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