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Joanee' Johnson Community Service – Industry


JOB: Manager, Mission Assurance Northrop Grumman Corporation


COMMUNITY SERVICE: In addition to her suc- cess at Northrop Grumman, Joanee’ Johnson has a long history of community service. Not only does this provide a way for her to help others but she is also able to promote STEM career oppor- tunities. For the past three years, Johnson has co- ordinated Northrop Grumman volunteers in the NSBE Summer Engineering Experience for Kids, which teaches engineering concepts. In an effort to attract more girls to STEM, Johnson started a STEM-based Girl Scout troop that focuses on activities in science and engineering. Johnson has also helped develop an organization to increase awareness and exposure to the field of engineer- ing for girls at a local high school.


JOB: Director of Education NASA Langley Research Center


STEM EDUCATION PROMOTION: Janet E. Sellars spearheaded the inauguration of NASA Langley’s participation in the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars program, which gives community college STEM students an authentic NASA experience and encourages them to finish a 2-year degree or transfer to a 4-year university to pursue a NASA-related field or career. Her efforts are also focused on NASA Langley’s Youth Day activities when more than 1,000 children stream into Langley Research Center to experience more than thirty hands-on STEM activities. Live shows include a weather balloon demonstration, “Fire and Ice” science demo from Hampton’s Virginia Air and Space Center, a “Critter Corner with Animal Awareness” show from Newport News’ Virginia Living Museum, a virtual visit of Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab, a special viewing and autograph session with three local students starring in a Langley Research Center atmospheric science-focused episode of the PBS program, “SciGirls”, Internet Safety and Bully Prevention presentations, and Annual exhibitors included the Virginia Space Grant Consortium, the National Institute of Aerospace and Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipyard. Langley employees and their visitors were also able to tour some of the Center’s facilities. It is these types of events that expose children to STEM in a unique way.


Janet E. Sellars Corporate Promotion of Education


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