Leidos employees recognized at the 2021 Women of Color STEM Conference
We are excited to announce that this year, 29 of our best and most distinguished women innovators were recognized at the 2021 Women of Color (WOC) STEM conference and awards, held virtually on Oct. 7-9. This is the largest cohort of award winners on this platform in company history. In conjunction with Women of Color magazine, this annual multicultural event has promoted career advancement while providing a platform for networking and education. Founded in 1995, the event honors women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
“All of us at Leidos are proud to celebrate this year’s award winners,” said Tashi Carper, Leidos director of inclusion and diversity. “It is paramount for us to spotlight the remarkably talented women making great technological strides for our company and their communities.”
This year’s list of Leidos awardees include:
Top Women in Finance Category:
- Song-Hui Fangonil, Division F BO Senior Manager, Defense Group
STEM Professional Special Recognition Category:
- Nor Farida Harun, Research Scientist, Civil Group
Technology All-Star Category:
- Anne Alston, IT COOP Disaster Recovery Specialist, Defense Group
- Teleri Beaty, Business Process Manager, Defense Group
- Uyen Bui, Sr Systems Integration Engineer, Civil Group
- Valli Chidambaram, Sr Engineering Manager, Civil Group
- Katia Doblack, Business Systems Analyst, Defense Group
- Deborah Heatley, Executive Secretary, Intelligence Group
- Katea Murray, Cyber Engineer, Intelligence Group
- Deidre Singleton, Disaster Recovery Technical Lead, Health Group
- Tracy Taylor, Network Administrator, Defense Group
- Alesia Tisdall, Special Operations Lead, Civil Group
- Tedena Wheeler, LInC Chief of Staff, Dynetics/LInC
Technology Rising Star Category:
- Adeoti Anibaba, Project Scheduler, Senior, Health Group
- Nancy Ayad, Biomedical Life Scientist, Health Group
- Cora Bailey, Radio Operator, Defense Group
- Leslie Branch, Systems Engineering, Defense Group
- Heather Booze, Systems Integration Test Eng, Civil Group
- Danielle Grant, Program Manager, Defense Group
- Mafruhatul Jannat, Transportation Engineer Research Analyst, Civil Group
- Mrunmai Joshi, Lead Software Developer, Civil Group
- Diane Le-Farnham, ISKM Knowledge Management Expert, Defense Group
- Minga Lee, Senior Solution Architect, Defense Group
- Takeisha Lester, Senior Systems Engineer, Intelligence Group
- Alice Mace, Intermediate Security Engineer, Defense Group
- Joy Minor, Engineering Manager, Defense Group
- Truc Nguyen, Sr Systems Integration Engineer, Civil Group
- Linda Peri, Oracle Database Administrator, Intelligence Group
- Noell Williams, Network Analyst, Defense Group
The Women of Color STEM Awards recognize the significant contributions and outstanding achievements in STEM disciplines. Each year, judges select award recipients from a talented pool of promising new hires, mid-career professionals, managers, and executives.
The full list of awardees can be found in the Conference Issue of the Women of Color Magazine (pg. 36).
