NSBE Professionals

🚧✨ NSBE Professionals is entering our SIG Innovation Phase!

This intentional evolution is designed to strengthen our Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and ensure they continue delivering meaningful value, impact, and opportunities for our members.

During this transition:
🔹 SIG social media pages will be paused
🔹 Updates and announcements will be shared through NSBE Professionals channels
🔹 An Ad-Hoc Committee is developing a stronger, more focused SIG framework
🔹 Active programming will continue through established transition plans

What's not changing? Our commitment to supporting professionals at every stage of their career and investing in the SIG communities that help make NSBE stronger.

We're building a future where every SIG has a clear mission, measurable impact, and stronger connections to NSBE's strategic priorities. 💡

📧 Questions? Contact the SIG Liaison at email: [email protected]

🛜 NSBE Connect is officially live !

This platform serves as our members-only digital space to centralize communication, strengthen engagement, and enhance the overall member experience across the organization.

NSBE Connect allows members to:
• Receive real-time updates and announcements
• Network with students, professionals, and leaders globally
• Access events, programs, and exclusive opportunities
• Stay connected to all things NSBE in one place

Get Connected:
👉🏾 Download the NSBE Connect app (Apple App Store / Google Play)
👉🏾 Create and complete your profile using your NSBE Membership credentials
👉🏾 Begin exploring spaces relevant to initiatives you're interested in

This platform will play a key role in how we communicate, collaborate, and build community moving forward. Additional guidance on usage, content alignment, and engagement strategy will be shared.

NSBE Professionals Presents -

Beyond Engineering Season 3 Episode 8: We Are Science:
Exposing Young Minds to STEM

Date: Tuesday, April 14th, 2026

Time: 5:30pm-6:30pm PST/ 7:30pm-8:30pm CST/ 8:30pm -9:30pm EST

Learn about:

Introduction to We Are Science & Its Mission

The Importance of Early STEM Exposure

Using Engineering Skills to Pursue Passion Projects & Ventures

The Process, Challenges, and Joys of the Journey

Turning Passion into Impact Through STEM Initiatives

The meeting link is listed is here: https://tinyurl.com/BES3E8

If you have any questions or suggestions for collaboration, please reach out to [email protected] or [email protected]

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We look forward to seeing you ✨

🚨 NSBE PEB Applications Are Reopened! 🚨

Ready to lead, serve, and shape the future of NSBE? The Professional Executive Board (PEB) elections are now open, and this is your opportunity to make a national impact through leadership.

✨ Appointed Positions Available:
• 2027 Technical Professionals Conference (TPC) Chair
• 2027 Professional Development Conference (PDC) Chair
• Parliamentarian
• Technology Officer

🗳️ Elected Positions Available:
• Treasurer-Elect
• Pre-College Initiative (PCI) Chair (2-Yr Term)

NOTE: For Regional Professional Executive Board (RPEB) positions available, please contact the specific region you have interest in serving via email. Insert region #, (i.e., 1-6) in the blank for email address as follows: [email protected].

This is your chance to help guide strategy, elevate programs, and support Black excellence across the NSBE pipeline. Step into leadership. Step into impact.

📅 Apply will be open on a rolling basis.
🔗 Apply Here or by clicking the Link in the Bio: https://cdn.jotfor.ms/260235842980157

✨ The experience doesn’t end here, NSBE Professionals!

If you attended Annual Convention and participated in the Technical Professional Conference (TPC), take a moment to reflect on the unforgettable experiences that made Baltimore truly special.

From the energy of the NSBE Professionals Charm City Homecoming, the elegance of NSBE En Noir at NSBE Black On Purpose, and the meaningful Order of the Engineer Ceremony hosted by NSBE Professionals, to impactful Regional Professionals Meetings and the engaging National Professional Executive Board Candidates Q&A—and so many more incredible moments—this year’s convention was one to remember.

Now it’s time to turn those moments into momentum:
💡 Apply what you learned
🤝 Strengthen the connections you made
📣 Share your experience with your chapters

📝 Help us improve future experiences by completing the TPC survey: https://bit.ly/TPCSurvey26

The conference may be over, but the impact continues. Let’s keep building. 🚀

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👏🏾 Thank You, Delegates!

NSBE Professionals extends our sincere appreciation to all delegates who played a vital role in electing the incoming 2026–2027 National Professionals Executive Board (PEB) during the NSBE Annual Convention. Your participation, leadership, and commitment to the process continue to shape the future of our organization.

We are proud to announce the incoming leadership:

🔹 National Professionals Chair – Valerie Thomas
🔹 National Professionals Chair-Elect – Akissi Lewis
🔹 National Professionals Chair Emeritus – Jarrell Johnson
🔹 National Professionals Secretary – Lamara Glass
🔹 National Professionals Program Chair – Dr. Ershela Sims
🔹 National Professionals Development Chair – Gerald Brown
🔹 National Professionals Publicist – Alishia Ballard
🔹 National Professionals Membership Chair – Naomie Baptiste
🔹 National Professionals Region I Chair – Sunkanmi Famofo-Idowu
🔹 National Professionals Region II Chair – Titus Kariuki
🔹 National Professionals Region III Chair – L'Wade Lewin
🔹 National Professionals Region IV Chair – Desmond Jones
🔹 National Professionals Region V Chair – Ryan Hunter
🔹 National Professionals Region VI Chair – Dr. Nadjia Motley
🔹 Professional Development Chair – La Sheena Thompson
🔹 National Professionals SIG Liaison – Luree Brown

📌 All elected board members will officially assume their roles on May 1, 2026.

We look forward to a year of continued impact, innovation, and excellence under this dynamic leadership team. 🚀

👏🏾 Thank You, Delegates!

NSBE Professionals extends our sincere appreciation to all delegates who played a vital role in electing the incoming 2026–2027 National Professionals Executive Board (PEB) during the NSBE Annual Convention. Your participation, leadership, and commitment to the process continue to shape the future of our organization.

We are proud to announce the incoming leadership:

🔹 National Professionals Chair – Valerie Thomas
🔹 National Professionals Chair-Elect – Akissi Lewis
🔹 National Professionals Chair Emeritus – Jarrell Johnson
🔹 National Professionals Secretary – Lamara Glass
🔹 National Professionals Program Chair – Dr. Ershela Sims
🔹 National Professionals Development Chair – Gerald Brown
🔹 National Professionals Publicist – Alishia Ballard
🔹 National Professionals Membership Chair – Naomie Baptiste
🔹 National Professionals Region I Chair – Sunkanmi Famofo-Idowu
🔹 National Professionals Region II Chair – Titus Kariuki
🔹 National Professionals Region III Chair – L'Wade Lewin
🔹 National Professionals Region IV Chair – Desmond Jones
🔹 National Professionals Region V Chair – Ryan Hunter
🔹 National Professionals Region VI Chair – Dr. Nadjia Motley
🔹 Professional Development Chair – La Sheena Thompson
🔹 National Professionals SIG Liaison – Luree Brown

📌 All elected board members will officially assume their roles on May 1, 2026.

We look forward to a year of continued impact, innovation, and excellence under this dynamic leadership team. 🚀

‼️APPLICATION DUE DATE EXTENDED! ‼️

It is time for Cohort #5 of the NSBE Professionals Leadership Incubator! Build your leadership skills within the NSBE ranks while expanding your network! Apply Today!

Program Cycle: April - December 2026
You must be a NSBE Member to be eligible to Participate.

Extended - Applications Due: April 3, 2026. Application link can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/NPLICOHORT5

For any questions, please contact the National Talent Development Chair, Jasmin Delva at [email protected].

🏆 Program of the Year Winners

Celebrating chapters making a real impact!

✨ Boston Professionals – Chapter of the Year
✨ Atlanta Professionals – Professional Development
✨ Northern Virginia Professionals – Collegiate Initiative
✨ Space Coast Professionals – Pre-Collegiate Initiative

Your work is shaping the future of STEM! 🚀

🏆 Celebrating Excellence in NSBE Professionals!

Join us in congratulating our National Professionals Program of the Year Award Chapters for their outstanding impact, innovation, and commitment to advancing the mission of the National Society of Black Engineers Professionals:

✨ Professional Development Program of the Year: Atlanta Professionals
✨ Collegiate Initiative Program of the Year: Northern Virginia Professionals
✨ Pre-Collegiate Initiative Program of the Year: Space Coast Professionals

These chapters continue to set the standard—empowering communities, strengthening the pipeline, and driving meaningful change across all levels of NSBE. 👏🏾