Greetings, Region IV!

My name is Dr. Shannon Grady and it will be my pleasure to serve you this year as chair-elect.  First, I’ll let you know a little about myself and my NSBE experience.  I live in Indianapolis, Indiana where I work as a computational fluid dynamics specialist in the automotive industry.  I earned my doctorate in chemical engineering from Florida A&M University.  I have been a NSBE member since 2004.  Below is a brief resume of I was chapter president of the Delaware Area Chapter for two years while serving on the regional board as pre-college initiative (PCI) chairperson and Try-Math-A-Lon coordinator.  I went on to serve at the national level as the Alumni Extension PCI chairperson for one year and as the Save Our Kids Award chairperson for one year.  In 2009 I was regional Alumni chair-elect for Region 2, and Region 2 Alumni chair the following year, and national Alumni charter/membership chair in 2011-2012.  Now I am excited to serve you as the first Region 4 NSBE Professionals chair-elect.  It doesn’t quite roll off the tongue just yet, but I’m sure we’ll get used to it soon.

In addition to flowing down information from the regional and national level, I hope to foster an environment with a free and open exchange of ideas.  It is my hope to utilize all electronic media at our disposal to be a medium in which chapters can benchmark one another’s best practices obtain ideas for new chapter initiatives based on the current national directives and signature programs and highlight their activities to the rest of the region and potentially the rest of the nation.  It can also be an avenue for chapters to discuss problems such as succession planning and member apathy, problems all chapters have.  Finally, I want the members of the region to determine our path forward.  Through input and feedback that I receive in the monthly calls and various other modes of communication, chapter presidents can convey what it is their members really want out of the region and the society as a return on their membership investment.  I also hope to also assist chapters with the transition from Alumni Extension to NSBE Professionals as we all navigate these new waters.

What I want you to take from this message is that my approach to leadership is in the trenches service.  I have a wealth of experience from which you can draw, and I am willing to get my hands dirty just like all of the members who keep this society running.  Do not hesitate to contact me for whatever reason.

Sincerely,

Shannon Grady, Ph.D.

National Society of Black Engineers

Region 4 NSBE Professionals Chair-elect

The mission: To increase the number of culturally responsible black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community.

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