Briana Pompilus was honored with the Educational Leadership - Corporate Promotion of Education Award during the 27th annual Women of Color (WOC) in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Conference held Oct. 6-8 in Detroit, Michigan.

Leveraging outreach as an executive advisor to Jacobs senior vice president Bruce Crawford, a retired U.S. Army general, Briana played a key role in the company's donation of laptops to middle and high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Briana also helped create academic scholarships for minority students majoring in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to attend historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

She’s a Jacobs Global Future Talent Tier 1 school relationship manager for multiple universities, and managed the stand-up of the Global Digital Center of Excellence, leading the enterprise-wide digital transformation for Jacobs.

Her myriad projects promoting education include project and relationship management with the Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) and Women of Color STEM Awards, mentorship with the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Jacobs’ partnership with Girl Scouts (resulting in the creation of a Jacobs Girl Scouts patch!), and the Quantum Venture partnership between HBCUs and Jacobs.

"Mahatma Gandhi said the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others," Briana said in her acceptance speech at the Women of Color STEM Awards gala in October. "Growing up in a military household showed me the truth of this. My father fought for our country during the Gulf war and my mother supported our nation with over 30 years of defense department service, so giving back has always been central to my family. But my experiences at the University of South Florida solidified my commitment to serving others. Developing my career at Jacobs has given me the opportunity to expand my reach locally and globally."

Photo credit: Briana Pompilus on LinkedIn.