BLACK ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS Lifetime Achievement
MARTIN PROCTOR Senior Vice President, Energy Policy, Constellation Energy
Most Promising Engineer or Scientst - Industry
TAVON BROOKS Senior Systems Engineer II, Integrated Defense Systems, The Raytheon Company
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Martin Proctor pledged Kappa Alpha Psi at Hampton
University, served as chapter polemarch that same year and the next, but was forced to drop out before he could earn a degree. Seeking to push ahead, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and got his initial training at the Naval Nuclear Power School. Later, he would serve aboard a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the reactor controls division, rising to leading petty officer and overseeing operations and maintenance. After an honorable discharge in 1986, he was hired at Baltimore Gas & Electric-Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. While work- ing full time, Mr. Proctor, now married with a young family, pursued an undergrad degree at the University of Maryland, College Park. He graduated with a B.S. degree in business management in 1990. Five years later, he transferred to energy sales and service within BGE. In this role, his interest in the business side of energy grew noticeably and one of his men- tors recommended he pursue an M.B.A., which he earned from George Washington University in 1998. At the time, he was spearheading the entry of his new employer, Constellation Power Source, into U.S. deregulated markets, where utili- ties, municipalities and cooperatives were starting to procure electricity from competitive suppliers. Over the next several years, Mr. Proctor worked increasingly on policy, develop- ing an effective regulatory group with specialists focused on fossil fuels, transportation and emissions as well as utility procurement proceedings across the country. As one of the two African American SVPs at Constellation Energy, he is a leader in diversity efforts to assist the success of the next generation of energy professionals.
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Tavon Brooks enjoys working on innovative and cutting edge technologies. As an outstanding high school student at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, he won an internship at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. His mentor was an engineer who designed a system that predicted the longevity of satellites in orbit. Shadowing this inventor for a summer helped young Mr. Brooks connect to the field of engineering, and the experience introduced him to the pleasure of seeing engineering principles work in practice. Mr. Brooks went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in engineer- ing from Cornell in 2005 and 2006. As a new member of Raytheon’s Rotational Engineering Development Program, he gained experience via a systems engineering role for Raytheon Australia’s Air Warfare Destroyer. Currently, he serves within the Systems Architecture and Design Inte- gration Directorate as Warfare Integrated Product team leader for the U.S. Navy’s next-generation aircraft carrier. His community involvement includes initiating a tutoring program for inner-city students in Baltimore, volunteering at the Washington, D.C. Veteran Affairs Center, and mentoring aspiring engineers and speaking at area schools. Mr. Brooks is a member of the National Society of Black Engineers. In the past he was a participant of INROADS, Inc. and a GEM Fellow. GEM’s principal activity is the provision of gradu- ate fellowships at the M.S. and Ph.D. levels, coupled with paid summer internships.
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