33rd ANNUAL YEAR-END BANQUET

Preparing Our Youth for Today’s High Tech World

Saturday, June 15, 2019

Marriott North Hotel | Indianapolis, Indiana

CORPORATE & EDUCATIONAL SPONSORS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ADVISORY BOARD

President: William Scott, retired Eli Lilly

Steve Gillman, retired Eli Lilly

Holli Harrington, Indianapolis Airport

Eugene Hawkins, Amazon

Zach Holtgrewe, Allegion

Tony Little, retired Xerox

George Mimms, Allison Transmission

Dayna Offutt, Ivy Tech

Courtney Powell, Eli Lilly

Tina Rice, IUPUI

Sylvester Smith, Eli Lilly

Darrell Styles, Eli Lilly

Chair: David Sternasty, Eli Lilly

Nesli Alp, Indiana State University

Craig Downing, Rose-Hulman

Crystal Evans, Allison Transmission

Steve Gillman, retired Eli Lilly

Wayne Hilson, IUPUI

Valentine Ikegwuonu, Cummins

Karin Maginn, Guggenheim Life & Annuity

Reginald McGregor, Rolls-Royce

Jody Roudebush, Eli Lilly and Company

William Scott, retired Eli Lilly

Rick Straw, PACIV

Yolanda White, Honda Manufacturing of

Indiana

Special thanks to all the MEPI facilitators and board members who volunteer their time to

ensure the success of the program.

Your commitment and dedication is the backbone of the organization.

PROGRAM

The Past Reminds Us, the Present Demands, and the

Future Calls Us

Registration

Welcome & Introduction of Master of Ceremonies William Scott, MEPI President

Invocation MEPI Alum, Lauren Wright

Meal Served

Introduction of Speaker Steve Jefferson, WTHR

Keynote Address Cicely Hart, Duke Energy Corporation

Grade Level Reviews

Caleb Green / Grade 6

Sasha Moore / Grade 7

Terryn Green / Grade 8

James Aury White / Grade 9

Sidney Ligon / Grade 10

CJ (Chaffew) Scott / Grade 11

Janhi Coleman / Grade 12

Special Recognitions & Presentations William Scott, MEPI President

Closing Remarks Holli Harrington, MEPI Vice President

Alexander Ash Kennedy Barron Evan Blakey George Bloomingbird Devin Chase Abram Clemens Morgan Crowe Charles Denney Nathaniel Dixon

Michael Fagan Chylan Fields Josiah Flucas Xavier Hannon Kaydence Harris Jillian Harris James Johnson John Lewis, III Caleb Ligon

Luke Malone Madasyn Maxwell Ijaun McCloud Dawit Mimms Mahalet Mimms Nyla Mitchell Miles Mixon Sasha Moore Kemunto Mosongo

D’Metrius Parham Dax Roberts, Jr. Jackson Robinson Tannon Rogers Kaliyah Scott Kidist Shebeshi Adriana Valle Lee Allen Williams, III

GRADE 7 | Facilitators: Lead - Jarrett Bartlett, Alessandra Ennett-Shepard,

Thiwasha Harper, Walter Harper, Gretchen Horne, Gina Nefertari Riggins, Lauren Mauser

GRADE 6 | Facilitators: Lead - Tony Little; Le-Angela Thompson, Steve Westbrooks

MISSION

to increase student knowledge, interest and engagement

related to STEM studies and professional fields, with an

emphasis on engineering and information technology

VISION

is to be a nationally-recognized, premier STEM program

noted for building relationships between diverse mentors

and students

Madison Bailey Terrance Bogan Jalen Bonds Aubrey Bostic Kamar’e Carr Elijah Coleman Malik Davenport Alpha Diallo

Nigel Dix Antonio Elliott James Evans Caleb Green Jaden Greenwell Quentin Harper Xavier Hawkins Jasmine Johnson

Marcella Lee Jeremiah Lee Jaden McCoy Naeem Moore Micah Perkins Elgin Phillips Kailey Puckett Brandon Ratcliffe

Devaughn Slaughter Nathan Smith Jordyn Tillman Tia Townsend Jada White Zion Whitfield Baye Wilson Jimquell Young

KEYNOTE PRESENTER

CICELY HART was appointed Midwest Vice President for Customer

Delivery Engineering in March 2018. She is responsible for the

engineering, design, and geospatial information systems for

customer and reliability projects in Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky

service territories. Her team designs both routine and major projects

in compliance with state and federal requirements, including

corporate standards, work methods and safe work practices. She is

also accountable for reliability improvement metrics and project

management. Cicely joined Cinergy (now Duke Energy) in 2001 and

held roles within Distribution Design, the Distribution Control Center,

Power Quality-Reliability & Integrity, Asset Management, and System

Protection. Cicely holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and

Computer Engineering from Purdue University and a Master of

Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University. She is a

licensed Professional Engineer in Indiana and Ohio. Cicely is married

with two children and resides in Indianapolis, IN.

GRADES 6-11

Nicholas Bolden Arianna Callen Justin Cook John Caleb Coston Kloe’ Crenshaw

Justin Dartis Malik Falana Jennifer Flores Joa’quinn Griffin Chase Iseghohi

Jaylen Lawson Sean Ledford Bryce Maxey Aaron Moody Raheem Muhammad

Yasmin Munoz Chaffew (CJ) Scott Tesfa Seyoum

GRADE 9 | Facilitators: Lead - George Mimms; Ray Bazilio, Crystal Evans, Stacy Frierson,

Jomayra Berrios Hernandez, Tony Lenior, Koreon Lester Science Fair Judges: Lola Agboola, Sylvia Reitman, Drew Schnitz

GRADE 11 | Facilitators: Lead - Ellis Thompson; Adrian Dunson, Ayodele Sasore

Timothy Adams Chase Bacon Brooklyn Bailey Matthias Billue Kyndel Gayles Sidney Graham Terryn Green Zoe Green Xavier Higgins

Nyema Hillman Joseph Jideonwo Elijah Johnson Luke Charles Johnson Adonis Lane Jaden Logan Brooklyn Maffett Zaji Marshall Brent McFarland, Jr.

Smret Mimms Jordan Monk Ethan Moore Xavier Ntamere Tyler Parker Ramon Randolph Devin Richardson Hannah Robinson Terrell Silk

Jamison Slusher Donavan Smith Isabelle Tompkins Adasia Turner Celestine Wilkerson Maurquis Willingham

GRADE 8 | Facilitators: Lead - Timia Carruthers

Mr. William “Bill” Johnson was educated in the Catholic and public schools of Indiana,

graduating from Cathedral High School in 1967. After working for Chrysler Automotive, he

changed hiscareer direction and enlisted into the United States Army in 1969. After attending

Barber College in Indianapolis, he continued his education, receiving an Associate Degree in

Electrical Engineering at Ivy Technical College. For 35 years, Bill was employed by the Xerox

Corporation and as a respected employee, became President of the Indianapolis Black

Employees Association. Bill Johnson loved his community and was devoted to encouraging and

promoting education. He was known and loved by many youth of the city as a tutor at the Ralph

Dowe Boys Club, Indianapolis Public School #99 and Harshman Middle School. Bill also served as

a Sixth Grade facilitator and member of the MEPI Board of Directors where he encouraged

numerous students to pursue careers in engineering.

The leadership of MEPI would like to thank the Johnson family for their continued support of MEPI

through the William Johnson Legacy Scholarship Award.

PREVIOUS

RECIPIENTS

BILL JOHNSON SCHOLARSHIP

GRADE 10 | Facilitators: Lead - Julian Jones; Eric Ejofor, Aryelle Player,

Abeeku Bruce-Mensah

Jayla Campbell Darrien Dartis Kirsten Holsten Byron Hubbard

Danielle Johnson Kynnedy Kelly

Kristopher Marshall Shaine Mitchell

Morris Kimble Nate Maxey

Sydney Spears

Jadon Bingham Thomas Bronaugh Azariah Brown Michael Chase III Kiera Clay Jordyn Coleman Bryce Collains

Joel Coston Derrius Fisher Ross Gardner Christopher Gonzalez Ian Gonzalez Josiah Green Micah Green

Anthony Harris Charles Kelley IV Nadia Simone Arletta Kimbrough Aniyah Laney Sydney Ligon Malani Mitchell

Kamanda Mosongo Kaleb Perkins Albert Pope III Malik Rogers Kennedy Scott

Kai Adams Abraham Albert- Onajobi Donald Alexander Ezera Baker Richard Bradley II Shania Byers

Darion Davis Blake Fleming Jason Fleming Kaleb Gilbert Myron Green Elijah Guzman Kameron Jackson

Andrew Johnson Charles Jolliffe, Jr. Milani Kimble DaWuan Landers Ryan Little, Jr. Deshaun Middlebrooks Christian Offitt

Simone Seyoum Maya Shebeshi Lance Thompson James Aury White

12TH GRADE GRADUATES

Cary Martin+

Pike High School

Depauw University

Mykayla Price

Pike High School

IUPUI

Ariana Sanglton+

Anderson High School

Purdue Ft. Wayne

Mikel Beaman+

Lawrence North High School

U.S. Air Force

Willeek Blanchard

Charles A. Tindley Accelerated

High School

IU Columbus

Sheraun Byrdsong

Brownsburg High School

Ball State University

Janhi Coleman+

Ben Davis High School

Ball State University

Christon Crutcher*

North Central High School

IUPUI

Destiny Flemmonds+

Crispus Attucks High School

Purdue University

Josiah Hankerson*

Lawrence North High School

IUPUI

Nandi Hawkins+

Cathedral High School

University of Dayton

Joseph Steele*

Carmel High School

Alabama A&M

Isaiah Thomas*

Ben Davis High School

Ball State University

Zaye Wide*

Charles A. Tindley Accelerated

High School

Taylor University

Facilitators: Lead - Uche Ugeh; Cree Harris, Tyler Henderson, Chukwudi Ilozue, Chiedu Onichabor, Philip Onotu

* denotes GPA at or above 3.0

+ denotes GPA at or above 3.5