Countdown to New Year and BEYA 2020

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There are 14 days left until the end of the year and with the 2020 BEYA STEM Conference fast approaching, it's time to get registered.

Now in its thirty-fourth year, the Black Engineer of the Year Awards or BEYA is a globally recognized conference that celebrates the achievements of people who are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields.

Each year, the BEYA STEM Conference brings professionals and students together for three days to share their experiences and career information. You can network with attendees while participating in seminars and workshops that explore every facet of STEM career paths. The goal of the BEYA Conference is to create connections between students, educators and STEM professionals while facilitating partnerships with individuals and their local STEM resources.

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STANDARD: JANUARY 31, 2020 >> LATE REGISTRATION: FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Over the three-day event, more than 400 people will be honored. See the list of honorees below:

BEYA GALA HONOREES

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT IN GOVERNMENT AWARD Kandis Boyd, Ph.D., PMP Deputy Director Office of Weather and Air Quality National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT IN GOVERNMENT AWARD Clayton Turner Director NASA Langley Research Center

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT IN INDUSTRY AWARD Marcos A. Purty Plant Executive Director, Lansing Delta Township General Motors

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT IN INDUSTRY AWARD Ms. Carolyn L. Nichols Director, Logistics & Sustainment Programs V-22 Osprey Boeing Global Services. The Boeing Company

EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP – CORPORATE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AWARD Dorian G. Newton, D. Eng. Director, Technical Services Huntington Ingalls Industries

COMMUNITY SERVICE IN GOVERNMENT AWARD Stephanie Kelly Jordan Scientist Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic U.S Navy

COMMUNITY SERVICE IN INDUSTRY AWARD Ms. Debra D. Curry Principal Engineer – Systems Engineering Bell

COMMUNITY SERVICE IN INDUSTRY AWARD Kamani Padayachee Business Process Analyst Boston Scientific Corporation

MOST PROMISING ENGINEER IN GOVERNMENT AWARD MAJ Sean Spence, USAR, D.Eng Commander, 416th Theater Engineering Command, U.S. Army Reserves Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland Adjunct Professor, George Mason University

MOST PROMISING ENGINEER IN GOVERNMENT AWARD LT Jaleesa Harrigan RX Propulsion Division Officer USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) U.S. Navy

MOST PROMISING ENGINEER IN INDUSTRY AWARD Monique J. Farrell, Ph.D. Principal Materials Process Engineer Northrop Grumman Corporation

MOST PROMISING ENGINEER IN INDUSTRY AWARD Mark McKelvin Jr., Ph.D. Senior Engineering Specialist The Aerospace Corporation

DAVE BARCLAY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AWARD Gwendolyn Y. Doss Software Engineering Manager The Boeing Company

DAVE BARCLAY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AWARD MAJ Thomas Bishop Project Engineer U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

MOST PROMISING SCIENTIST AWARD Kimberly Michelle Steward, Ph.D. Discovery Chemistry Fungicide Group Leader Corteva Agriscience

TECHNICAL SALES AND MARKETING AWARD Kennedy Pereira Area Vice President, General Manager AT&T Business Solutions

RESEARCH LEADERSHIP AWARD C. Eric Fonville, P.E. Vehicle Design, Development and Validation (VDDV) Engineer General Motors

SENIOR INVESTIGATOR AWARD Francois Ntone, Ph.D. Senior Technical Advisor Computational and Experimental Fluid Dynamics Cummins Inc.

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION IN GOVERNMENT AWARD Demica Ware Cybersecurity/Interoperability Technical Expert Department of Defense U.S Air Force

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION IN INDUSTRY AWARD Nandi Leslie, Ph.D. Engineering Fellow Raytheon

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION IN INDUSTRY AWARD Christopher R. Reid, Ph.D. Associate Technical Fellow The Boeing Company

PRESIDENT'S AWARD Michael Gordon Vice President Rotary Mission Systems Operations, Strategy and Infrastructure Lockheed Martin Corporation

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN GOVERNMENT AWARD Ms. Sheana Walters General Engineer Missile Defense Agency

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN GOVERNMENT AWARD Philip Baptiste Technical Project Manager/Branch Head Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN INDUSTRY AWARD Lara Suarez Principal Cyber Operations Engineer The MITRE Corporation

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN INDUSTRY AWARD Mrs. Kelly Lierzer Associate Director of Project Engineering Adaptive Military Exhaust Programs

BLACK ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD Lieutenant General Bruce T. Crawford Chief Information Officer/G6 U.S. Army