Empower Her: Movie Day
Contact:​ Sabrina Bevins, TRSA Americorps VISTA Communications
Cell: 210-219-2275
Email: ​[email protected]
TRSA website: ​www.tulsastem.org
WHO:
​400 high school girls
WHAT:
​The Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance, along with Flight Night and Warren Theatre, is
happy to celebrate the untold story of Hidden Figures. Hundreds of female students
from all over northeastern Oklahoma will be treated to lunch and a free screening of the
film. Following the viewing, retired NASA Astronaut Colonel Paul Lockhart will speak to
the students. After lunch, a panel of STEM professionals, including a NASA Mechanical
Engineer from Johnson Space Center, continues the discussion of STEM role models and
pathways to college and career.
​January 24, 2017
WHEN:
12:00pm-1:45pm
​Warren Theatre
WHERE:
1700 Aspen Creek Dr.
Broken Arrow, OK 74011
​-Retired NASA Astronaut Col. Paul Lockhart to give an address
VISUAL:
-A STEM Panel of five women, including NASA Mechanical Engineer Elizabeth Smith from
the Johnson Space Center, will speak to students
​All news crews and media members must RSVP by January 23, 2017.
RSVP:
Please provide the names of each crew member along with the name of the news
organization you are representing to Sabrina Bevins (​[email protected]​).
***Please use #HiddenFiguresOK or #EmpowerHer when posting on social media***
“...it was her duty, she felt, to help pry off the restrictions they might place on themselves.”
​
-Margot Lee Shetterly, Author of “​Hidden Figures”
List of Characters Available for Interviews:
Contact:​ Sabrina Bevins, TRSA Americorps VISTA Communications
Cell: 210-219-2275
Email: ​[email protected]
TRSA website: ​www.tulsastem.org
Interviews available upon request:
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Emily Lim
○ Union High School
■ STEM Coordinator
Students (400)
○ Available on Movie Day
Julie Hasfjord
○ Tulsa Public Schools
■ STEM Coordinator
Karen Harmon
○ Tulsa Public Schools
■ Booker T Washington Library Media Specialist
OKWISTEM
○ A local female professional/mentor to the girls
“...it was her duty, she felt, to help pry off the restrictions they might place on themselves.”
-Margot Lee Shetterly, Author of “​Hidden Figures”
Speaker Bios:
Col. Paul Lockhart
USAF, RET.
NASA Astronaut, RET.
Elizabeth Smith
International Space Station
Program Office Engineer, NASA
Colonel Paul Lockhart was born in Amarillo, Texas in 1956. In 1981, he was commissioned
as a 2nd Lieutenant in the USAF. Col. Lockhart was a test pilot for several years. According
to NASA, much of America’s state-of-the-art weaponry was first tested under his guidance
while at the 39th Flight Test Squadron. Col. Lockhart has logged over 5,000 hours in more
than 30 different aircraft and is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions. He reported to the
Johnson Space Center in 1996. He has logged 26 days, 39 minutes, and 82 seconds in
space. The decorated Astronaut has won several awards including the National Defense
Service Medal. Col. Lockhart returned from the Air Force in March 2007. From February
2007 through 2008, he served as Special Assistant, Program Management, Explorations
Systems Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. He currently works
in the private sector where he is the Senior Vice President for QinetiQ North America, a
subsidiary of QinetiQ Inc., headquartered in London, England. More on Col. Lockhart can be
found here: ​http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lockhart.html
Elizabeth Smith is a Houston, Texas native. She is a graduate of Spelman College and the
Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree
from Spelman and a Mechanical Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of
Technology. In 1981 Ms. Smith began her career at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Wright
Aeronautical Laboratory, as a research engineer in cryogenic research. The following year,
she began her tenure at NASA, Johnson Space Center in the Plant Engineering Division as
an engineer intern. After volunteering for the Space Station Program office in 1985, Ms.
Smith was placed in the Configuration Analysis Branch of the System Synthesis Office in the
System Engineering and Integration (SE&I) Division. Following many assignments at various
programs, she accepted a position in the Launch Package/Stage Team 2 as the Integration
manager. It was there she became the project manager for the design, development and
installation of the ISS moding indicator. Not only is she a mother to two sons, Ms. Smith now
works as the NASA Lead of the International Space Station 2-D Drawings and 3-D Computer
Aided Design (CAD) models in the Systems Engineering and Integration Office of the
International Space Station Program Office.
“...it was her duty, she felt, to help pry off the restrictions they might place on themselves.”
-Margot Lee Shetterly, Author of “​Hidden Figures”
Susan Crenshaw
Susan Crenshaw i​ s the Energy Management Leader for ONEOK Partners. Susan began her
career in the commercial construction business in 2004 and joined ONEOK in 2010 as
Manager of Optimization with ONEOK, Natural Gas Pipelines. She has held various
leadership roles in engineering and commercial across ONEOK’s business segments.
Susan is a native Tulsan and attended Tulsa Public Schools. She earned both a B.S. in
Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from Oklahoma State University. Susan is the chair of
the Tulsa Area United Way Women’s Leadership Council. She also serves on the steering
committee for Women for Economic and Leadership Development (WELD), on the Hillcrest
Advisory Board, and is on the Board of Directors for both the Girl Scouts and the Tulsa Area
United Way. Susan is a graduate of Leadership Tulsa, Class 40, was selected in 2014 as a
member of Tulsa 40 (previously 40 under 40) and also supports various STEM and women’s
initiatives in the state.
Energy Management Leader for
ONEOK Partners
Rikki Jones
Quality Engineer
Member of National Society of
Black Engineers (NSBE-Tulsa
Chapter)
Rikki Jones was born and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. As a product of Northeast
Academy for Health Sciences and Engineering, she was heavily involved in extracurricular
school and church activities such as Academic Decathlon, various sports, and church
oratorical competitions. After graduating from Northeast she went to further her education at
Oklahoma State University majoring in Industrial Engineering and Management with a minor
in Spanish. During her tenure she also interned in the oil and gas industry, working for
Halliburton and ConocoPhillips during the summers. After graduating in 2010, she accepted
a job offer with PepsiCo as an Operations Management Trainee and moved to Tulsa, OK.
After 3 years, she left Pepsi and later obtained a job as a Quality Engineer for General Mills
and moved to Missouri. It is there that she finished her Master's Degree through OSU,
started her own career preparation business, and developed a passion for traveling. This
year she's traveled to Africa, Canada, Mexico, and Thailand. In December, she decided to
take a leave of absence to continue traveling and transition into a new career path in
consulting.
“...it was her duty, she felt, to help pry off the restrictions they might place on themselves.”
-Margot Lee Shetterly, Author of “​Hidden Figures”
Danielle Martin
Danielle Martin graduated from high school in New Jersey in 2010, having earned
academic honors and competed in varsity athletics year-round. By high school, she had
realized her interest in STEM fields. She later earned her Bachelor’s degree in Earth and
Environmental Science with a focus in geology from Wesleyan University in Connecticut.
During her undergraduate studies she worked in a sedimentary lab and continued to feed her
love of the sciences through independent research on East Antarctic paleo ice dynamics and
attending many national conferences to share her research. Her acceptance into the McNair
Scholars and Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship programs greatly facilitated her
research and plans to attend graduate school. With her free time she lead multiple
student-organized groups focused on Caribbean heritage. In 2014 she moved to Oklahoma
to pursue her Master's degree at Oklahoma State University with a thesis focused on
Devonian limestone concretions in the Woodford Shale. Currently, Danielle works as a
geologist at WPX Energy in Tulsa. She and her team support the development and
daily-drilling operations of oil and gas plays in the Delaware Basin of West Texas and New
Mexico.
Geologist for WPX Energy
Member of National Society of
Black Engineers (NSBE-Tulsa
Chapter)
With a Bachelor of Science of Business Management and Masters of Business Administration from
Oklahoma State University, Harlan Ross has been working in the energy industry for five years.
Ross is responsible for strategic planning and communication of the company’s health and group
benefits on the Compensation and Benefits team for Williams. In addition to being a founding
member and leader with Women’s Energy Network of Greater Oklahoma (WEN), she is an active
leader in the Junior League of Tulsa and the YWCA. The Tulsa native is passionate about the
development and continuous improvement of K-12 education, donating her time to KIPP Tulsa
and Booker T Washington Foundation of Excellence.
Harlan Ross
Benefits Analyst for Williams
“...it was her duty, she felt, to help pry off the restrictions they might place on themselves.”
-Margot Lee Shetterly, Author of “​Hidden Figures”
“...it was her duty, she felt, to help pry off the restrictions they might place on themselves.”
-Margot Lee Shetterly, Author of “​Hidden Figures”
“...it was her duty, she felt, to help pry off the restrictions they might place on themselves.”
-Margot Lee Shetterly, Author of “​Hidden Figures”