30 Inspirational Women Role Models -- Engineers and STEM Advocates – and True Trailblazing Women Pioneers!

It is altogether fitting and proper, with humble service that on Women’s Equality Day--2020 the American Society of Naval Engineers introduces 30 Inspirational Women Role Models -- Engineers and STEM Advocates – and true Trailblazing Women Pioneers! 

You will be seeing in September – thirty truly awesome women that the American Society of Naval Engineers will be highlighting in daily wakeup inspirations and publishing their stories in a Special Collector’s Edition of the Naval Engineers Journal! 

Know many of us are inspired by a great wakeup song to get your day energized. Please spend the 30 Days of September with ASNE and be awakened by thirty amazing and inspirational women who have rocked our world.

The Naval Engineers Journal 2020-Special Collector’s Edition highlighting Inspirational Women Role Models is being sent to the printers in the next few days, and on Women’s Equality Day 2020 we honor, in alphabetical order:

Marjorie Morley Bachman.

Naval Aviator, Airline & Instructor Pilot and Mentoring Advocate. Daring to Go Where No Woman Has Gone Before: Ceiling And Visibility Unlimited [CAVU]

Dr. Barbara Bell, CAPT USN (Ret.).

Director, Center for STEM Education for Girls, Harpeth Hall School, Author, Speaker, Navy Test Pilot. Reaching for the Stars; Women: STEM leaders are the gateway to the future.

Reverend Dr. Gwendolyn Boyd.

Ordained Minister. An Engineer by Profession and at Heart. Those Who are in STEM Will Set the Agenda for the Future.

LCDR Kara L. Burns, U.S. Coast Guard.

Building a Bridge from the Heavy Icebreakers of the Past to the Polar Security Cutters of the Future: Bridging the future as an Advocate for all youth learning about STEM

CAPT Laura Collins, U.S Coast Guard.

STEM Champion and Dedicated Mentor. Find and Be True to Your Core Values, Personally and Professionally: Leader, Mentor, Commanding Officer

Dr. Lauryn E. DeGreeff.

Research Chemist at the Naval Research Laboratory. Compelled by Chemistry and Forging a New Field: Studying odors and canine detection forensically.

CDR Elizabeth “Liz” Durika, U.S. Navy, and CDR Kate Higgins-Bloom, U.S. Coast Guard.

Sisters Success in Sister Services: A STEM foundation, humility, and a strong sense of purpose.

Stefanie Goebel.

Director eMentor Leadership Program, AcademyWomen. The Importance of Female Mentors and How to Become One: Recognized Mentor Extraordinaire

CDR Sharon Hanley-Disher, USN (Ret.).

Youth Mentor. Author, First Class: Women Join the Ranks a the Naval Academy. STEM Leader. Growing the Next Generation of Engineers, One Classroom at a Time: THE Quintessential STEM Pathfinder.

Stephanie C. Hill.

Executive Vice President, Lockheed Martin. If You Can’t See It, then You Can’t Be It. Stephanie’s Twitter handle: “The Accidental Engineer”

Allyson Jones-Zaroff.

Branch Manager, NAVSEA-NSWCPD. Perspectives of an Emerging STEM Leader: Leader, Chemist, Mentor

Caroline Johnson.

Author, Jet Girl USA.  Jet Girl: At the Forefront of STEM and Aviation Advocacy.

CAPT Wendy Lawrence, USN (Ret.).

Naval Aviator & NASA Astronaut, retired. First Female Distinguished U.S. Naval Academy Graduate: Give Yourself Permission to Dream your Dream.

CAPT Barbette Henry Lowndes, USN (Ret.).

President, USNA Women’s Shared Interest Group. Role Model and Mentor Par Excellence: A conduit for recruiting women into the Naval Engineering and STEM pipelines.

Dr. Sandra H. Magnus.

NASA Astronaut (Ret.), Deputy Director for Engineering, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. Find Your Passion and Go for It: Engineers Can do Pretty Much Anything.

Dr. Katherine A. McGrady.

First Woman President & Chief Executive Officer at CNA: Career Learner and Leader.

Janie Mines. Senior Executive Service (SES); current DACOWITS Member. Author, No Coincidences – Reflections of the First Back Female Graduate of the United States Naval Academy. A Matter of Resilience.

Dr. Angela Moran,

U.S. Naval Academy ‘STEM Guru’. Using the Power of STEM to Mold the Next Generation: An out of this world inspiration.

Dr. Ellen Ochoa.

NASA Astronaut; former Director, Johnson Space Flight Center. Reaching for the Stars, the First Hispanic Female in Space: Hall of Fame astronaut, trailblazing leader, mentor.

Michele Weslander Quaid.

President, Sunesis Nexus. “One of the 7 Most Powerful Women to Watch”. Innovation Evangelist, Role Model: Embracing the Art of the Possible.

Dr. Signe Redfield.

Engineer at Naval Research Laboratory. Compassionate Mover and Shaker in the Field of Robotics: Solidifying Robotics as a Scientific Discipline

Patricia (Pat) Woody Reeves.

Trail Blazer and Standard Bearer: A life devoted to lifting up the next generation of women engineers and leaders. 

CDR Sarah Rice, U.S. Navy.

Lean-In Circles Champion Using Inclusion to Realize Diversity: Awareness, Acknowledge, Actively Listen, Amplification, Advocacy, Alignment, Adopting, Accountability

CAPT Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, USN (Ret.).

Navy Diver & NASA Astronaut (Ret.) Navy Diver Turned NASA Astronaut: An Out of this World Inspiration.

VADM Sandra Stosz, USCG, (Ret.).

First Woman Superintendent, USCG Academy; Deputy Commandant for Mission Support.  Changing the Course of History in Gender Equality in the Military: Persevering Pioneer.

Dr. Laura Stubbs, CAPT USN (Ret.).

Director, Office of Diversity & Inclusion, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania. First African American Navy Nuclear Power School Instructor: Renaissance woman, mentor, path maker, STEM and diversity advocate.

CDR Tina Swallow, USN (Ret.).

Director, DoD Services at Cisco Systems. Role Model, Mentor, Leader: At the forefront of Digital Communications and STEM Advocacy.

CDR Juliana Vida, USN (Ret.).

Technology Thought Leader. Chief Technical Advisor at Splunk, Inc. 2020 Washington Exec’s Top 25 Cyber Execs. It’s All About Turning the Data into Doing.

CAPT Sunita L. Williams (Suni), U.S. Navy (Ret.).

Current NASA Astronaut.  Breaking Barriers, Not Just Sound, Light or Gender, but Barriers for All Humanity: From Aquanaut to Astronaut.