Women of Booz Allen

Gender equality is essential to ensuring a balanced and inclusive work environment. The women of Booz Allen have accomplished incredible feats, read more about what makes them unique.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Booz Allen’s Dee Dee Helfenstein Shares Career Advice for the Next Generation of Women in Consulting
What advice guides a successful trajectory for women in consulting? For Booz Allen Executive Vice President Dee Dee Helfenstein, it’s a quote by Maya Angelou: “People will forget what you said and forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” “I have always loved this quote as it is about the heart and making people feel valued, motivated, and supported,” Helfenstein said. “My advice for new leaders is to always remember to be fully present, to listen, to empower, and to inspire.”Helfenstein shared insights from two decades in consulting, plus stories from other “trailblazing, authentic female leaders,”.

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Booz Allen’s “Leading Together” Series: Women Executives Share Stories and Secrets to Success
After working at Goldman Sachs as a managing director and senior advisor, Laura Liswood co-founded the world’s only organization composed of women presidents, prime ministers, and heads of government. Prior to starting an investment firm serving female entrepreneurs, Carol Melton had an illustrious career at WarnerMedia (formerly Time Warner Inc.) overseeing all of the global media giant’s domestic and international public policy operations and at multinational entertainment leader Viacom as executive vice president of government relations.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

One in 100: Booz Allen SVP Dee Dee Helfenstein Named Among Federal Computer Week’s 2019 Changemakers
Federal Computer Week (FCW) recently named Booz Allen Executive Vice President Dee Dee Helfenstein among the winners of its 2019 Federal 100 award, which recognizes individuals who are going “above and beyond” to make an impact in the federal IT space. Helfenstein leads Booz Allen’s Solutions Business which is responsible for solving cross government challenges such as mobility and cybersecurity; modernizing the digital citizen’s experience with government; using AI to transform how agencies meet their missions; and leveraging immersive technologies for military training.

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Risks, Rewards, and More: Booz Allen Interviews Women Startup Founders on Facebook Live
What path did a classical ballet major follow to create a digital platform that now serves 10 million students and teachers? Michelle Brown, founder of education technology organization CommonLit, and B.J. Wiley Williams, founder of wellness rewards marketplace SoHookd, answered this question and shared their stories on Facebook Live for Booz Allen’s Leading Together series.

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Booz Allen’s Erica Motley: Promoting STEM, On the Job and In Schools
Erica Motley discovered her passion for engineering at age 12 while on a tour of a water treatment plant. Part of a STEM summer camp she was attending, the tour opened her eyes to how one facility can impact countless people—and how one program can introduce a young student to a career in making things work. Today, Erica is a lead technologist and deputy program manager at Booz Allen and hard at work exposing students and coworkers to similar valuable connections.

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WashingtonExec Recognizes Susan Penfield, Booz Allen for Innovation in Government
What do GPS, closed captioning, smartphones, and supercomputers have in common? They’re some of the many technology innovations that the federal government has helped make possible. One of the leaders driving tech innovation in government today is Booz Allen Chief Innovation Officer Susan Penfield, named among this year’s WashingtonExec Top 25 Executives to Watch.

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DC Tech Media Recognize Dee Dee Helfenstein, Dr. Lauren Neal, Jinnyn Jacob
The DC tech sector is thriving. “Our region has a vibrant innovation ecosystem that is one of the most important in the United States. Advanced technologies that drive the country’s economy are nurtured here and further developed and deployed by our highly talented workforce and entrepreneurs,” wrote entrepreneur Jonathan Aberman in The Washington Post on February 19, 2018. This November, two media organizations that cover this ecosystem in depth recognized three women from Booz Allen for their roles as leaders, connectors, and contributors. Senior Vice President Dorothy “Dee Dee” Helfenstein, Principal Lauren Neal, Ph.D., and Senior Innovation Strategist Jinnyn Jacob were named among DCA Live’s NEW Power Women of DC Tech for 2018.

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Booz Allen’s Jennie Brooks Receives San Diego Business Journal Business Women of the Year Award
As Booz Allen’s first female vice president of the San Diego office, Jennie Brooks has a proven track record for leading with purpose, driving growth for clients matched with a strong civic sensibility. On December 27, the San Diego Business Journal named her among its 25 Business Women of the Year for 2018.

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The Vinetta Project: A Conversation With Entrepreneur Danya Sherman and Booz Allen SVP Dee Dee Helfenstein
Since March 2018, Booz Allen has been partnering with the Vinetta Project to connect women founders and small business owners to investors, events, resources, mentoring opportunities, customers, and partners. The partnership’s work includes supporting entrepreneurs like Danya Sherman.

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Meet Booz Allen’s Nancy Laben: A Woman Who Means Business
As Booz Allen Hamilton’s first chief legal officer and corporate secretary, Nancy Laben has reshaped Booz Allen’s legal department, built the firm’s corporate affairs department, and helped launch the Booz Allen Foundation. In September, the Washington Business Journal (WBJ) named her among its 25 Women Who Mean Business for 2018.

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