virginia booth-gleghorn

lafayette, indiana area

About

Graduate Student at Purdue University

Country

united states

City

lafayette

Industry

higher education

Skill

process improvement, leadership, lean manufacturing, engineering, training, program management, management, industrial engineering, strategic planning, six sigma, analysis, data analysis, cross functional team leadership, team building, continuous improvement, project management, community outreach, fmea, quality assurance, leadership development, project planning, manufacturing, team leadership, business process improvement, engineering management, negotiation, mentoring, operations management, kaizen, management development, value stream mapping, recruiting, dmaic, root cause analysis, ms project, design of experiments, testing, systems engineering, process scheduler, machining, manufacturing engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing operations management

Experience

lafayette, indiana area

director, minority engineering program

purdue university college of engineering

2004-6 - Present · 22 yrs 4 mos

minority engineering programs director

purdue university

2004-7 - Present · 22 yrs 3 mos

Outreach, recruitment, retention, academic success strategies, fund raising (over $600,000 annual program support) staffing, training, employee/student evaluations, mentor programs, scholarship administration, counseling, academic excellence, identifying and closing achievement gaps, research and data management of national and university based metrics

national president

national association of multi-cultural engineering program advocates

2015-4 - Present · 11 yrs 6 mos

Current National President of the National Association of Multi-cultural Engineering Program Advocates (NAMEPA). Program directors, corporate partners and advocates that focus on underrepresented minority engineering and STEM student success are members of NAMEPA. Our membership spans more than 75 engineering colleges, major corporations, faculty, and government agencies in the United States. We focus on student college readiness throughout the K-12 pipeline. NAMEPA provides quality information, tools and services to our stakeholders and to the students we serve to promote student access and success in engineering and STEM fields.

interim executive director

national society of black engineers

2013-12 - 2014-8 · 9 mos

* Served as Interim Executive Director for the National Society of Black Engineers during a search for a new Executive Director. While on loan from Purdue University, my role as Interim Executive Director was to * Sustain organizational viability * Improve employee morale and productivity * Align NSBE Executive Board expectations and World Headquarters staff assignments * Maintain existing and generate new corporate partnerships * Evaluate staff performance improvement opportunities * Promote established key metrics for organizational viability * Support international and national membership growth * Maintain world headquarters operations * Transition new Executive Director