Constance Thompson
Stanton Hill
ALEXANDRIA,
Va. — The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) has appointed two
new members to the Society’s Executive Leadership
Team. Constance Thompson, formerly senior manager
for Diversity & Inclusion for the American Society of Civil
Engineers (ASCE), has joined NSBE as director of External and Government
Affairs. Stanton Hill, NSBE’s new director of Finance and Accounting,
joins the Society after serving the United Negro College Fund (UNCF).
The appointments were effective Nov. 30.
NSBE, with more than 31,000 collegiate, pre-collegiate and professional members, is one of the largest student-governed organizations
based in the U.S. Founded in 1975, the Society is dedicated to moving
black students and professionals from underrepresentation to
overrepresentation in the field of engineering. Hill, Thompson and the
other members of NSBE’s Executive Leadership Team lead the professional
staff at NSBE World Headquarters, which implements the policies and initiatives of the college students and young professionals comprising NSBE’s National Executive Board.
“The National Executive Board is pleased with the value being added to NSBE’s human resources with
the hiring of staff members of this caliber. We welcome Stanton and
Constance to the NSBE family,” says NSBE National Chair Neville Green,
the Society’s top-ranking officer, a senior majoring in chemical
engineering at the City University of New York.
“We
are thrilled to have Constance and Stanton in these key positions,”
says NSBE Executive Director Karl W. Reid, Ed.D. “Their skills,
experience and talent will be vital as we pursue the primary goal of
NSBE’s new 10-year strategic plan. The U.S. needs a big increase in its
number of black engineering graduates. The nation’s demand for engineers
is growing, while the percentage of African Americans entering the
engineering workforce is shrinking. NSBE’s goal is to increase the
annual number of African-American bachelor’s degree recipients from
3,501 to 10,000, by 2025.”
Thompson
is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management and oversight of
NSBE’s strategic government policy and initiatives. She will advance
NSBE’s mission and strategic plan, by collaborating with the Society’s
governance, staff and liked-minded strategic partners to position NSBE
as an indispensable stakeholder in advancing STEM education policy and
workforce practices for blacks in engineering.
An
example of this will be seen in Thompson’s management of the
groundbreaking 50K Coalition. Designed to serve as a unified voice in
changing the perception and persistence of underrepresented groups in
engineering education and careers, the group has established a bold and
unprecedented goal of producing 50,000 diverse engineering graduates
annually by 2025 — a number that represents a 66 percent increase in the
current annual graduation rate of Bachelor of Science in engineering
degree students. Now serving more than 70,000 pre-collegiate, collegiate
and professional members, the coalition is led by the executive
directors of NSBE, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and the Society
of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and will host a national
strategy summit in April of 2015.
Before her
tenure at ASCE, Thompson served as manager for Diversity Programs with
the American Chemical Society and manager for Recruitment and Diversity
Recruitment at Cornell University. Thompson earned Bachelor of Science
degrees in political science and French from Virginia State University
and holds a Cornell Certified Diversity Professional certification from
Cornell University. A well-known and effective leader among engineering
societies, she has served on numerous boards and committees that align
with NSBE’s mission and strategic plan, including the American
Association of Engineering Societies Diversity Working Group, as
co-chair; the Greater Washington American Society of Association
Executives Diversity & Inclusion Committee, as a board member; the
American Association for the Advancement of Science Human Rights
Coalition Service to the STEM Community Working Group, as co-chair; the
Society of Women Engineers Multicultural Committee; and the Women in
Engineering Pro Active Group Diversity Committee.
As director of finance and accounting, Hill is responsible for
planning, directing and supporting NSBE’s financial and accounting
practices as well as its relationships with banking institutions,
financial and investment committees of the National Executive Board, and
the broader financial community.
Hill has nearly 10 years of cross-functional experience centered on
finance, project management and program execution. During his tenure at
UNCF, he held financial, strategic and analytical responsibilities that
included the management of the annual operating development budget,
forecasting, and process redesign initiatives for multiple departments.
He designed and implemented budget and cash-flow processes to manage $30
million in grant funding and a $12-million operating budget in support
of UNCF’s development operations. Most recently, he served as UNCF’s
senior business analyst, forecasting financial performance and engaging
in strategic planning to reshape the organization’s fundraising
activities and unearth growth opportunities. Hill has a B.A. in business
administration management from Morehouse College and an M.B.A. in
innovation entrepreneurship and high technology from Northeastern
University. He also has Project Management Professional and Certified
Non-Profit Accounting Professional designations.
ABOUT NSBE
Founded in 1975, the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is
one of the largest student-governed organizations based in the United
States. With more than 31,000 members and more than 300 chapters in the
U.S. and abroad, NSBE supports and promotes the aspirations of
collegiate and pre-collegiate students and technical professionals in
engineering and technology. NSBE’s mission is “to increase the number of
culturally responsible black engineers who excel academically, succeed
professionally and positively impact the community.” For more
information, visit www.nsbe.org.
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