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Peer-Reviewed Awards are granted to individuals in the workforce. These nomination applications are reviewed and recommended for an award by a panel of leaders from industry, government, and academia.
The Science Spectrum Trailblazer Award is a part of the BEYA STEM Outstanding Achievement Award (OAA) Category. The OAAs are granted to individuals in the workforce. These nomination applications are reviewed and recommended for an award by a panel of leaders from industry, government, and academia.
The Modern-Day Technology Leader Award is a part of the BEYA STEM Outstanding Achievement Award (OAA) Category. The OAAs are granted to individuals in the workforce. These nomination applications are reviewed and recommended for an award by a panel of leaders from industry, government, and academia.
Richard Baidoo, Ph.D.
Research Investigator
Corteva Agriscience
Stephanie Boone-Shaw
Senior Vice President
Booz Allen Hamilton
Ashley Carr
DEI Business Partner
Leidos
Angelys Cuello
Senior Clinical Engineer
Abbott
Myron Fletcher
Senior Program Manager
The Boeing Company
Tiera Fletcher
Program Business Operations Senior Manager
The Boeing Company
Duran Gunter
Director, ERP Transformation | Aftermarket
RTX | Corporate
Dawit Haile
Dean, College of Engineering and Technology | Interim Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Virginia State University
Matt Hernando
Analytics Engineer
World Wide Technology
Derke R. Hughes, Ph.D.
Senior Research Engineer
Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport
Nicole Jackson
R&D S&E Systems Research and Analysis
Sandia National Laboratories
Gilbert “Chip” Jones, D.M.
Senior Staff Engineer Systems Architect
Northrop Grumman
Andrea Lewis-Allen
Senior Manager
The Boeing Company
Lin Lin, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Engineering
Tennessee State University
Eugene Mangortey, Ph.D.
Group Leader & Technical Manager
The MITRE Corporation
Nicole Mathern
Aeronautical Information Specialist
Leidos
Markeeva Morgan, Ph.D.
Vice President and Program Manager, BDS Sapphire
The Boeing Company
Beverly Nolan
Leidos
Ugonna Ohiri, Ph.D.
Independent Consultant
Phillip Palmer
Senior Practice Manager
World Wide Technology
Jonathan Ransom, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Engineering Directorate
NASA Langley Research Center (Ret.)
Ernest Smiley
Founder, CEO & Chief Data Scientist
Kingdom Capital
Tina Terrell
Senior Executive for National Recruitment
USDA Forest Service
Rigobert Tibi, Ph.D.
R&D S&E, Geosciences Engineer Principal
Sandia National Laboratories
Angel Turner
Early Talent Attraction Lead
Amentum
Mark Vaughn, Ph.D.
Director, STEM Partnerships and Early Talent Pipeline Development
Corning Incorporated
Ken Washington
Chief Technology Officer
Medtronic, Inc.
Career Communications Group, Inc. (CCG) was founded in 1985 with a unique mission: To promote significant achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) professional careers. As a talent management company providing leadership solutions to individuals and organizations, we recognize the mandate to promote excellence among our youth by telling the stories of the thousands of unheralded engineers, technologists, and scientists who are striving for success.
CCG publishes Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology magazine, US Black
Engineer & Information Technology magazine, and Women of Color magazine. In addition to the BEYA STEM Global DTX Conference, CCG hosts the Women of Color STEM DTX Conference.
Through our annual, national conferences; educational and public awareness programs; inspiring magazines; and other products and services, CCG reaches thousands of students and professionals each year. Through our continuous research and relationships we are able to strengthen communities, and the nation, by connecting opportunities in the high-dollar-value fields of STEM to interested communities.
Nominations are open to all without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristics.