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importance of communication with teams and clients, be accountable to project stakeholders, promote candidness in the workplace, and plan strategically,” Freidin said.
Ms. Mills-Brinkley’s support of students outside the office has been realized by the Mills Diversity Scholarship to support those pursuing a college degree.
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productive culture with more than 600 employees in more than 15 locations across the country and outside of the U.S., including customer sites in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, and Central and South America,” Ryan says. “No easy feat, Shawn has been able to assimilate existing technology and products with totally new capabilities to bring new, innovative solutions to the intelligence and DoD communities.”
Apart from her corporate mission, Ms. Purvis is a founding member of Be a Blessing, a women’s giving circle that creates opportunities to assist organizations that serve women and children.
For the calendar year 2013, the Be a Blessing team decided to serve the Katharine K. Hanley Family Shelter, the newest homeless shelter in Fairfax, Virginia, which can accommodate up to 20 families. The shelter uses the “housing first/rapid rehousing” model, which calls for moving families into permanent housing as quickly as possible and continuing services to families once in permanent housing.
The Be a Blessing team ran a successful back to school drive, providing over $2,000 dollars in supplies for every child living in the shelter.
Ms. Purvis is also member of the board of directors for the Northern Virginia Family Service (NVFS), a private, nonprofit community service organization dedicated to helping individuals and families find new paths to self-reliance and brighter futures.
Her volunteer efforts extend to developing, guiding, and executing strategic initiatives, fundraising, gathering items for the thrift store, and recruiting corporate support for the training futures to help individuals re-enter the workforce.
Shawn N. Purvis Sector Vice President & General Manager, Cyber Division Northrop Grumman Corporation
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es, Shawn Purvis leads the life of a busy exec. And yet, people outside of the company count on her every bit as much as her colleagues — and she delivers her best in both aspects of her life.
According to David L. Ryan, sector vice president and general manager, Northrop Grumman Information Systems, Ms. Purvis, vice president, integrated intelligence systems business unit, Northrop Grumman Information Systems, “has direct profit and loss responsibilities for the integrated intelligence systems business unit, which delivers approximately $400 million in value-added business to critical customers across the intelligence community.
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“Under Shawn’s leadership, she has created a diverse and WOMENOFCOLOR | FALL 2014
Ms. Purvis is the executive sponsor for the Pride in Diversity Alliance (PrIDA) Employee Resource Group (ERG), a diverse community that builds and sustains an inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. This enables Northrop Grumman and its employees to maximize engagement, innovation and performance.
PrIDA supports employee recruiting and ensures cross-ERG collaboration within each sector as well as throughout the enterprise to increase employee engagement.
The African-American Task Group at NGIS facilitates the achievement of sector and enterprise initiatives, objectives and goals by bridging resources of an inclusive work environment on behalf of African-American employees. It leverages information sharing and networking, resulting in a sense of urgency, commitment, and achievement in its membership, and by example, to the rest of the enterprise.
Ms. Purvis is a member of this ERG, formed in 2007.
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