IEEE DAYTON SECTION
2022 AWARDS BANQUET

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Ms. Kimberly Watson, Diversity. Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility Chief, WPAFB, OH

DATE/TIME:  Saturday, April 23rd, 2022 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm

PLACE: Sinclair Community College, Charity Early Auditorium in Ponitz Center
444 W Third St, Dayton, OH 45402

RSVP/COST RSVP by Monday, April 18th: (IEEE v-Tools)
https://events.vtools.ieee.org/tego_/event/manage/311135
Dave Perez, email: david.c.perez@gmail.com or 937-307-8954

COST: (Pay at door; parking included)
$10 IEEE students
$15 IEEE Members, Non-IEEE students
$20 Guests of IEEE members
$25 Non-IEEE members

AGENDA:                                                                                                                                                       5:30 pm – 6:00 pm: Check-in – Dave Perez & Kathy Perez
6:00 pm – 6:45 pm: Dinner
6:45 pm – 7:45 pm: Keynote Speaker: Kimberly Watson “Be Kind. Be Authentic. Be You.”
7:45 pm – 8:45 pm: Awards & Recognition – Charles Cerny, Guru Subramanyam, Robert Ewing
Harrell V. Noble Award
Chapter and Affinity Awards
Recognition of new IEEE Life Members
Krishna M. Pasala, Ph.D. Memorial Scholarship
Outstanding Students – IEEE Student Chapters
8:45 pm – 9:00 pm: Door Prizes & Closing Remarks – Charles Cerny

SPEAKER BIO Ms. Kimberly Watson is the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Chief at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. She is responsible for executing all DEIA initiatives for a wing comprised of more than 5,000 active-duty, Air Force civilians, and contractor employees, the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Air Force Institute of Technology and installation public affairs support for over 100 mission partners. The wing is responsible for three primary missions: operating the installation; training and deploying expeditionary Airmen in support of joint operations; and defending the base and its people. The base is home to approximately 30,000 employees and is the
largest single site employer in the state of Ohio with a $4 billion annual economic impact

Ms. Watson served with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) in various Equal opportunity and Civil Rights
capacities since December 2000. She was responsible for developing, implementing and delivering Employment Law
training sessions for all ODOT managers and supervisors. She served on the steering committee of the American
Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Committee on Civil rights as the regional representative.
She was responsible for evaluating effectiveness of civil rights programs and reporting findings and issues as well as
sharing best practices.

EDUCATION
2010 Masters of Science, Management, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH
2005 Bachelors of Science, Business Administration, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH
2002 Associates of Applied Science, Legal Assisting, Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH