October 16th, Intel Vice President Barbara H. Whye will be acknowledged as the 2020 Positively Powerful Woman Global Leadership Award recipient.

by | Feb 19, 2020 | Business, Domestic Violence Prevention, global, Leadership, PPW Awards, Women

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2020 Positively Powerful Award Honoree Dr. Barbara H. Whye Intel Corporation @BarbaraWhye

The Positively Powerful Woman Awards Mission is to shine the light on women who are creating a pathway so that all people can follow in their footsteps, be “self-actualized”, and live their dreams. Barbara H. Whye is a visionary and a role model who walks her talk in the technology space. It is for this reason that I was delighted and honored when Barbara H. Whye said “Yes” to receiving the Positively Powerful Woman Global Leadership Award.

Barbara H. Whye is Intel’s Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer and Vice President of Human Resources. She leads Intel’s Diversity in Technology $300M initiative which resulted in reaching full representation in Intel’s U.S. workforce in October 2018. The company’s workforce now reflects the percent of women and underrepresented minorities available in the U.S. skilled labor market.

A champion of Intel’s culture of inclusion, with 24 years of experience, she develops strategies that accelerate progress and integrate diversity and inclusion across the ecosystem to enhance innovation and drive business results. Barbara joined Intel in 1995 as an engineer and held a number of leadership roles driving large scale and enterprise wide change. Prior to joining HR and Global Diversity and Inclusion in 2015, she spent 15 years in key leadership and project engineering roles responsible for acquiring and starting up new facilities for Intel Corporation worldwide, including Talent Management as an expatriate in San José, Costa Rica.

Barbara also led the investment strategy for Intel’s global (STEM) education portfolio, with an emphasis on girls and underserved populations, and was a strategist on Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls’ education and empowerment. Barbara earned her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of South Carolina and her MBA from the University’s Darla Moore School of Business.

Recognized as a force for positive social change, she has been awarded with the 2014 National Society of Black Engineers Career Excellence Award, a 2015 Society of Women Engineers Spark Award, a 2016 Inspiring Women of South Carolina Award, 2019 BLACK ENTERPRISE Most Powerful Women in Corporate Diversity Award, 2019 Most Influential Women in Corporate America Award, and 2019 NAFE Women of Excellence Corporate Women’s Champion Award.

Dr. Maya Angelou said, “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” Dr. Angelou’s quote describes Barbara H. Whye to me. Dr. Joel P. Martin, Triad West Inc.

Join us for Positively Powerful Conference, Friday, October 16th at ASU Community Union, Sun Devil Stadium, 500 East Veterans Way, Tempe, AZ. The Education Summit breakfast and registration begin at 7:30 a.m. Speakers program from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Following the Summit, we host the Positively Powerful Woman Awards where we will acknowledge Barbara H. Whye as one of this year’s 12th Annual Positively Powerful Woman Award recipients. Sponsorship Information and Registrations are available online.