Sabrina Bailey is vice president of operations for the integrated product support team at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII).

Bailey started her career with HII as a Newport News Shipbuilding Division systems engineer and has held pivotal roles such as logistics engineer, program manager, program control manager, and division manager.

She has been a pivotal part of HII for over 28 years, and made history as the first African-American woman to be promoted to vice president in HII's Mission Technologies division.

Bailey has actively supported key business initiatives, strategically positioning the company for growth and innovation.

HII, a globally recognized provider of cutting-edge naval ships and unmanned systems, has a 135-year history.

With a team of approximately 44,000 skilled employees based in Virginia, HII specializes in defense technologies.

The 28th annual WOC STEM Conference will also present Special Recognition awards to:

Yoko Kawai Parker, systems engineering specialist at L3Harris Technologies

Ana Lucia Ochoa-Lorenzini, director of supply chain management in the metal forming division of American Axle & Manufacturing

Autumn Leake, chief engineer at the AIM-9X Sidewinder Technical Project Office, within the Naval Air Systems Command

Diedra Hollins, deputy chief information officer at the Battelle Energy Alliance in the Idaho National Laboratory(INL)

Judith Jeevarajan, Ph.D., vice president and executive director of the Electrochemical Safety Research Institute in UL Research Institutes

Melody Martinez, chief of Section B's Prototypes and Flight Experiments Branch at the Air Force Research Laboratory

Gitanjli McRoy,chief engineer for electric vehicle management systems at Ford Motor Company.