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GM’s Gerald Johnson Wins Black Engineer of the Year Award
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The annual BEYA STEM Conference promotes diversity and provides networking opportunities for professionals, students, and educators. For 2021, this conference is honoring General Motors Executive Vice President of Global Manufacturing Gerald Johnson with the Black Engineer of the Year award.
Why did Johnson earn this award?
At 24 years old, Johnson became the youngest superintendent ever at GM’s Fisher Body Stamping Plant. In 2002, he was the first African American to be the plant manager of Mansfield Plant Stamping Operations. And, in 2006, he was the first African American to be the executive director of Manufacturing for GM Europe.
Genera Motors engineer Gerald Johnson received the prestigious Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) at the recent virtual online BEYA STEM conference.