Led by Charli Strong, Courtney Clark, and Meagan Wheeler
The Women Engineers in Government Contractor Careers Affinity Group (WEgcc AG) was established within SWE in 2024 and falls under the Business & Interests Affinity Group umbrella. This group informally started in November 2022 as our leads searched for ways to connect with other women in engineering at government-owned, contractor-operated facilities. WEgcc is particularly unique in the opportunities, challenges, and career trajectories that face employees, combining attributes seen in the industry and public sectors, as well as academia, forming an aggregate of these traits that wasn’t well-represented by any singular group. Because government contractors and consultants work at these intersections between the federal government, academia, and industry, it’s not uncommon for this group to feel excluded on all sides.
Our Mission
The mission of the WEgcc AG is to connect the community of women working in government contractor careers and provide support, engagement, and encouragement to all professionals working in engineering and technology at government-adjacent institutions. The WEgcc AG aims to provide support to all of its members in the form of networking, mentoring, and expanded access to SWE’s resources.
Our Vision
WEgcc envisions building an integrated network of government-adjacent (contractors, consultants, and the like) engineering professionals committed to the growth and development of themselves, fellow members, and their broader communities.
Our Goals
- Strategic Goal #1 ― Advocacy & Collaboration
- The WEgcc AG aims to strengthen inclusion and retention of members by connecting government consulting and contractor sites, increasing opportunities for mentoring and networking across institutions, and supporting the various institutional missions.
- Strategic Goal #2 ― Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging
- The WEgcc AG will champion intersectional diversity by modeling inclusive and equitable environments. WEgcc AG leadership will call for multifaceted representation with no discrimination of any members interested in joining.
- Strategic Goal #3 ― Globalization
- The WEgcc AG is an inclusive group, and membership is open to all people regardless of career stage or affiliation.
- Strategic Goal #4 ― Professional Growth & Excellence
- The WEgcc AG will serve as a resource across a broad range of institutions, focusing on bringing together engineering professionals seeking to grow their network, as well as providing guidance to those seeking to join and further promote their employer’s mission.
Our Values
MUTUAL SUPPORT – Wegcc is working to stand up mentoring opportunities, both traditional and reverse, to encourage growth at all levels of career and life. Ideally, these mentorships will exist both within an individual’s physical location and across WEgcc to help create connections globally.
INTEGRITY – WEgcc aspires to uphold safe, secure, and effective practices to connect women across the world with shared experiences.
INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT – Wegcc welcomes anyone who is interested in any information we might have to offer. We aim to increase the bounds for mutual support across government-adjacent institutions and provide an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging with a community of like-minded individuals.
PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE – Wegcc activities are conducted following the SWE standards of business practice as well as considering the standards, procedures, and expectations of their respective employer(s).
TRUST – WEgcc will foster opportunities for open, transparent conversations across all sites when permissible, in appropriate settings, and will encourage candid conversations at all levels to ensure all members have mutual respect and confidence with each other and WEgcc leadership.
Our Leadership Team:
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- Facebook: SWE Women Engineers in Government Contractor Careers (WEgcc) Affinity Group
- LinkedIn: SWE Women Engineers in Government Contractor Careers (WEgcc) Affinity Group
- Instagram: wegcc.24
- Slack: WEgcc.slack.com
- Email: WEgcc-ag@SWE.org
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