SPECIAL RECOGNITION WINNERS ] Danita Mitchell [ Manager-Advanced Digital Systems, Northrop Grumman Corporation D anita Mitchell
began her electrical
engineering career in the Westinghouse grad student program, the precursor of North Grumman Corporation’s Profes- sional Development Program. Her affin- ity for both analog and digital design quickly helped distinguish her.
Over time, she became a lead applica- tion specific integrated circuits (ASIC) designer. She developed a high-resolu- tion signal analysis circuit, which signifi-
cantly reduced the probability of false alarms in wide band electronic warfare receiver systems, for which she received a patent disclosure award. Anxious to broaden her expertise in the commercial ASIC market, she joined Cadence Design Systems, Inc., where she developed a novel analysis tool that helped optimize the design of pipeline analog to digital converters. And while at Corvis Corpora- tion (now part of internet provider Level 3 Communications), she was responsible for designing proprietary, high-speed signal processing ASICs and defining design methodologies.
In 2001, she rejoined Northrop Grum- man’s signal generation and reception department. She excelled in leading multidisciplinary teams and was pro- moted as a fellow engineer within two years, becoming one of 20 Northrop Grumman women of color engineer- ing fellows out of a total of 1,500 in the Electronic Systems sector. In 1985, she co-founded the venerable Friends of Morgan State University Engineering. She is a mentor in Northrop Grumman’s WORTHY— an outreach program to Baltimore City schools.
] Shimel Morris [ Senior Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton
s a high school cheerleader, Shimel Morris was responsible for motivating team spirit. A talent she’d employ success- fully in the rigorous, demanding pace of software develop- ment, where stress and career-life imbalance can take a toll on morale and team performance. Ms. Morris’ skills in managing software processes, technology, and people have carried her through to project delivery time and again.
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After she received her bachelor’s degree in decision sciences in 1989, she worked for Anadac, Inc. and then Unisys. Six years later, while looking for more opportunities, she took on a con- sultant position with Booz Allen Hamilton. Today, her portfolio spans across the Department of the Navy. She is responsible for over a third of Booz Allen’s Marine Corps business and a quarter of the Navy/Marine Corps market, contributing over
] Captain Joan Queen [ Executive Assistant to the Deputy Surgeon General, Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery C
aptain Queen
recently marked a vital
U.S. Navy milestone: She was selected for a second command assignment as a medical treatment facility commanding officer—a promotion reserved for the most successful senior healthcare leaders in the Navy. She has consistently led from the front as she champions care for sailors and marines. In each of her previ- ous assignments, she provided critical leadership and sound guidance.
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A native of Baltimore, Captain Queen graduated from the Institute of Notre Dame and received a bachelor’s de- gree in health, science and policy from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and a master’s degree in health science from the Johns Hopkins Univer- sity School of Hygiene and Public Health Care Administration and Planning. In September 1983, she received direct commission into the Medical Service Corps, U.S. Naval Reserve, at the rank of lieutenant junior grade and then at- tended Officer Indoctrination School in Newport, Rhode Island.
She was promoted to captain in 2002 and was posted as an executive officer to the naval hospital in Naples. Two years later, she returned to the U.S. to serve as the director of administration at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Her previous assignments include head of the Non- naval Health Care Program Branch, an administrative officer to the deputy sur- geon general and assistant to the chief of staff, as well as director for adminis- tration and executive officer of the Fleet Hospital, Camp Lejeune.
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$20 million dollars of revenue to the firm. Over the last few years, Ms. Morris and her team have led the successful capture of two key pro- curements, with a third currently in progress valued at over $35 million.
Much of her success on the client side of Booz Allen has been her ability to develop and lead highly diverse project teams. She is a member of the Board Diversity Initiative. Ms. Morris is also an active member of the firm’s Parent’s Forum. This group assists with balancing the demands of work-life as a parent. As a wife, and the mother of twin 10-year-old girls, she balances the demands of being a senior associate at Booz Allen with family life.
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