Board of Directors
Meet the Board
The NACME Board of Directors are C-Suite Executives who are committed to creating solutions to ensure our nation’s competitiveness in the fields of engineering and computer science.
Board of Directors
Meet the Board
The NACME Board of Directors are C-Suite Executives who are committed to creating solutions to ensure our nation’s competitiveness in the fields of engineering and computer science.
All Members
Kevin Edwards
Principal Vice President, Corporate Supplier Engagement
Chair, NACME, Inc.
Bruce Fiedler
IC Vice President & Global Controller
Vice Chair, NACME, Inc.
Michele Lezama
President & CEO
NACME, Inc.
Stephen M. Kessing
Partner
Corporate Secretary, NACME, Inc.
Abigail Epane-Osuala
Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer & HR Strategic Initiatives
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Aisha K. Washington
Vice President, Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Amy Bunszel
Executive Vice President, Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Design
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Tanya Spencer
Chief Diversity Officer, Gas Power
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Carlene Bills
President & CEO,
Ford Component Sales
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Darylene H. Pugh
General Manager Port Allen Catalyst Plant
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Denise Gundy Powell
Vice President External Manufacturing Operations
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Donnie Brown
Vice President
Refining, BP Whiting Refinery
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Jerry Porter
Vice President Research and Development
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Jesus Mantas
Global Managing Partner
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Joel Stenson
President, Global Buildings and
Systems Engineering
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
John L. Anderson, Ph.D.
President, National Academy of Engineering
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
John S. Fitzgerald
Managing Director
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Johney B. Green, Jr., PhD
ALD, Mechanical & Thermal Engineering Sciences
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Josetta Jones
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Leland Weaver
President, Dupont Water and Protection
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Linda DuCharme
President of ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Juan M. de Bedout
Senior Vice President and
Chief Technology Officer
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Lori Marino
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
& Chief Compliance Officer
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Obed Louissaint
Chief People Officer & Senior Vice President
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Oscar Barton, Ph.D.
Dean of Engineering
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Patrise Hahn
Director, Engineering
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Rod Palmer
Vice President, U.S. Marketing
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Suresh Mothikuru
Vice President, Platform and Reliability Engineering Johnson Controls
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Will Billings
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Board Member, NACME, Inc.
Join our Board
NACME was formed in 1974, when a group of corporate and educational leaders came together to collaborate on large scale issues relating to attracting diverse talent to the field of engineering.
J. Stanford Smith, then senior vice president of General Electric Company, inspired attendees at the Engineering Education Conference with an urgent call to develop the technological talent in minoarity communities. “The only acceptable solution,” he said, “is to take bold, innovative, all out action to increase the supply of minority engineering graduates, not by a few percentage points, but ten or fifteen fold.”
Today, the NACME Board of Directors remains the most senior group of executives dedicated to identifying solutions to the diversity challenges our nation faces in the fields engineering and computer science.
Companies that are selected to serve on NACME’s Board of Directors commit to implement the mission by:
Nominating a Board Director who is within two reporting levels of the company’s CEO
Committing to significant support of NACME programs and events
Engaging the company’s CEO to attend NACME’s Gala and to record a custom message for NACME Scholars
Interviewing a minimum number of NACME Scholars for internships, co-ops and/or full-time positions
Investing in NACME at a significant financial level
Ensuring NACME is branded in the company’s diversity marketing, website, social media,
NACME Board Member Benefits
NACME offers a variety of programs, our highest level of recognition and numerous benefits to the com- panies represented on the Board of Directors
Company Logo on NACME Website
Board Member title, company name and picture listed on NACME’s board page
Invitation to two physical board meetings per year