NSBE was founded by six African-American engineering undergraduates and their faculty advisor at Purdue University in 1975 to raise the graduation rate of Black engineering students in the United States. “Her experiences and accomplishments to date, both as a student and as a professional at Wikimedia and GE, clearly mark her as the very best choice for NSBE during this time of transformation for our Society and the world.” student in electrical engineering at Stanford University. Uzzell on board with us to direct NSBE’s staff at our World Headquarters and implement the directives of our student-led organization,” said NSBE 2021–22 National Chair Favour Nerrise, a Ph.D. Reid, Ed.D., departed NSBE in March, after more than six years as executive director, to join Northeastern University in the newly created position of chief inclusion officer. Uzzell will replace Charles Thompson III, NSBE’s interim CEO since March, who will return to his previous post as NSBE’s chief development and marketing officer.

The plan builds on NSBE’s longstanding social justice consciousness and activism to transform the organization, STEM and broader society.

Uzzell will move from her current post as chief operating officer of the Wikimedia Foundation to join NSBE on July 7, 2021, taking responsibility for executing NSBE’s newly refreshed strategic plan, titled “Game Change 2025.” Launched in February, Game Change 2025 seeks to sustain and increase the significant progress NSBE has made during the past five years toward its primary strategic goal: to partner with higher education institutions to graduate 10,000 new Black engineers annually in the U.S. ALEXANDRIA, Va.–( BUSINESS WIRE)–The National Society of Black Engineers has announced the selection of veteran technology executive, engineer, and longtime NSBE member Janeen Uzzell as its chief executive officer, a newly created position for the Society.

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