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AAFEA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The
AAFEA Board of Directors includes retired and current members of the Senior
Executive Service and other high-ranking federal executives. Current Board
members are as follows:
National President
– William A. Brown SR, P.E., HAIA, FSAME, (retired SES)
Vice
President - Tracey Pinson, SES
Western
Regional Vice President - Alvin Gamble
Treasurer
– William A. Lewis, Jr., SES
Director of Training
– Beryl Scott
Community Affairs Advisor
– Theresa Jackson
Membership
Director - Joyce Taylor
Chancellor
AAFEA Fellows Program - Dr. Bernice Alston, SES
National President
WILLIAM A. BROWN SR., P.E., HAIA
 William
A. Brown Sr.
retired after thirty eight years of federal service in January 2003. He was a member of the Senior
Executive Service (SES-5). He is the former Deputy Director of Military
Programs, Headquarters, United States Army Corps of Engineers. In this capacity
he supervised the execution of $10 billion of design and construction programs
for the Army, Air Force, Department of Defense, other Federal agencies and over
sixty foreign nations. He also provided direction to a field organization
consisting of 8 divisions, 40 districts and approximately 15,000 personnel. He
is the first African American career civil servant to be appointed a member of
the Senior Executive Service in the field of engineering in the Department of
Defense.
Mr. Brown is a 1963 architectural engineering graduate of Hampton Institute. He
is also a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute, the George Washington
University Contemporary Executive Development Program and the Harvard University
Program for Senior Managers in Government. He is a registered professional
engineer, a Fellow of the Society of American Military Engineers, a member of
the National Society of Professional Engineers, an Honorary member of the
American Institute of Architects (AIA), a life member of Kappa Alpha Psi
Fraternity, a former Board Member of the Federal Senior Executive Association
and a member of the Hampton University School of Engineering Board of Visitors.
He has published numerous articles, spoken at many national and international
conferences, and served as a juror for state and national design programs.
Mr. Brown's awards and honors include: the SES Meritorious Presidential Rank
Award, a Distinguished Black Marylanders' Award, the year 2000 Black Engineer of
the Year Award for Professional Achievement in Government, the Air Force Award
for Meritorious Civilian Service, the Air Force Civilian Engineer of the Year
Award and the Air Force Award for Design Excellence, the Exceptional Civilian
Service Award and the US Army Silver DeFluery Medal.
Throughout his career, Mr. Brown has been involved in many major international
design and construction programs. He spent two and one half years negotiating
the implementing agreement between the US and Russia for construction of
facilities to house weapons of mass destruction. This agreement became the
definitive guidance for American firms seeking to work in Russia. He also served
as a senior member of the US/Nigerian Joint Economic Partnership Council.
Additionally, he was the senior Army civilian executive responsible for
recruitment and career development of engineers and scientists employed
worldwide by the US Army.
Mr. Brown is currently Executive Vice President of a three hundred person
architectural-engineering firm.
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VICE President
TRACEY PINSON, SES
 Tracey
L. Pinson became the Director for Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Office, Secretary of the Army in May 1995.
Ms. Pinson advises the Secretary of the Army and the Army Staff on all small
business procurement issues and is responsible for the implementation of the
Federal
acquisition programs
designed to assist small businesses, including small disadvantaged businesses
and
women-owned
businesses. She is responsible for the management of the Historically Black
Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) program, and
develops policies and initiatives to enhance their participation in Army funded
programs. As one of the top females in the Army’s acquisition career field, she
is responsible for the integration of small businesses, HBCUs and MIs in
acquisition strategies developed at the Army Headquarters. She also provides
management and oversight for the Army’s Mentor-Protégé Program.
From 1986 – 1995, Ms.
Pinson served as Assistant to the Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization, Office of the Secretary of Defense. During this time, she
developed the implementation strategy for the DOD Mentor-Protégé Program
resulting in over 250 participants with a budget allocation as high as $120
million. This program has served as the model-mentoring program for all Federal
government agencies.
Upon graduation from
law school in 1982, Ms. Pinson participated in the Lyndon Baines Johnson
Internship Program with the U.S. House of Representatives. She worked in the
Congressional office of Representative Augustus Hawkins and was responsible for
constituent affairs and legislative analysis. From November 1982 to June 1986,
she served as Counsel to the Committee on Small Business, U.S. House of
Representatives and Special Counsel to the late Representative Joseph P. Addabbo.
In this capacity, she was responsible for drafting legislation and analyzing
federal policies and procedures impacting the small and minority business
community.
Ms. Pinson was born
in Washington, D.C. She received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political
Science from Howard University. She also received a law degree from Georgetown
University Law Center. She is a member in good standing of the Maryland Bar
Association and the National Contract Management Association. She resides in
Silver Spring, Maryland with her husband Darryl Dennis and daughter Maya.
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WESTERN REGIONAL
VICE President
ALVIN GAMBLE
 Mr.
Al Gamble is the Deputy Director, Air and Marine Operations Center (AMOC), and
has oversight responsibility for the Caribbean Air and Marine Operations Center
(CAMOC), Office of CBP Air and Marine, U.S. Customs and Border Protection within
the Department of Homeland Security. The mission of Air and Marine Operations
Center is to provide direct support to homeland security in protecting the
American people and
our nation’s borders
through the detection and identification of foreign and domestic threats and
coordination of law enforcement air, marine and ground interdiction forces.
Prevent acts of terrorism arising from unlawful movement of people, illegal
drugs, and other contraband moving toward or crossing the borders of the United
States. To accomplish that mission, the AMOC state-of-the-art law enforcement
radar surveillance center has expanded its role in air and marine interdiction
and, following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, has utilized its
extensive detection, monitoring and coordination capabilities to conduct
unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and airspace security operations, covert and
overt electronic tracking and general aviation aircraft threat determination.
Mr. Gamble spent 22
years serving on active and reserve military duty with the U.S. Army. His
service includes duty as Security, Personnel, and Operations Director, Military
Intelligence Executive Officer, and senior intelligence officer in Kuwait,
Korea, Germany, and in the continental U.S. Al begins his civil services with
the U.S. Customs Service as an Intelligence Research Specialist in 1998 and has
served in numerous leadership positions in the Department of Homeland Security.
He graduated from
Jackson State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science
in 1981. He has continuous studies in completing a Master of Science degree in
organizational management from the University of Phoenix. He is currently
enrolled in the University of California Los Angeles Executive Program to
complete a certificate in executive management and leadership strategies in a
global economy.
Mr. Gamble serves as
President of the Federal Executive Association-Inland Empire in Riverside,
California. He is a member of the Federal Managers Association (FMA) and the
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE)
Mr. Gamble has been
recognized with numerous prestigious awards, including the Global War on
Terrorism Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Joint Service
Commendation Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters,
Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, and Army Achievement medal. He
resides in Corona, California with his wife Vanessa.
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Treasurer
William A. Lewis, JR., SES
 William
A. Lewis, Jr., was appointed Deputy Director of the Office of Civil Rights
and Diversity in October 2005. As part of his new duties, Mr. Lewis is
responsible for a report to Congress, mandated by the Energy Policy Act of 2005,
on the civil rights activities at 17 DOE National Laboratories.
Prior to this
appointment, Mr. Lewis was named Director, Office of Employee Concerns, as part
of a Secretarial Whistleblower Initiative on October 1, 1996. The Employee
Concerns Office at the United States Department of Energy Headquarters was
established to provide the necessary leadership and policy guidance to employee
concerns programs at the Department’s major facilities. In February 2002, Mr.
Lewis was named the National Ombudsman for the Department, a position he held
for three years. Prior to these appointments, Mr. Lewis served as the Director
of the Office of Science Education Programs.
Mr. Lewis
joined the Department of Energy in July 1992 and became a member of the Senior
Executive Service in October 1994. He served as a member of the Department’s
Performance Review Board from 1997-2001, and the Secretary’s Executive Resources
Board from 1998-2001.
After
receiving degrees from Susquehanna University, and Boston University School of
Law, Mr. Lewis joined the District Attorney’s Office in his hometown of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1972. He entered Federal Service in 1975 as an
Attorney for the United States Commission on Civil Rights, and served as the
agency’s Congressional Liaison Director from 1980-1986. He subsequently held
positions as Counsel to the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and as a
Supervisory Attorney in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Office of
Federal Operations.
Mr. Lewis
resides with his, wife, Deborah, in Bethesda, Maryland, and their son, Ryan who
graduated from Florida State University in 2004. Mr. Lewis has been listed in
Who’s Who in Politics; Who’s Who in the East, Who’s Who in Black America; and
Outstanding Young Men in America, and has been a member of the Board of
Directors of Susquehanna University since 1987.
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Director of Training
Beryl D. Scott , SPHR
 Beryl
D. Scott is Chief of the Human Resources Operations Branch in the Executive
Office of the President. She is responsible for providing operating personnel
services to the Executive Office of the President including the Office of
Management and Budget, National Security Council, and the United States Trade
Representative. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Scott was Chief of the Personnel
Management Branch for the US Department of Defense, Air Force District of
Washington. Ms. Scott, administered program management and technical
responsibility, interpreting policy covering all areas of staffing and employee
development including; merit promotion, downsizing, restructuring, realignments,
buyouts, veteran’s employment, and the identification and satisfaction of
training requirements.
Ms. Scott has
also served as Human Resources Career Program Manager for the US Army Corps of
Engineers (HQ), developing Army-wide wide policies and procedures to enhance the
effective and efficient administration of the 14,660 member Engineers and
Scientists Career Program; serving as focal point for Corps-wide Human Resources
Program Evaluation initiatives, developing inspection plans to assure compliance
with Federal laws, Army Regulations and other directives and implementing
instructions for higher headquarters directives; and re-engineering the
Corporate Executive Development and training program by instituting cost
efficient processes and procedures and developing additional funding resources.
Ms. Scott’s
extensive background in human resources also includes positions at Harvard
University (Associate Director of Personnel Services, Faculty of Arts and
Sciences) and the Upjohn Company.
Ms. Scott is a
1972 sociology/psychology graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College. She received her
MBA from Indiana University in 1974. In 1995, Ms. Scott obtained her SPHR
certification, and is recognized as an expert in the core principles of human
resource practices and the application of those principles. Ms. Scott is also an
accomplished cellist, having played with the New Hampshire Philharmonic
Orchestra. She is also an active member of All Saints Episcopal Church in Chevy
Chase, Maryland where she serves as a Eucharistic Minister.
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CHANCELLOR AAFEA FELLOWS PROGRAM
Bernice Alston, Ed. D, SES
 Dr.
Bernice Alston is currently the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Planning,
Policy and Evaluation at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. She was the former
Director of Elementary and Secondary Education at NASA Headquarters. Alston has
a Bachelor of Science in Speech Pathology, a Master of Science in Communication
Sciences, and an Educational Doctorate in Education Administration and Policy
Management from George Washington University.
Alston comes to NASA
from the Maryland Local Education Fund in Baltimore. She directed a whole-school
reform initiative that involved more than seventy-five schools throughout the
state of Maryland.
Alston has been a
teacher, principal, Director of the Speech and Hearing Clinic at Howard
University, university professor, assistant superintendent, and a key player in
systemic school reform. These experiences prepared her to present at national
conferences such as the American Astronautical Society, National Staff
Development Conference, Public Education Network Conference, Education Trust
Conference, Maryland Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and
the Council of Chief State School Officers National Conference on Large Scale
Assessments. She has shared her knowledge of urban school reform with numerous
school districts throughout the country.
Her tenure at NASA
has afforded her the opportunity to administratively support the Educator
Astronaut Pathfinder Initiative, the NASA Explorer Schools Pathfinder
initiative, NASA Explorer Institutes, higher education and minority and
underrepresented programs. These national initiatives are destined to improve
the quality of education in the areas of science, technology, engineering and
math throughout our nation.
Alston represents
NASA on the Federal-wide School Environment Policy and Strategies committee of
the President's Council on Environmental Quality. She is a member of the Federal
Interagency Committee on Education and the US Department of Education's
Math/Science Initiative. Alston represents NASA on the International Space
Education Board composed of Japan, Canada, European Space Agency and NASA. She
collaborates with numerous federal agencies, school districts and universities
on educational issues.
Alston received the
NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal in April 2005. Her distinguished career has
allowed her to bond with educators, community supporters and members of the
business community. Her passion for education and her love of children has been
reflected throughout her career.
She lives in Maryland
with her husband, John and is the proud mother of two adult sons.
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