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Our Leadership

Board of Directors

Steven Isakowitz
Chair

President and CEO
The Aerospace Corporation

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Sheri Depp
Vice Chair

Director, Global Talent Management Diversity, Community,
and Corp Business Partners
Lexmark International

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Percy Gilbert, PhD
Vice Chair

Vice President of New Product Development in the Edge Processing Business Line
NXP

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Charlotte Farmer DEng
Treasurer

Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer,
UL Research Institutes

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Cordell Hardy PhD
Secretary

Senior Vice President,
Global R&D Operations, Corporate Research & Development,
3M

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Meltem Erol

Director of Graduate Student Outreach
College of Engineering
UC Berkeley

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James H. Garrett, Jr. PhD

Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University

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Richard Harris

Associate Dean and Director,
Northeastern University

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Trena Lilly

Assistant Group Supervisor
Johns Hopkins University APL

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Stacey MacNeil

Chief Communications Officer &
Group Vice President ESG

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Lindsey Twardy

Chief of Staff
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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David Watts, PhD

Vice President, Systems Development for IBM Z
IBM

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Kenneth Wright

Lead for Innovation
NASA

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Julie Yun

Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion
Princeton University

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GEM Staff

Brennon Marcano
Chief Executive Officer

703-562-3646
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Erika Howell
Chief Operating Officer

703-562-3646 ext 3647
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Marcus A. Huggans, PhD
Executive Director, Client Relations

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Shaun L. Johnson
Executive Assistant to the CEO

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Valerie Washington
Executive Assistant

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Jamie D. Hicks
Senior Manager, Accounting

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Antonio Storey
Fellowship Manager

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Joann Ransom
Programs Manager

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Hannibal Barake
Fellow & Alumni Specialist

703-562-3650
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Jamila Khan
Entrepreneurship Programs Innovation Program Manager

703-562-3638
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Geraldine Jackson
GEM Alumni Coordinator

571-858-5786
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