institution which combines professional, vocational and liberal arts pursuits. The University provides baccalaureate and graduate studies that are compatible with the times to all qualified, capable individuals who are interested in further developing their technical, professional and scholastic skills and competencies. It operates in the three-fold function of teaching, research and public service including extension.

A center of substance and excellence, Alabama A&M University provides a setting for the emergence of scholars, leaders, thinkers and other contributors to society.

The College of Engineering, Technology, and Physical Sciences in Alabama A&M University is organized into three departments, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical and Civil Engineering and Construction Management, and Physics, Chemistry and Math. The BS degree in Computer Science program is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, the BS degrees in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering programs are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. Graduate degrees are offered in computer science (MS), systems and materiel engineering (MEng), and physics (MS and

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The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering began in 1982 with the mandate to produce unwderrepresented minority engineers from both Florida A&M and Florida State universities.

In its 37 years, the joint college has demonstrated great success, becoming the highest ranked college of engineering in the HBCU space and helping make FAMU a leading producer of African-American Ph.Ds. nationally.

The campus is situated 3 miles from both universities, adjacent to and associated with eight acclaimed research centers and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory.

The college occupies two state-of-the-art buildings with the third building to be built in the next few years. These facilities have become the academic home for more than 2,500 undergraduate and graduate students who study at a uniquely diverse institution unlike any other in the nation.

Hampton University was founded in 1868 and is composed of seven schools: Business, Engineering and Technology, Journalism and Communications, Liberal Arts and Education, Nursing, Pharmacy and Science and two colleges: Graduate College and University College. Hampton University offers 60 bachelor’s degree programs, 38 master’s degree programs and the doctoral or professional degree in nursing, physics, physical therapy and pharmacy.

The School of Engineering and Technology was established in 1995, although an engineering department has existed since 1986. The School currently offers programs leading to the baccalaureate degree in aviation, chemical engineering, computer engineering and electrical engineering and the master degree in architecture.

These programs are designed to provide students with a professional education appropriate to enter their professions, with a general educational background that facilitates awareness of the professional’s social responsibilities to the community.

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DEAN, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

Founded in 1867 as a private university, Howard University has played an important part in American history and continues to be a catalyst for change. Offering over 120 areas of study, Howard University has the largest concentration of doctorallevel African American scholars at any single institution of higher learning.

The College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA) is one of Howard University’s 13 schools and colleges. The CEA comprises the five departments of Architecture, Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Mechanical Engineering. The CEA offers fully accredited Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs. Graduate degree programs with abounding research opportunities offered in the engineering disciplines are Master of Science, Master of Engineering, and Doctor of Philosophy. Certificates in Cybersecurity and other professional programs are also offered. CEA graduates possess the ability to apply their knowledge of mathematics, science, design and engineering to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems and understand the impact of architectural and engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.

JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI DR. WILBUR WALTERS DEAN, COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Since 1877, Jackson State University has been providing young men and women opportunities that will empower them to succeed in an increasingly complex world. As the Urban University of Mississippi, Jackson State emphasizes public service programs designed to enhance quality of life and seek solutions to urban problems in the physical, social, intellectual and economic environments.

The College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET) at Jackson State University is committed to implementing the university’s mission and to focusing its intellectual, experience and other resources on improving the quality of life for its students, the surrounding community, state, nation and the global community. CSET is comprised of 16 Bachelor of Science, 9 Masters’ and 4 Ph.D. level degrees, many of which have several specialized tracks from which to choose.

NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL & TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA DR. ROBIN N. COGER

DEAN, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY BALTIMORE, MARYLAND DR. OSCAR BARTON, JR.

DEAN, CLARENCE M MITCHELL JR. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Morgan State University, designated a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is Maryland’s Preeminent Public Urban Research University newly elevated to R2 classification. Enrolling about 1,300 students across all racial and ethnic backgrounds, The Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering (SOE) at Morgan State University serves the world as an intellectual and creative resource by supporting, empowering and producing wellprepared graduates to grow the future and to lead the world as global citizens. Enriching our curricula with experiential learning and research opportunities, we produce competitive graduates ready to practice engineering upon graduation.

The SOE has 3 EAC-ABET-accredited programs in Civil, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, and an ANSAC ABET-accredited program in Transportation Systems. The SOE also offers the following graduate programs: Master of Engineering, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Master of Science in

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is an 1890 land-grant doctoral high research activity University dedicated to learning, discovery and community engagement. The University enrolls over 12,000 students and has an emphasis on preeminence in STEM and a commitment to excellence. North Carolina A&T fosters a climate of economic competitiveness that prepares students for the global society. Its College of Engineering (see www.ncat.edu/coe) has EAC ABET accredited undergraduate programs in Architectural, Bio, Biological, Civil, Chemical, Computer, Electrical, Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, as well as a CAC ABET-accredited program in Computer Science; plus 8 Masters of Science Degree programs and 5 Doctoral programs. The College continues to be a top producer for the nation of African American engineers at every level, and is proud of the achievements of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni in education, research, and innovation.

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Transportation, Doctor of Engineering, Ph.D. in Transportation and Urban Infrastructure Studies, and Post Baccalaureate Certificates in Urban Transportation and in Cyber Security.

Located on the north side of the Morgan State University campus, the SOE is based in an expansive three-building complex, which houses several research centers and laboratories that investigate research of consequence using a multidisciplinary framework.

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NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY NORFOLK, VIRGINIA DR. MICHAEL KEEVE DEAN, COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Norfolk State University is a public, urban, comprehensive institution and was founded in 1935. With a solid track record of producing outstanding graduates, the University currently serves approximately

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5,600 students of which more than 1,900 are enrolled in the College of Science, Engineering, and Technology (CSET).

The departments of biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, nursing and allied health, technology, computer science, and engineering are in CSET. The Department of Engineering offers B.S. degree programs in electrical, electronics, and optical engineering. The optical engineering program is among the few offered nationally and the only one offered at a Historically Black College and University. The programs provide challenging and rigorous curricula, excellent faculty and a state-of-the-art infrastructure. This includes the Marie V. McDemmond Center for Applied Research which offers a Class 100/1000 Cleanroom for micro and nano-fabrication, the Cybersecurity Complex, Smart Optics Laboratories, and many others. The college offers a master’s program in engineering, computer science, materials science, and cybersecurity and a doctoral program in materials science and engineering.

PRAIRIE VIEW AGRICULTURAL & MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY PRAIRIE VIEW, TEXAS

by legislative designation serving a diverse ethnic and socioeconomic population prominent among who are the unserved and underserved. With an enrollment of slightly over 6,500 students, the University has been designated by the Texas Constitution as one of three “institutions of the first class” (1984).

The Roy G. Perry College of Engineering continues to sustain an infrastructure that will attract and maintain a world-class faculty and to produce graduates with the highest level of professional ethics and standards through its engineering programs. It is made up of six departments: chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer science, electrical and computer engineering, engineering technology and mechanical engineering. We offer a total of nine bachelor’s degrees, four master’s and one doctorate. Our master of science in engineering degree program provides the option for concentrated study in either chemical, civil, environmental or mechanical engineering.

The Roy G. Perry College of Engineering maintains the perfect balance between classroom theory and research application.

While students concentrate on basic science, mathematics and engineering courses, they are also exposed to a broad range of humanities and social sciences classes, keeping them in touch with the world around them. Students’ research experiences also have real-world applications, such as the many funded projects focused on threats to homeland security.

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DR. S. KEITH HARGROVE

DEAN, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY & COMPUTER SCIENCE

DR. PATRICK CARRIERE

DEAN, COLLEGE OF SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING

DEAN, ROY G. PERRY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

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TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A&M COLLEGE BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA

DR. PAMELA OBIOMON

Founded in 1876, Prairie View A&M University is a state-assisted institution, a land-grant institution by Federal statute and a “statewide special purpose” institution

and Engineering offers nine bachelor’s degree programs: biology, chemistry, computer science, physics, electronics engineering technology, civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and mathematics; five master’s degree programs: engineering, computer science, biology, mathematics, and physics; and two doctoral degree programs: environmental toxicology and science and math education. Former students have made significant contributions in the national and international economic, political, social and cultural arenas. The institution can also claim nine (9) U.S. Military Generals. The engineering programs are housed in a new 117,000- foot P.B.S. Pinchback Engineering facility with state-of-the-art educational and research laboratories, latest computing facilities and multimedia-ready classrooms

Southern University and A&M College System is the only Historically Black College/University System in the world, with five academic campuses and over 14,000 students. Founded in 1880, the Southern University System is dedicated to being a laboratory for exploration and experimentation. The College of Sciences

Founded in 1912, Tennessee State University is Nashville’s only public university, and is a premier, historically black university and land-grant institution offering 39 bachelor’s degree programs, 24 master’s degree programs, and seven doctoral degrees. TSU is a comprehensive researchintensive institution with a R-2 Carnegie designation, and has a graduate school on its downtown Avon Williams Campus, along with the Otis Floyd Nursery Research Center in McMinnville, Tennessee. With a commitment to excellence, Tennessee State University provides students with a quality education in a nurturing and innovative environment that prepares them as alumni to be global leaders in every facet of society.

Visit the University online at tnstate.edu.

TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA DR. HESHMAT A. AGLAN

DEAN, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WASHINGTON, DC DR. DEVDAS SHETTY

DEAN, SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES

The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) was founded in 1977 with the merger of three institutions: the District of Columbia Teachers College, the Federal

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE PRINCESS ANNE, MD DR. DERREK DUNN

DEAN, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY

The Engineering Program at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering with specializations in the areas of Aerospace, Computer, Electrical, and Mechanical. The program is designed in such a manner that it supports the growing technological demands of the Eastern Shore, the State of Maryland, and the nation.

The mission of the Engineering Program is to provide a quality engineering degree program; to establish close partnerships with industry and government and to facilitate technology transfer; to contribute to economic development within the State of Maryland, specifically in the Eastern Shore region; and to provide related service to the campus community and the community at large. Graduates are prepared for careers in a much needed locally, in the state, nationally, and globally. The Engineering Program at UMES earned initial accreditation by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in August 2013.

VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA DR. DAWIT HAILE

DEAN, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Virginia State University (VSU) is a comprehensive coeducational institution founded in 1882 as the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute making it the first fully state supported four-year institution of higher learning for African-Americans in America. Today, the University is one of Virginia’s two land-grant institutions and enrolls approximately 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students. VSU is committed to education on a personal level, and to public service, research, and economic and leadership development activities in the region, state and nation. The University offers 50 baccalaureate and master’s degrees, as well as two doctoral programs. The College of Engineering and Technology offers Bachelor of Science degree programs in computer engineering, manufacturing engineering, computer science, mechanical engineering technology, electrical and electronic engineering technology, information logistics technology, mathematics, and economics. All of the engineering and engineering technology programs are ABET accredited, as well as the computer science program. The college also offers master’s degrees in computer science, economics, and mathematics.

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One of the most famous universities in the United States, Tuskegee was founded in 1881 by Booker T. Washington. Although a majority of its 3,000 students come from the Southeast, its enrollment represents 43 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. possessions and 21 countries. Tuskegee University is a comprehensive institution with substantial outreach service programs and impressive research facilities.

The highly respected College of Engineering offers Bachelor of Science degree programs in aerospace science, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering; Master of Science degree programs in chemical, electrical, material sciences and mechanical engineering; and a Ph.D. in Materials science and engineering. The college leads the country in graduating African-American Aerospace Engineers and Materials Science and Engineering PhDs. It also houses Tuskegee University Center for Advanced Materials, Nucor Education and Research Center and Chevron Additive Manufacturing Center.

City College and the Washington Technical Institute. The University is comprised of a Community College, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Business and Public Administration, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences and the David A. Clarke School of Law. We are one of only four Universities in the nation’s capital providing ABETaccredited undergraduate degrees in several engineering, computer science and information technology areas as well as graduate degrees in selected areas.

The school has grown in terms of students, faculty and laboratories. Our students continue to win numerous awards and scholarships and tackle challenging, real-world problems to develop innovative solutions. We have recruited highly qualified faculty who have expertise in specialized areas. The school is moving to a higher level, not only in number and quality of graduates but also in value, quantity and impact of our research.

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JACKLYN M. WYNN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY OUTREACH GLOBAL DIVERSITY & INCLUSION, LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION

CAREER COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC. VICE PRESIDENT, FEDERAL HEALTH SECTOR, GDIT CORPORATION

Scott Trapp is director of diversity outreach for Lockheed Martin Corporation. In this capacity, he is responsible for leading the Corporation’s corporate diversity and inclusion outreach strategies to grow relationships with strategic partners and help position Lockheed Martin as an employer of choice. His role incorporates Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) outreach and higher education initiatives as well as, talent sourcing and outreach and national diversity events.

Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, Mr. Trapp served in a variety of increasingly responsible positions at Public Service Enterprise Group in Newark, NJ, most recently as the director of talent acquisition and diversity outreach. In this role, his responsibilities included partnering with business leaders across the organization, outside constituents, such as state political leaders and diversity partners, to aide in developing recruitment strategies.

Mr. Trapp has more than 15 years of leadership experience with companies that include Exelon Energy Corporation, Association of Medical Colleges and the University of Maryland. Mr. Trapp graduated from California University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications.

He is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. and is certified in Lominger Career Architect.

Jacklyn Mitchell Wynn, is a trailblazer at the forefront of enterprise growth, innovation and change with a proven ability to envision mission strategies and build practical roadmaps to achieve longterm goals and near-term objectives.

Jackie is a vice president in the Federal Health Sector at the GDIT Corporation, where she has the responsibility for identifying and driving multi-year, technology-enabled strategic engagements that support the missions of providing high-quality health care and resources across the federal health agencies. GDIT’s next-generation technology is empowering dramatic leaps in quality analysis, community health, safety, caregiver-centered experience, and life sciences supporting interoperability and user centered design to deliver key outcomes across the federal health IT ecosystem.

She works collaboratively across GDIT’s capability portfolios, including cloud, data analytics, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and managed services to bring the full power of GDIT to help federal health agencies simplify their operations and innovate to address the health industry’s most compelling challenges.

Wynn joined GDIT from MITRE where she was the vice president and director of in the Center for Enterprise Modernization (CEM) where she led the non-profit’s work in support of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mission and priorities for delivering the highest rated customer service and healthcare to our veterans and their families. CEM is one of seven federally

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funded research and development centers that MITRE operates for the US Government delivering MITRE’s brand of system engineering programs. Prior to MITRE, Wynn was a vice president for Strategy and Market Development, Global Public Sector for RSA, the security division of Dell Technologies.

There she was responsible for developing and executing integrated cyber strategies for state and local agencies, including the implementation of strategic products and partnerships and the execution of the NIST cybersecurity framework. She has also held executive leadership positions at Dell EMC as Vice President of the Global Residency Practice and at Hewlett Packard, where she was vice president for Technology support services and Consulting Service’s Global Business Operations.

Prior to her global roles, Wynn spent over 15 years in executive leadership positions at Digital, Compaq and Hewlett Packard where she is a proven leader with a deep background in customer engagement and business transformation in public sector divisions for publicly traded hightechnology companies. Wynn supported the complex and large-scale optimization of these Information Technology companies’ modernization efforts due to mergers and consolidations which gave her a unique perspective across change management, governance, strategy and implementation outcome areas.

She has earned recognition for her trailblazer leadership as an advocate for programs for youth in health care, community service and education with a strong focus on the science, technology, engineering and math fields. This recognition has afforded her the opportunity to continue to serve and contribute to her community through her participation on several boards.

Wynn is the vice chair for the organization for Advancing Minorities in Engineering, on the executive board as Secretary for the National Center for Children and Families, on the board for Georgetown Preparatory School, (the nation’s oldest Jesuit high school and alumni of two Supreme Court Justices). She has also been a member of the Executive Leadership council, and the Black Data Processors Association which honored her with the Epsilon Award for Career Achievement and also served on Howard University’s Business Advisory Council. She also serves on the Maryland

VERONICA L. NELSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ADVANCING MINORITIES’ INTEREST IN ENGINEEING (AMIE)

Veronica Nelson is the Executive Director of Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE). AMIE is a coalition of corporations, government agencies and the fifteen (15) ABET accredited Engineering Schools at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). She leads AMIE as it develops strategies to expand corporate, government and academic partnerships to implement and support programs to attract, educate, graduate and place minority students in engineering careers and increase diversity in the engineering workforce.

Veronica has over 18 years of experience in process engineering developing Automated Assembly Processes and over 9 years of

experience in Engineering Management and Human Resources managing Career Pathways Programs, Diversity Recruiting, Professional Development Rotation Programs, Interns/Co-op Programs and University Relations & Recruiting at Northrop Grumman Corporation. Veronica served as Senior Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton responsible for developing, managing and implementing firm-wide Strategies for University and Diversity Recruiting.

Veronica was awarded the 2007 Women of Color in Technology Award for Educational Leadership – Corporate Promotion of Education and the 2009 Black Engineer of the Year Award for Educational Leadership – Promotion of Higher Education for her passion and dedication to promoting STEM. Veronica earned her Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Fairleigh Dickinson University and her Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Robotics from Howard University. She received the National GEM Consortium Fellowship and was the first female to obtain her Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Howard University.

Veronica is the proud mother of two sons who have followed her passion and decided to pursue degrees in Mechanical Engineering at Prairie View A&M University and Computer Science at North Carolina A&T State University.

EVERETT TUCKER DIVISIONAL VICE PRESIDENT, CORE LAB INSTRUMENT OPERATIONS, ABBOTT

Everett Tucker is Abbott’s Divisional Vice President for Core Lab Instrument Operations. He was appointed to this role in July 2018 and is responsible for global manufacturing of In Vitro Diagnostic instruments and automation solutions for the diagnostics core lab business.

Everett joined Abbott in January 2015 as the Divisional Vice President for Global Operations Strategy and Engineering.

Prior to joining Abbott, Everett held different roles at General Electric (GE), Honeywell, and Kimball Electronics. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Engineering and Operations for CAE Healthcare.

Everett is the Executive Committee Chair for Abbott’s Black Business Network, which sponsors professional development programs that helps attract, retain and grow industry-leading talent.

Everett earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Pennsylvania State University and is certified Six Sigma Black Belt.

MICHELLE PARKER VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF ENGINEER, SPACE & LAUNCH ENGINEERING, DEFENSE, SPACE & SECURITY (BDS), THE BOEING COMPANY

Michelle Parker is Vice President and Chief Engineer for Space & Launch Engineering within Defense, Space & Security (BDS).

Space & Launch is responsible for ensuring the technical integrity and success of programs including the Space Launch System, CST-100 Starliner, and International Space Station as well as Satellite programs. Most recently, she served as Vice President and Capability Leader for BDS Engineering’s System Engineering, Integration and Test (SEIT) Capability where she was responsible for driving engineering excellence across BDS Systems.

Previously, she led the Satellite Development Center (SDC) for Boeing’s Network & Space Systems business. As a world leader in the design, development, manufacturing, integration and testing of satellites for government, civil and commercial customers, the SDC is the world’s largest satellite factory and has produced more than 300 satellites to date.

Prior to her role as vice president of the SDC, Parker was the director of Flight and Vehicle Technology for Boeing Research and Technology (BR&T), Boeing’s advanced central research and development unit. In this role, she was responsible for strategy and development in the technology areas of Aerodynamics and Flow Control, Vehicle Dynamics and Control, Propulsion, and Integrated Vehicle Technologies.

Parker also worked as Enterprise Domain Leader for Platform Performance, one of Boeing’s eight focused technology domains that comprise the company’s Enterprise Technology Strategy. As Domain Leader, Parker was responsible for strategic planning of research and development across Boeing

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Technology Council (MTC) as a venture mentoring professional for biomedical and technology companies to save lives, secure our nation and improve the quality of life through innovation. She has also been a lecturer at Harvard Medical School for Career Advancement and Leadership Skills for Women in Health Care.

She has received the Federal 100 Achievement Award, two-time winner for Women of Color in technology Distinguished Achiever Award and has been named among the Top 100 Executives by Uptown/NAACP for blacks in corporate America.

She holds bachelor’s degrees in economics and mathematics from the University of Denver and an MBA in accounting and finance from the Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester.

She is a consummate learner and has participated in executive development programs at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Babson College and the Anderson School of Business at the University of California Los Angeles.

She is a wife and a mother of two children who both are pursuing their relentless desire to serve others through their academic careers where her son is a graduate of the US Naval Academy and her daughter is working on an advanced master’s degree in nursing informatics at Johns Hopkins University.

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Before working as the Domain Leader, Parker was deputy director for National Space Communications Programs (NSCP), a large portfolio of proprietary programs, where she was responsible for leadership, strategy and execution across the programs.

She was also the NSCP Systems Engineering Manager, where her systems engineering team was recognized for outstanding technical accomplishments and execution on many significant milestone events.

Parker’s career has also included positions as Systems Engineering Lead and Chief Engineer on commercial satellite programs. Parker started her career in the Thermophysics Department of Boeing Satellite Systems.

Parker earned a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University, as well as a Master’s degree and a doctorate in mechanical engineering and applied mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania. Parker’s doctorate was earned as a Howard Hughes Doctoral Fellow while at Boeing.

his tenure with Boston Scientific, Matt has worked in three different locations and supported all six of the company’s business divisions.

Prior to joining Boston Scientific, Matt served as an Infantry officer in the US Army for six years in multiple assignment locations around the world.

In addition to serving on the AMIE Executive Board, Matt also represents Boston Scientific as a Board Member for the Indiana Medical Device Manufacturer’s Council, an organization committed to education and advocacy for Indiana’s medical device sector at the state and federal government level.

Matt earned a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Washington and an MBA in Operations Management and Finance from the University of Minnesota. He is married and he and his wife have one son.

In addition to his primary role, Vaughn is a sought-after training program designer and facilitator and is a highly regarded diversity champion and community leader.

Dr. Vaughn, who is also an ordained minister and a 2007 Black Engineer of the Year Award winner, is a native of Elmira, New York. He and his wife, Jeanette (who is an educator and entrepreneur), reside in Painted Post, New York and are the proud parents of 5 children (and have one son-in-love, one daughter-in-love and two grandchildren).

In addition to his primary role, Vaughn is a sought-after training program designer and facilitator and is a highly regarded diversity champion and community leader.

Dr. Vaughn is a native of Elmira, New York. He and his wife, Jeanette (who is an educator and entrepreneur), reside in Painted Post, New York and are the proud parents of 5 children (and have one son-in-love, one daughter-in-love and two grandchildren).

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MATT LAVELLE VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS, BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

Matt Lavelle is a Vice President of Operations at Boston Scientific responsible for leading one of fourteen global manufacturing plants that leverages innovative technology to produce life enhancing medical devices.

Matt has over sixteen years of progressive leadership experience within Boston Scientific’s Global Operations function and has served as a Production Supervisor, Production Manager, Engineering Manager, Director of Production, and Multi-site Director of Materials prior to his current role. In

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MANAGER, TECHNICAL TALENT PIPELINING FOR TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY AND LEAD FOR THE TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY OFFICE OF STEM, CORNING INCORPORATED

KEN BARRETT

Dr. Mark D. Vaughn is manager, Technical Talent Pipelining for Corning’s Technology Community and is the Lead for the Technology Community Office of STEM. In this role, Vaughn develops, implements and manages PK-20 science and engineering programs and initiatives in support of meeting the Technology Community’s near term and long-term technical talent needs.

Dr. Vaughn began his 32-year career with Corning in 1988 as a Research Technician.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Alfred University, a Master of Science degree in Optics from the University of Rochester, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to his current role, Vaughn was a Research Associate in Modeling and Simulation where he was a noted expert in Optical Network Traffic Demand Modeling and Access Network Cost Modeling.

Ken Barrett became General Motors’ first Chief Diversity Officer in 2012. He has 14 years of executive experience, including five years of award-winning performance as the U.S. Navy’s Diversity Director, where he achieved historic levels of minority and female officer additions and transformational work-life balance initiatives.

Before joining GM, he served as the Under Secretary of Defense’s Acting Director, Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity. He began his career with the U.S. Navy in 1984, and after commissioning through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps, he held positions in engineering and operations.

CAPTAIN U.S. NAVY (RET.), CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER, GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

Technical Sales, based in Armonk, New York, where he leads IBM’s field Technical Sales community to drive business transformation across all markets and client segments.

Mr. Schneider has an engineering degree from the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and an M.B.A. from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada.

VICE PRESIDENT, GLOBAL TECHNICAL SALES, IBM SALES & DISTRIBUTION, IBM CORPORATION

Gary Schneider has been in the technology industry since 1988, when he joined IBM as a software developer at the IBM Toronto Lab Database as a member of the DB2 development team. He was a member of the initial technology transfer team that first delivered DB2 on the Windows and AIX platforms in the early 90’s, porting the product from OS/2. During that time in Toronto he held positions with progressively increased responsibility within Development, Business Partner Enablement, Marketing and Business Development.

In 1999, he ventured into the entrepreneurial space, leading a startup technology company that specialized in digital media distribution using VPN (Virtual Private Networks) for in-store point-of-sale advertising. Key clients include Wal-Mart Canada and Wendy’s Corporation. The company won the Canadian Venture Fair as the best investment opportunity of the year in 2000.

In April 2001, he returned to IBM US, being named Worldwide Director of Channel Development, responsible for worldwide strategic alliances and technical enablement for IBM’s Information Management (IM) division under IBM Software Group.

In March of 2003, he was named Director of Linux Competitive Technology for IBM’s Information Management business. In this role, his organization had responsibility for IBM Data Management’s business strategy and execution on Linux, including alliances with Novell, Red Hat and other emerging Linux vendors and solutions providers.

In January 2006, he was appointed to the position of Worldwide Director of Field Technical Presales and Sales Enablement for Information Management (IM), responsible for the field Technical Sales team for IM, as well as overall sales training for all IBM seller communities on the IM portfolio.

In February 2010, Mr. Schneider accepted the role of CTO & Vice President of Technical Leadership for IBM’s Growth Markets Unit, based in Shanghai, China, responsible for driving technical sales, innovation, and technical & professional skills development across IBM’s eight growth market regions.

Mr. Schneider returned to the U.S. in 2015, and is currently Vice President of Global

LINDSAY RAE MCINTYRE CORPORATE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER, MICROSOFT

From thought leadership, to operational execution, to employee engagement, McIntyre leads Microsoft’s strategic efforts on systemic solutions to advance diversity and inclusion guided by a commitment to be mission-driven, outcome-oriented, globally-informed, science-based, and culturally-competent. She spearheaded the publication of Microsoft’s first Diversity & Inclusion Report and shaped our recent action-oriented response to racial injustice. Under her leadership, her global team of human resources and employee engagement strategists are driving the adoption of Microsoft’s Core Priority for Diversity & Inclusion, introducing new solutions to advance inclusive behaviors and habits including Microsoft’s Allyship Program and employee self-identification, and helping leaders embrace their inclusion learning journey.

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MITRE. In this role, she works collaboratively to develop and drive inclusion and diversity strategy within the company, oversee talent acquisition, and establish a new function for social innovation programs, including corporate social responsibility. Under her leadership, MITRE will maximize relationships with external organizations whose perspectives are important in shaping our national social landscape, with an initial focus on STEM education in underserved communities.

Turner has spent two decades championing diversity and inclusion. She brings leadership experience in strategic planning, professional development, process improvement, talent acquisition, multicultural marketing, and employee engagement for global brands. Turner most recently served as Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion Strategic Engagement at Liberty Mutual Insurance where she optimized sponsorships and brand presence at national diversity conferences, expanded national presence, increased membership in employee resource groups, established governance models to improve customer service and launched a new employee referral program with talent acquisition.

Her previous leadership roles include managing diversity and inclusion, talent acquisition, and employee engagement at Lockheed Martin, Kaiser Permanente, ESPN, and Motorola. Turner also worked in the oil industry for five years as a marketing and diversity consultant.

She represents MITRE on the AMIE (Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering) board of directors and sits on the advisory board for Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership. Turner earned her M.S. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and her B.A. in economics from Spelman College.

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Stephanie E. Turner is vice president of inclusion, diversity, and social innovation at

Greg Keller is Vice President of the Fabric Technologies Group, part of the NetApp ONTAP Engineering organization. In this role he has responsibility for strategy and development of our ONTAP SAN products, MAX Data product, and networking, security, supportability, and licensing features of the ONTAP Storage Operating System.

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AMIEEXECUTIVEBOARD In previous roles Greg was the Vice President of the ONTAP Data Management Group, responsible for the WAFL file system, performance, and disaster recovery solutions, Senior Director of the NetApp Performance Engineering Group, leading the ONTAP AFF and FAS performance analysis, optimization, measurement and management, and Senior Director of SAN Engineering, responsible for the architecture, development and delivery of the block-based SAN protocols for Clustered Data ONTAP. He has been with NetApp for 12 years.

Prior to joining NetApp, Greg was the Vice President of Software and RTP Site Manager for Adaptec, Inc. where he had responsibility for development and delivery of SAN systems, server-based RAID products, and storage/data management solutions. Greg also led Server Storage development and Software Program Management teams for Dell, Inc. in Round Rock, Texas. Greg started his career at IBM in Boca Raton FL and later moved to Research Triangle Park.

There he held a variety of assignments including management and engineering roles in networking, ASIC development, Internet appliances, industrial controllers and computers, robotics, software development and business development.

Greg is a graduate of Purdue University, where he obtained his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He lives in Wake Forest, NC with his wife and has two children who are both off successfully in their own careers. including management and engineering roles in networking, ASIC development, Internet appliances, industrial controllers and computers, robotics, software development and business development.

Greg is a graduate of Purdue University, where he obtained his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He lives in Wake Forest, NC with his wife and has two children who are both off successfully in their own careers.

TERRELL REID CORPORATE SUPPLIER DIVERSITY PROGRAMS MANAGER, NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION

Terrell has recently taken on the role of Corporate Supplier Diversity Programs Manager at Northrop Grumman. Earning his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering from Morgan State University, and a Master’s Degree in Technical Management from Johns Hopkins University, Terrell spent over 12 years as a Systems Engineer supporting Navy programs in a variety of technical roles at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL). During this time at JHU/APL, he also developed into leadership roles in both line management and project management. In 2017, Terrell joined Northrop Grumman as the East Region Pathways Program Manager for Software and Digital Technology Strategy and Performance.

After a stint as a Contract Labor Strategy Manager in Northrop Grumman Space Sector at the beginning of 2020, he has moved into the Global Supply Chain Supplier Diversity organization. Currently, Terrell is responsible for corporate oversight and administration of the company’s Mentor-Protégé, Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR), Historically Black Colleges/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI), Indian Incentive and AbilityOne programs.

STEVE JARRETT SENIOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION(D&I) CONSULTANT, ORACLE

Steve is a Senior-level Human Resource executive with over 25 years of experience in human capital management, diversity/ inclusion, talent acquisition, retention, succession planning, and compensation & benefits, Steve understands that a company’s greatest asset is its people.

Throughout his career, he has played a key role in aligning HR with overall corporate growth strategies, developed and implemented analytics to support organizational objectives, and worked to

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create business environments where team members are inspired to do their best work.

As a Senior Diversity and Inclusion(D&I) Consultant for Oracle, Steve has developed a strategy to enhance the Oracle D&I brand. Steve created the framework that will serve as the foundation for Oracle to provide global D&I support to its business units. Steve simplified the focus areas for Oracle’s Employee Resource Groups to make them simpler without compromising their connection to the business. He created an e-learning D&I module for HR Business Partners worldwide that received 95% favorable ratings for content, alignment with business goals and its non-threatening approach to D&I. His initiatives include line of business specific D&I programs on Unconscious Bias. Steve led the effort to redesign the D&I intranet site making it more intuitive and user friendly and is responsible for creating and gaining approval for Oracle’s D&I tagline, “Innovating Through Diverse Points of View”.

As an independent consultant, Steve developed talent management solutions for firms in multiple industries, including strategies for diversity and inclusion, staffing, succession, retention and employee engagement.

As Senior Vice President of Human Resources with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Steve has had the opportunity to add value as a key strategic contributor to overall corporate goals. His efforts have led to the creation of the firm’s 1st formalized Succession Planning Program, the 1st Employee Engagement Survey, and 1st Diversity Leadership Council, as well as FINRA’s repeated selection as one of Working Mother magazine’s Top 100 companies.

Prior to joining FINRA, Steve spent more than 25 years with IBM Corporation in progressively responsible HR Management roles, working with organizations ranging from 300 people to large, global business units with more than 85,000 employees worldwide. His efforts focused on creating robust succession planning, compensation, and human capital programs.

As Vice President of Human Resources for IBM’s Integrated Technology Delivery Unit, Steve consolidated programs and services to reduce labor costs by more than 10% and created a robust succession planning process. He also led a task force that created an HR scorecard that helped to smooth the integration process during multiple mergers and acquisitions. He developed ideas resulting in improved diversity representation within the IBM technical executive population, including nomination of some of the company’s 1st

international and national conferences, and colloquia as an author or co-author; been awarded over $14 million in research funds as a principal investigator (PI) and co-PI.; and developed the Field-Programmable Gate Array Synthesis Laboratory at PVAMU. In addition, she has supervised and served on 21 master’s and Ph.D. committees. She is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Women in Engineering, and Eta Kappa Nu. Obiomon earned a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington, an M.S. in Engineering from Prairie View A&M University, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University.

Before coming to PVAMU, she taught courses at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. Obiomon also worked in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Dr. Pamela Holland Obiomon is a native of Hempstead, Texas and is married with four children.

attained her Raytheon Six Sigma Certification in 2004. Prior to Raytheon, Scott worked for the Boeing Company as a senior manufacturing engineer, and for Information Plus Corporation, as a mechanical design engineer.

Scott attended the US Naval Academy for two years and completed her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University. Scott obtained her MBA from Jackson State University, and a Master of Science in Organization Development from Pepperdine University. Scott, spearheads LIFT’s (Leading Inspired Females in Technology) recognition and retention sub team. She is a published author and co-lead of a consortium to accelerate women STEM. Scott and her husband reside in the Dallas area.

DR. PAMELA OBIOMON DEAN, ROY G. PERRY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY

Dr. Pamela Holland Obiomon was appointed as the dean of the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering at Prairie View A&M University on September 1, 2018. She is the seventh dean of the college and the first female to serve in the role.

Obiomon joined PVAMU in 2003 as a faculty member in the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering. Obiomon was selected as the department head of one of the largest departments of the college, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, in 2013 and became a full professor. Under her leadership, the department was awarded over $18 million dollars in grants from the Chancellor’s Research Initiative of The Texas A&M University System. The grants aided in the establishment of three centers (the Computational Biology and Bioengineering Research Center, Cyber Security Research Center, and Center for Advancing Innovations in Smart Microgrid). Additionally, during her leadership as department head, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering was awarded $5 million from the U.S. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, (OASD) (R&E) for the Center of Excellence in Research and Education for Big Military Data Intelligence (CREDIT).

Obiomon’s research interests are in the areas of integrated microsystems for environmental sensing powered by energy scavenging, smart systems using fieldprogrammable gate arrays (FPGAs), and the design of FPGA-based controllers for autonomous vehicles. She has published over 52 papers in refereed journals,

TAVIA CARSON SIEMENS PLM SOFTWARE, CO-CHAIRMAN, SIEMENS PLM GLOBAL DIVERSITY COUNCIL – DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

ODETTA SCOTT ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, ENGINEERING EFFECTIVENESS, RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES

Odetta Scott is an Associate Director of Engineering Effectiveness for Collins Aerospace, a division of Raytheon Technologies. In this role, Scott manages engineering outsource supplier relationships with approximately $200 million of annual spend. Additionally, Scott directs three Collins Engineering technologically enabled synergy initiatives.

Scott joined Collins Aerospace in 2015 to establish and drive maturity in the engineering division of the Interior’s Aftermarket organization. Scott’s roles of increased responsibility include Reliability, Maintainability & Safety Manager, Interior’s Product Safety Manager, and Engineering Effectiveness Lead.

Before joining Collins Aerospace, Scott worked at Raytheon Technologies in multiple divisions and locations for 15 years. In her last role as the Continuous Improvement (CI) lead, Scott developed and deployed the CI strategy for the Forest, Mississippi location.

Scott was an ALR-67 Program Manager, and a Lead Manufacturing Engineer for TPQ 37/47, demonstrating increased levels of leadership within the organization. Scott

Tavia Carson is responsible for the strategy and operational leadership of the Siemens PL Software Global Diversity Council.

The Global Diversity Council manages 11 Employee Resource Groups, which embraces and promotes Diversity, through employee activities, diversity initiatives and diverse organization relationships.

The goal of the Diversity Council is to ensure Siemens as employer of choice.

The ERGs also offer opportunities for personal and professional growth for all employees, while growing a strong and diversified workforce.

Ms. Carson is a graduate of Webster University with a Bachelors’ Degree in Marketing – and Management. Ms. Carson has worked for Siemens PLM Software for 18 years, serving as Regional Manager for Academic Institutions in the Americas and Asia-Pacific. She also worked as a Partner Product Manager for the Software and Technology Partners Program.

Currently, Tavia is the HR Specialist, that is part of The Human Resources Operations team.

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minority and female IBM Distinguished Engineers and IBM Fellows.

Steve holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina. He also completed a certificate program in Strategic Leadership at Harvard University and attended the Human Resources Management Institute at Cornell University.

A Life member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Steve and his wife Sharon currently reside in Charlotte NC with their two children, Royce and Tori.

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DR. PATRICK CARRIERE DEAN, COLLEGE OF SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING, SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

Dr. Patrick Carriere has a career in engineering education that spans over 30 years, and as Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Programs, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, and National Science Foundation (NSF) Program Director, he has led and managed programs and produced various deliverables to achieve organizational objectives. He received both M.S and Ph.D. degrees from Texas A&M University-College Station in 1985 and 1988, respectively.

As an educator, Dr. Carriere has extensive experience in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. His research interests are in soil bioremediation, treatment of municipal and industrial wastewater, and groundwater modeling. He has authored and co-authored many refereed journals and articles, and been the recipient of multiple teaching and research awards. In 1988, he started his academic career as an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M - Kingsville, Carnegie Doctoral Research University (DRU). In 1993, he moved to West Virginia University as an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, a Carnegie Research University with High Research Activity (RU/H). Due to a burning desire to promote academic studies at a Historically Black College/University, he joined the Department of Civil Engineering at Southern University and A & M College-Baton Rouge in January 1998 as a professor. From 2007 to present, he received nearly one million dollars from NSF to coordinate Grant Writing workshops for approximately 300 engineering and computer science faculty from US Minority serving Institutions.

As an administrator, Dr. Carriere has experience in program development and administration. He was Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering over 10 years at Southern University Baton Rouge.

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He served in that position until August 2008.

In 2000, he was appointed as the DOE Massie Chair of Excellence Professor by the U.S. Department of Energy, charged with providing a focal point for all environmental research for Southern University. From March 2003 to August 2008, he was appointed as the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs. From August 2004 to August 2005, he worked at the National Science Foundation as Program Director in both Divisions of Undergraduate Education and Engineering Education and Centers.

In 2006, he served as the Program Chair for the American Society for Engineering Education-Gulf Southwest Conference as well as the Steering Planning Committee Chair for the FEMA/HBCUs Conference Region 6. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and many other professional organizations.

From August 2008 to December 2016, he was appointed as the Associate Dean of the College of Engineering.

Dr. Patrick Carriere is currently the Dean of the College of Sciences and Engineering and served in that position since January 1, 2017.

Faculty Fellow in 2008, and a Harvard Fellow for 2005-2006 with the Division of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Harvard University. He served as Assistant to the Dean and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tuskegee University, and has worked for General Electric, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, NIST, Oak Ridge Laboratories, and General Motors.

Dr. Hargrove has conducted research projects with Sikorsky Aircraft, Boeing, US Navy (NAVSEA), NASA, and the US Army, in systems engineering, design, cybersecurity, and manufacturing. He is a Certified Manufacturing Engineer, an Associate Member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Institute of Industrial Engineers, ASEE, and the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers. His current research interests are in virtual and augmented reality, cyber-physical systems, advanced manufacturing systems, systems engineering and management, and minority engineering education. Dr. Hargrove is a Founding Board member of STEM Preparatory Academy Charter School in Nashville, TN, ViceChair of the Board for Smithson Craighead Academy, and serves on the advisory STEM board of Stratford STEM Magnet High School. He was recognized as a 2017 Inspiring Leaders in STEM Award by Insight Publications, and is the author of “Navigating Academia: A Guide for Women and Minority STEM Faculty” (Academic Press), and “In Search of Academic Leadership – A Primer for Faculty Development”.

DR. S. KEITH HARGROVE DEAN, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY

S. KEITH HARGROVE, PhD, CMfgE, PE, serves as the Dean of the College of Engineering at Tennessee State University (TSU). He previously served as Chairperson of the Department of Industrial, Manufacturing & Information Engineering in the Clarence Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Hargrove received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from TSU, MS from the Missouri University of Science & Technology in Rolla, MO. as a GEM (National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Science and Engineering) Fellow, and the Ph.D. from the University of Iowa as a CIC (Committee on Institutional Cooperation) Fellow. Dr. Hargrove was a Boeing Welliver

STACEY E. BROWN, PMP, SES CHIEF, PLANNING AND POLICY DIVISION, MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIVISION, SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION, REGIONAL INTEGRATION TEAMS, UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

Ms. Stacey E. Brown is the Chief of Planning and Policy for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with responsibility for Deputy Chief of the Civil Works Programs Integration Division with responsibility for ensuring that plans and investigations undertaken within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are soundly conceived, formulated

retired from IBM after a distinguished 39-year career as a member of their corporate Human Resources team. Upon retiring, he founded Ted Childs®, LLC. In 2006, Working Mother Media announced The Ted Childs Life / Work Excellence Award to be given annually to the individual who by their distinctive performance has contributed to the field of Life / Work in the business community.

In 2009, Ted delivered the keynote address for the Danish Institute for Human Rights Awards Ceremony in Denmark; and one of the two keynotes at the Third European Community Equality Summit in Stockholm, Sweden.

In May of 2014, Ted was inducted into the HistoryMakers, the nation’s largest AfricanAmerican video, oral history collection.

In May 2017, Ted was recognized at the 25th Anniversary Tanenbaum Annual Awards Gala with the Inspiration Award recognizing his support of Tanenbaum and their work in addressing religious diversity in the workplace.

Ted is a member of: The National Academy of Human Resources in 2001; has received Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters Degrees from Pace University (2001), West Virginia State University (2003), and Our Lady of the Elms College (2005). Ted holds life memberships in the National Association of African Americans in Human Resources, The National Council of Negro Women, Inc., Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., the NAACP, and the Bass Anglers Sportsmen Society.

DR. EUGENE M. DELOATCH FULL PROFESSOR AND DEAN EMERITUS, CLARENCE M. MITCHELL, JR. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

DR. ROBIN N. COGER DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, AND A PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY

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center director, and administrator at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte for over 15 years. In 2011, Dr. Coger joined N.C. A&T as the Dean of the College of Engineering, and eight years later she is still excited about the accomplishments and innovations of the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the College.

Dr. Coger is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. She is also a Board member of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, the Advancing Minorities Interest in Engineering organization; and FIRST – an organization founded to inspire the interest and participation of young people in engineering, science and technology.

Aligned with her understanding of the importance of sharing best practices and concepts among engineering educators, Dr. Coger is also a member of the editorial board of the American Society of Engineering Education publication, PRISM.

Dr. Robin N. Coger is the Dean of the College of Engineering, and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T) in Greensboro, NC (www.ncat.edu/ coe). Dr. Robin Coger earned her Bachelor of Science from Cornell University, and her Master of Science and Doctoral degrees from the University of California – Berkeley -- all in mechanical engineering. She completed her post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School in Boston, followed by serving as a dedicated professor, researcher,

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to the proper scale and scope and are responsive to the various legislative and executive authorities governing restoration, conservation and development of the nation’s water and related land resources.

Previous positions held include Deputy Chief of the Programs Integration Division, where she directed and controlled activities in the development, defense and execution of the total Civil Works budget program in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and a nine month detail to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works where she served as a Senior Policy Advisor. Prior to her detail, Ms. Brown served for ten years as the Civil Deputy for the South Atlantic Division Regional Integration Team (SAD-RIT), responsible for the execution and implementation of all Civil Works projects within the southeastern United States.

Ms. Brown has 33 years of USACE experience with 3 years in San Francisco District, 2 years in Norfolk District, 12 years in Baltimore District, 1 year in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works before coming to Headquarters. Ms. Brown began her Headquarters career in 2005 as a Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs Liaison prior to becoming the Deputy Chief of the South Atlantic Division Regional Integration Team in 2008.

Although Ms. Brown began her career as a Junior Engineer in Training and has spent the majority of her career in the Planning discipline, she has also worked in the Engineering (H&H), Construction, Operations, and Program/ Project Management disciplines. She has managed and provided supervisory oversight for a variety of specifically authorized Congressional studies as well as Continuing Authorities Program studies, having managed the Continuing Authorities Program for 10 years in 2 different districts.

Ms. Brown has a BS degree in Civil Engineering, a BA degree in English and a Minor in Engineering Management from Tufts University. Ms. Brown is a Certified Project Management Professional and was awarded the 2017 Women of Color award for Career Achievement in Government.

Prior to beginning his service as Professor and Inaugural Dean of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering at Morgan State University (1984–2016), Dr. Eugene M. DeLoatch completed twenty-four years of affiliation with Howard University in Washington, D.C. During his last nine years at Howard, he led a department that granted baccalaureate degrees to more African American engineers than any school in the country. He has a baccalaureate degree in Mathematics and Electrical Engineering (E.E.) from Tougaloo College and Lafayette College respectively. He also holds a M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the New York Polytechnic University. In recognition of his many years of effective service to engineering education, Dr. DeLoatch has been awarded Honorary Doctorates by Lafayette College (1984), Binghamton University (2004) and Tougaloo College (2017).

Dr. DeLoatch became the first African American to serve as President of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), the world’s most prestigious

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Of his most cherished recognitions, Dr. DeLoatch lists the 2017 Black Engineer of the Year Award, the 2016 Tau Beta Pi Distinguished Alumnus Award, the 2015 AMIE Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2014 ABET Claire L. Felbinger Award for Diversity. In 2017, Dr. DeLoatch became a 2017 National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame Inductee. On June 22, 2019, he was selected as one of the inaugural recipients of the NSBE/BMAC Legacy Achievement Award at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum (National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Baltimore Metropolitan Area Chapter (BMAC).

The 14th of August 2019, Dr. DeLoatch hosted the Master’s in Engineering in Cyber Engineering (MECE) Cohort III Completion Ceremony at Morgan State University.

His current and past board affiliations include Women Legislators of Maryland Foundation Inc., Baltimore Partners for Enhanced Learning, Maryland Black Caucus Foundation Inc., Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE) and the Granville Academy. He is also a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and the State’s Legislative Black Caucus honored Taborn with a 2008 Living History Award in Engineering, Science and Innovation. Taborn was recognized for outstanding contributions to his field and the State of Maryland. He was one of three individuals to receive the award.

Taborn holds honorary degrees from Morgan State University and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and a Bachelor of Science degree from Johns Hopkins University.

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PUBLISHER, CHAIRMAN AND CEO, CAREER COMMUNICATIONS GROUP

Career Communications Group (CCG) is a minority-owned media services company, which connects top technology talent to employers that have the potential to fulfill their career goals. Over more than a quarter of a century, CCG has built strong, lasting partnerships with America’s top companies, government agencies, and educational institutions through its magazines, the internet, and conferences that promote achievements of minorities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Taborn is founder of the Foundation for Educational Development which aims to raise awareness of technology literacy in minority communities across America.

The foundation’s programs – Black Family Technology Awareness Week, La Familia Technology Awareness Week and the Native American Family Technology Journey – aim to bring families into the digital age through computer literacy workshops.

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Accenture working on large system integration and ERP implementation projects.

Rick graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with a BS in Management Science and Information Systems and St. Thomas University with an MBA with a focus in health care. Rick resides just outside of Philadelphia, PA with his wife and three kids.

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Rick works in the Optum Talent Office, leading Optum’s early career programs.

The early career team is accountable for developing and executing programs across Optum. Optum invests heavily in developing the next generation workforce that will allow the organization to achieve its full potential.

Rick’s team drives these programs with an obsession towards creating an incredible employment experience. Developing and engaging our early career program participants. not only allows us to attract the best talent in the market but it allows them to achieve their greatest potential while directing connecting them towards Optum’s mission of “helping people live healthier lives and helping make the health system work better for everyone. Rick’s background is in technology and prior to this role, Rick was instrumental in developing and scaling Optum ‘s Technology Development Program as a leader in the tech organization. Prior to Optum, Rick worked as a consultant at

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CONTACTS: Veronica L. Nelson Executive Director, Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE) 5200 Perring Parkway Baltimore, Maryland 21251 Email: Executive_Director@ amiepartnerships.org Patricia Burgess Office Manager, Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE) 5200 Perring Parkway Baltimore, Maryland 21251 Office: 443-885-3077 Email: patricia.burgess@morgan.edu