Acts of Service: Joseph Moore Is Committed to the Power of Community — and Helping Others Succeed

When Joseph Moore was asked to help launch the Faith Network, the newest and fastest-growing employee resource group (ERG) at GE Aerospace, he didn’t need much persuading. A technical process improvement leader for large combat engines based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Moore was confident he had the right background for the job: extensive experience in project management, process improvement, and new product introduction, gained over his 16 years at the company. Plus, he considers his own faith — Christianity — a core part of his identity. 

“My very first conscious memory is being at church,” he says. “I was raised in a Christian household, and as I got older my faith became more serious to me.”

The Faith Network officially launched in November 2025 with Christian, Muslim, and Hindu chapters at 16 sites around the world and the aim of broadening its scope to include other faiths in the future. As part of his ongoing commitment, Moore now leads the global Christian chapter and the Cincinnati hub, a group that has been operating informally since the late 1990s. Already, more than 330 members are signed on to participate in community service projects, Bible study groups, and prayer meetings.

“The Faith Network is for anyone in the company interested in getting together with people of faith,” Moore says. “For some, it’s to learn. For others, it’s the fellowship. And for others, it just might be they want a sense of belonging, and to bring this portion of themselves to work.”

Communities That Meet You Where You Are

Employee resource groups (also known as “affinity networks”) have played an important role in Moore’s professional and personal development since his earliest days at GE Aerospace. He was recruited by representatives from the African Affinity Forum (AAF) when he was a senior at Auburn University and attending a National Society of Black Engineers conference. 

Moore completed two summer internships while attending graduate school — including a manufacturing internship that convinced him he’d rather build engines than ride one into space as an astronaut, as he’d originally planned. From the start, he’s been grateful for the abundance of support, friendship, and mentorship he’s found in the AAF community, and he encourages others to find a network that fits their needs. “Employee resource groups provide niche environments that help make a big company seem smaller,” he says. “Our affinity networks allow for more personal connections. They can help you nurture different parts of yourself as you go through your career.”

After earning his master’s in aeronautical and astronautical engineering, Moore joined the company’s Operations Management Leadership Program (OMLP), where he discovered another, perhaps less obvious, thing about ERGs: Their membership parameters are very loosely defined. While rotating through a position at a field site without an AAF presence, he reached out to the Seattle chapter of the Women’s Network. Its members immediately welcomed him into the fold and offered him a slew of professional development resources. 

“The ERGS are there for you, no matter what your affinity is,” he says. “There’s a lot you can get from them, whether you’re a part of that community or not.”

A Tradition of Lifting People Up

As Moore has advanced at GE Aerospace, the relationships he’s developed through employee networks have proven to be some of the most consistent and rewarding in his career. In fact, his current manager — Michael Foust, executive engineering manager of defense combat propulsion at the company’s Evendale headquarters — and Shawn Warren, vice president and product line general manager of combat and trainer engines, are the same two men who encouraged him at that engineering conference some 18 years ago.

“It’s been a nice full-circle moment to be able to work with them every day,” Moore says. “Had I not met them, I would not have had the opportunity to make my way into GE Aerospace. The company wasn’t recruiting at Auburn when I was there.”

Always determined to pay it forward, Moore became the GE Aerospace campus recruitment leader for Auburn University for six years, right up until he took on his role with the Faith Network. He also serves as the company’s relationship leader for the Jackie Robinson Foundation, through which GE Aerospace provides college financial assistance to young scholars of color.

“A big thing for me, at this point in my career, is to help others,” he says. “For lack of a better term, that’s my ministry. Whether I do it as a leader of the Faith Network, in my job as a process improvement leader, or in the work I still do with the African Affinity Forum — it’s about being in a position where I can help other people succeed.”