DEI Evolution: Progress Abounds, but We Must Keep Going

When I started working at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in 1985, I was not aware of any women in management positions, and few were held by men of color. In my own section, my male boss would not even leave a woman in charge when he was out of the office. I knew things were changing significantly the first time a male boss left me in charge during his absence. In 1994, Dr. Carolyn Huntoon became the first female center director at JSC. She not only represented a shift in diversity being a woman…