2024 BEYA STEM DTX Conference An Evening with BEYA's Leading Voices Program

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Thursday, February 15, 2024 • 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EST Room 307

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2024 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EST | ROOM 307 AN EVENING WITH BEYA’S LEADING VOICES THE ROOT OF INNOVATION Innovation happens when we cultivate the expansive STEM research taking place on our college campuses that ultimately becomes part of our nation’s industrial fabric and our daily lives. We sow. We reap. We grow. Nowhere is this more evident than in the multicultural richness of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. HBCUs have a long legacy of research innovation that provides answers to pivotal questions and provides solutions to problems. An who deliver thought-provoking TechTalks that enlighten and challenge conventional thinking.

HOST: DR. VICTOR MCCRARY, VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

TECH TALK PRESENTERS EVELYN KENT

HBCU/MI PROGRAM AND OUTREACH DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering where she provides technical support to the Deputy Director for Research, Technology and Laboratories. She is the Department of Defense (DoD) Program Director for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program. In this capacity, she oversees the HBCU/MI Programs, which include Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), These program funds support basic research, equipment and instrumentation upgrades, graduate fellowships, scholarships, research and education centers, and other activities focused on attracting underrepresented minorities to the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines important to the DoD national security mission.

Mrs. Kent represents the DoD on the White House Initiatives Executive Orders for HBCUs and MIs. Her career spans over 40 years of government service in information technology, weapon systems

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Mrs. Kent holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Southern University Baton Rouge and a Master of Science degree in Acquisitions Administration from Central Michigan University. She is also a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute Leadership Program in Charlottesville, VA. Mrs. Kent is the recipient of the Department of Defense Exceptional Civilian Service Award. Mrs. Kent’s awards also include the 2012 Women of Color STEM Career Achievement Award.

TANYA TITUS

DIRECTOR, SYSTEM & CLINICAL ENGINEERING ABBOTT Tanya Titus is the Abbott Neuromodulation Director, System & Clinical Engineering for R&D where she leads all aspects of system architecture and design, system engineering, system integration and test, clinical engineering, human factors, and MRI safety.

Tanya joined the Abbott Neuromodulation team in 2023 from the Abbott Hematology division, where she served as the Director, Integrated System Test and Program Management. She has a strong technical background with over 24 years of experience in system and software requirements validation. Tanya has led teams with increasing levels of responsibility in system integration and test and software development at Lockheed Martin, and as a Director of Integrated Systems Test for the Abbott Immunoassay and Clinical Chemistry division before her role in Hematology.

Tanya has a MS in System Engineering from Southern Methodist University and a BS in Electrical and children. She is a past Black Engineer of the Year Modern Day Technology Leader and Women of Color Technology All-Star award recipient. Tanya sits on the University of North Texas (Denton) Biomedical Engineering department Industry Advisory Board and serves as a professional Mentor for the Society of Women Engineers.

DR. DOROTHY PHILLIPS

PRESIDENT-ELECT AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY American chemist and director-at-large of the American Chemical Society. She worked on circular dichroism and bioseparation. complete a bachelor’s degree at Vanderbilt University. She is the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest technical society,

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DR. CHARLES BARBER

CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION in January 2023. In this role, he serves as the NSF’s senior advisor responsible for providing vision, strategic leadership and management for ongoing agency programs and new initiatives related to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility, or DEIA, in the NSF workplace and the STEM enterprise. Prior to his

Navy report that led to the Operational Navy’s DE&I Implementation Strategy. Dr. Barber is a TEDx speaker and served as the feature speaker on DEI at the 2022 DAU TEDx conference. capabilities, strategy, organizational leadership, critical data analysis and business transformation initiatives that have provided world class human resource and transformational leadership support to a dynamic range of public and private sector clients to include military service members, civilians and their families. With more than two decades of experience in HR, Diversity & Inclusion, transformation, and process improvement. He spearheaded development of the Army’s Soldier Record Brief (SRB) while supporting the Integrated Personnel and Pay System – Army (IPPS-A) Logistics Agency, he led the development of a culture intelligence framework that integrated transformational leadership principles within the DLA enterprise.

As Director of Business Transformation for the Department of Defense Vetting Directorate, he was a key contributor to the US government’s security clearance and background investigation process Columbia Courts. Dr. Barber holds a doctorate degree in Transformational Leadership from Bakke Graduate University, and other degrees in Organizational Leadership and Business Management Black Belt and a previous guest lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School’s Senior Executive Fellows Program for Political Science and Government.

Dr. Barber is a U.S. Army veteran with deployments to Kosovo and Iraq. A native of Bald Knob, Arkansas, he also starred as a sprinter on the Ouachita Baptist University and All Army Track Teams and achieved a personal best of 9.98 seconds in the 100 Meter dash, and recently inducted into the Arkansas Track and Field Hall of Fame (class of 2022).

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