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GWENDOLYN E. BOYD gwendolyn.boyd @jhuapl.edu
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Boyd, an accomplished engineer and the former national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., will be the keynote speaker at North Carolina Central University's (NCCU) annual Martin Luther King (MLK) Day Celebration on January 17, 2006, at 9:45 a.m. in B.N. Duke Auditorium. “Through the hard work and determination of Dr. King, a man who gave hope and healing to America, Boyd too has become a pioneer,” said Reverend Michael Page, chair of NCCU's MLK celebration. “She is an outstanding speaker who has achieved great success in her personal and professional life.” Boyd earned a master's degree from Yale University in mechanical engineering, becoming the first African American female to do so at Yale. She is currently pursuing a master of divinity degree at Howard University. She graduated from Alabama State University with a bachelor's degree in mathematics with a double minor in physics and music. Boyd began her career in engineering at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in the Strategic Systems Department of the Lab as a nuclear submarine navigation subsystem analyst. Currently, she is the chair of John Hopkins University Diversity Leadership Council and executive assistant to the Chief of Staff at John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. From 2000 to 2004, Boyd served as the 22nd national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., an international service sorority. During her tenure, she was known as the “Technology President” establishing technology in all facets of the sorority activities and administration. Under her leadership, the sorority received a $1.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation for Project SEE (Science in Everyday Experiences) to promote math and science for middle school African American girls; established the Delta Computer Training Center in Lesotho, Southern Africa; and adopted the Adelaide Tambo School for the Disabled in Soweto; and provided training for teachers in Swaziland and Lesotho. She serves on the Advisory Council of the College of Engineering, Architecture, and Physical Science at Tuskegee University and on the Board of Visitors for Bennett College for Women. She is a member of the Board of Directors for Children's National Medical Center (Children's Hospital) and Children's Research Institute in Washington, D.C. For ten years, she has served as a mentor with the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), a program which graduates one of the highest number of African Americans to go on to receive doctorates in mathematics, the physical sciences and engineering. She holds membership in the following: the Capital City Chapter of The Links, Inc., NAACP and the National Council of Negro Women. She is a member of Ebenezer A.M.E. Church in Fort Washington, Maryland, and serves on the ministerial staff there. Some of her numerous awards and honors include: the 2005 Maynard Jackson Leadership Award from Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (Atlanta Chapter); Who's Who Among African Americans; the 2004 Women's Leadership Award from the Johns Hopkins University Women's Network; and citations for public service and leadership from the Congressional Black Caucus; the Governor of Maryland, the Maryland State Senate, the Maryland House of Representatives, the Mayor of Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, MD. December 2006

GWENDOLYN E. BOYD
gwendolyn.boyd @jhuapl.edu

Gwendolyn Elizabeth Boyd, an accomplished engineer and the former national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., will be the keynote speaker at North Carolina Central University's (NCCU) annual Martin Luther King (MLK) Day Celebration on January 17, 2006, at 9:45 a.m. in B.N. Duke Auditorium.

“Through the hard work and determination of Dr. King, a man who gave hope and healing to America, Boyd too has become a pioneer,” said Reverend Michael Page, chair of NCCU's MLK celebration. “She is an outstanding speaker who has achieved great success in her personal and professional life.”

Boyd earned a master's degree from Yale University in mechanical engineering, becoming the first African American female to do so at Yale. She is currently pursuing a master of divinity degree at Howard University. She graduated from Alabama State University with a bachelor's degree in mathematics with a double minor in physics and music.

Boyd began her career in engineering at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in the Strategic Systems Department of the Lab as a nuclear submarine navigation subsystem analyst. Currently, she is the chair of John Hopkins University Diversity Leadership Council and executive assistant to the Chief of Staff at John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.

From 2000 to 2004, Boyd served as the 22nd national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., an international service sorority. During her tenure, she was known as the “Technology President” establishing technology in all facets of the sorority activities and administration. Under her leadership, the sorority received a $1.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation for Project SEE (Science in Everyday Experiences) to promote math and science for middle school African American girls; established the Delta Computer Training Center in Lesotho, Southern Africa; and adopted the Adelaide Tambo School for the Disabled in Soweto; and provided training for teachers in Swaziland and Lesotho.

She serves on the Advisory Council of the College of Engineering, Architecture, and Physical Science at Tuskegee University and on the Board of Visitors for Bennett College for Women. She is a member of the Board of Directors for Children's National Medical Center (Children's Hospital) and Children's Research Institute in Washington, D.C. For ten years, she has served as a mentor with the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), a program which graduates one of the highest number of African Americans to go on to receive doctorates in mathematics, the physical sciences and engineering.

She holds membership in the following: the Capital City Chapter of The Links, Inc., NAACP and the National Council of Negro Women. She is a member of Ebenezer A.M.E. Church in Fort Washington, Maryland, and serves on the ministerial staff there.

Some of her numerous awards and honors include: the 2005 Maynard Jackson Leadership Award from Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (Atlanta Chapter); Who's Who Among African Americans; the 2004 Women's Leadership Award from the Johns Hopkins University Women's Network; and citations for public service and leadership from the Congressional Black Caucus; the Governor of Maryland, the Maryland State Senate, the Maryland House of Representatives, the Mayor of Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, MD.

December 2006