Virginia Booth Womack - Office of Professional Practice - Purdue University

Womack has been the director of the Minority Engineering Program (MEP) since 2004. Previously she worked as the interim assistant to the director of MEP from 1989-91. Womack also gained professional experience in the applied and academic spheres working for RCA, Daimler Chrysler Corporation and the Bibleway Christian Academy, as well as completing internships with Proctor and Gamble and Eli Lilly. As MEP director, Womack has developed programs to engage underrepresented minorities from third grade to post-graduate levels and has led an increase of 160% in four-year graduation rates for underrepresented minorities in engineering.

Purdue experience

Completed four rotations with General Dynamics in Pomona, California.