Leadership pipeline
Mentored women in the Pathways to Technical Eminence program.
Mentored candidates for IBM Design Principal. Evaluated other candidates.
Featured in "Be Brave" publication and spoke in a patenting panel.
Early professional
Spoke to early career designers in IBM Patterns Bootcamp about designing for data density.
Mentored multiple teams of new inventors as part of the early career Jumpstart program. 2021 team's idea voted most likely to succeed.
University
Participated several years as a mentor to undergrad and graduate students in North Carolina State University's Pathfinders program for engineering, design, and technical communications.
Mentored summer interns at RTP site whose teams imagined and implemented new software products and incubator projects.
Shared my career path, experiences, feelings, and encouragement with students with HBCUs from which IBM recruits.
Facilitated design thinking workshops and tours in IBM Studios RTP for students from local universities such as Duke, NC State, UNC, NC A&T, Appalachian State, and Wake Tech.
Critiqued the final projects of a class of NC State Design students in 2020.
K-12
Volunteered as a coach for Girl Scouts earning their Computer Divas badges at the IBM RTP educational center.
Evaluated essays from students competing for scholarships and awards from the Society of Women Engineers. Enjoyed personally delivering prizes to a winning classroom.
Exposed students in grades 9 to 12 to Design Thinking methods and activities.
For informal mentoring, I love that I attract...
People seem to seek me out who are thinking of moving into design from an engineering, data science, or product management career.
Mid- to senior-level designers who want to prepare for their nominations to Design Principal, or otherwise expand their careers.
High-achieving students who are double-majoring in Design and Technical Communications or other combinations of disciplines.