Nolita Lewis Teaches Girls to Soar Using STEM Skills
Over the past 20 years, Nolita Lewis has logged hundreds of hours in Cincinnati-area schools, serving as a student math tutor and a STEM mentor for girls.
Ticket to Fly: Engineer and STEM Advocate Alisha Davis-Kent Will Take Us to the Paris Air Show
The 2023 Paris Airshow is coming up very soon, and evaluation engineer, Alisha Davis-Kent, is going to represent GE Aerospace and give us a behind the scenes look at what happens during the airshow. As an evaluation engineer, Davis-Kent has a front row seat to GE’s specialized jet engine testing. Her role is to help coordinate development tests of commercial and military engines, gathering the engineering data that help certify jet engines and further the capabilities of flight.
Sharon Crall Is Changing the World One Girl Scout at a Time
For almost 25 years, Sharon Crall has volunteered with the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio (GSWO). This year, for her work in bringing her passion for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) to the organization, Crall was honored with the Girl Scouts’ Women of Distinction “Girls Change the World” award.
Aerospace Advocate: GE’s Darby Becker Takes the Helm at the Aero Club of Washington, the Oldest of Its Kind
We recently sat down with Darby Becker, GE Aerospace's executive counsel for government relations, and got the inside scoop on what it's like at the helm at the Aero Club of Washington.
The Aero Club of Washington is dedicated to celebrating industry achievements and educating the aviation community in and around the nation’s capital.
The Power of Three: How Family Transcends Flight at GE Aerospace
Meet identical twins Laura Schreibeis and Lisa Kitko have called GE Aerospace their career home. Lisa's daughter Nicole Kitko recently joined the company in 2022 as an engineer as well. Though all three women work in different facets of the business, it only adds to their knowledge, allowing each of them the opportunity to learn about myriad aspects of the company and how they intertwine.
From Engineering to Operations: A GE Woman’s Passion for Flight Prevails Through 15 Years of Service
When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit, the world faced a plethora of unknowns. For GE Aerospace’s Kate Beyer, the pandemic only added onto the unknowns of her new role in operations – a position she transitioned into after years of being an engineer.
'Build Your Runway': Maysaa Rizk Was Told She’d End Up Repairing Bicycles. Instead She Designs Jet Engines
When she was a teenager, Maysaa Rizk wasn't sure what she wanted to do in life until she watch a pair of helicopter pilots practice take offs and landings on one fateful day. She realized her dream was to make aircraft fly.
Despite of setbacks and challenges, she achieved her dream and is now an aerodynamic engineer at GE Aerospace.
STEM Dreams: Creating the Next Generation of Women in Technology
Western Row Elementary in Mason, Ohio, doesn’t look like anything special from the outside.
STEM-ing the gender gap in GE Aviation
There was a time early in Kristie West’s career in GE Aviation's supply chain operations, when she was the only woman in a room full of colleagues. Now, the Director of operations for Unison Industries/GE Aviation, those days are behind her, but she notes there is still plenty of room for more women at the conference room table.
Aviation's big investment: Gender equality means more than dividends for future generations
GE Aviation's sights are set on 2020: the year by which GE has set a goal of hiring 20,000 women in technical roles. GE Aviation is committed to helping move the dial on workforce balance and has already made progress in the business and in GE Aviation's communities.