MSE Alumna Receives Women in Science Leadership Award
By Samantha Bertolino
MSE alumna Dr. Jacquelynn (Jackie) Garofano, (M.S. ‘09; Ph.D ‘11)
MSE alumna Dr. Jacquelynn (Jackie) Garofano, (M.S. ‘09; Ph.D ‘11) has been named the 2020 Petit Family Foundation Women in Science Leadership Award Honoree.
This award recognizes a woman working in STEM who is both a leader in her field and a significant contributor of efforts made to encourage young girls in the sciences. Garofano’s aim has been to share her own journey with others, and to provide a platform in which women in engineering can be seen and heard.
She is the program manager of the prestigious Margaret Ingels Engineering Development Program at Raytheon Technologies. In this role and in her community leadership, Garofano is committed to mentoring and empowering the next generation of engineers and scientists who will shape our future. She has served as a community leader for United Way, Women United, and has recently been appointed to the Board of Directors for the Girl Scouts in Connecticut and is a member of its diversity, equity and inclusion committee. She has been named one of Connecticut’s Women of Innovation® twice. First, as a recipient of the Collegian Innovation and Leadership award in 2011 and, most recently, as a finalist in the Large Business Innovation and Leadership Category for 2020. Garofano also earned the unique distinction of landing on the Forty Under 40 outstanding young professionals list for Connecticut Magazine (2013) and Harford Business Journal (2015). She is recognized as an active member of the Society of Women Engineers and was named the 2018 Future is NOW awardee by the CT Women’s Education and Legal Fund for her work to advance women and girls in the STEM field. Garofano strives to be someone that young women – especially those in under-served communities – can look up to. “You can do anything you set your mind to,” she says.
Published: November 3, 2020
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