Black Engineer of the Year Award Winners 2014
Black Engineer of the Year
Stephanie Hill
Vice President & General Manager, Information Systems & Global Solutions Lockheed Martin Corporation
Career Achievement-Government
Barry Williams
Chief Engineer – Forward Deployed in Afghanistan
United States Army Engineer School
Career Achievement – Industry
Gerald Johnson
North America Manufacturing Vice President
General Motors Company
Art Lofton
Vice President, Global Quality Northrop Grumman Corporation
College-Level Promotion of Education
Stephen Cox
Regional Director Drexel University
Community Service
Paige Lewter
Electronics Engineer
Naval Air Systems Command
Martin Rodgers
Executive Director Accenture
Corporate Promotion of Education
Robyn De Wees
Director
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Dean’s Award
Adrian Webb
Senior Engineer-Design Caterpillar, Inc.
Diversity Leadership
Victoria Dixon
Director, HR/EEO/EO/Officer
U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command
Diversity Leadership – Industry
Joyce E. Tucker Esq. Vice President
The Boeing Company
K-12 Promotion of Education
Tamara Floyd-Smith
Professor, Chemical Engineering Department
Tuskegee University
Lifetime Achievement
Ronald Bradley Vice President, Gas
PECO / Exelon Corporation
Most Promising Engineer-Government
Justin Smith Engineer Officer
U.S. Coast Guard
Most Promising Engineer-Industry
Lester McCoy
Sr. Systems Engineer Raytheon Company
Jada Parker
Civil/Structural Engineer CH2M HILL
Outstanding Technical Contribution – Industry
Marian Croak
AT&T Corporation
Osamuyimen Stewart
Chief Scientist
IBM Research – Africa
Pioneer Award
Russell Ford
Vice President and Global Services Leader – Drinking Water
Infrastructure CH2M HILL
Professional Achievement – Government
Zeita Merchant
Exec. Officer, Marine Safety Unit Texas City
U.S. Coast Guard
Special Recognition
Jasmine C. Bridges Manufacturing
Engineer The Boeing Company
Pamela (Pam) D. Carter
Vice President
The Boeing Company
Courtney Coulter
Computer Engineer
Dept. of the Army, Communications- Electronics Research,
Development and Engineering Center
Donald Coulter
Computer Scientist
Dept. of the Army, Communications- Electronics Research,
Development and Engineering Center
Kami Downey
Chemist
Naval Air Systems Command
Antoinette Gant
District Commander
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District
Kenneth Harris
Division Manager
Naval Surface Warfare Center
Gilda Jackson
Director, Program Management Lockheed Martin-Mission Systems
and Training
Steven Oh
Director-Network Sales AT&T Corporation
Calvin Pennamon
Manager & Lead Engineer
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Alonzie ScottIII
Director, Enterprise Talent Management Office
Naval Sea Systems Command
Danielle Smith
Supervisor, Design Services Exelon/Baltimore Gas & Electric Company
Gerard Spivey
Principal Investigator-Cyber Software Engineer
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Nicole Theberg
Deputy Assistant Program Manager, Systems Engineering
Naval Air Systems Command
Tymon D. Wallace
Architect
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Gregory West
Test Program Manager Northrop Grumman Corporation
Robert Williams
Reactor Inspector
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Technical Sales and Marketing
Lai Lau
Lead Product Marketing Manager AT&T Corporation
Marsha Malone
Director, Government Relations Lockheed Martin Corporation
Visionary Award
Kevin Ward
Product Development Chrysler Group LLC
2014 BEYA STEM Conference
Emerald Honors
Scientist of the Year 2013
Anthony Ng’oma
Research Associate & Manager Corning Incorporated
Medical Leadership
J. Denise Clement
Chief Physician
The Boeing Company
Most Promising Scientist – Government
Aaron Brundage
Principal, R&D Mechanical Engineer Sandia National Laboratories
Charles Doxley
Aerospace Science and Technology Communications
Electronics Engineer
NASA Glenn Research Center
Most Promising Scientist – Industry
Ronald Grover
Staff Researcher, Propulsion Systems Research Lab
General Motors Company
Outstanding Technical Contribution – Industry
Solomon Assefa
Science and Technology Program Manager,
Growth Markets and Strategic Initiatives IBM Corporation
Professional Achievement – Industry
Shellie Weems
Senior Director Health IT Dovel Technologies
Research Leadership
Norman Bucknor
Staff Researcher
General Motors Global Research & Development
Research Leadership
Xidong Xu
Systems Engineer
The Boeing Company