Aerospace Senior Vice President - Speaking Of People - Dr. Wanda Austin of Aerospace Corp - Brief Article - Illustration

Ebony, March, 2002

Dr. Wanda M. Austin (above, right) is senior vice president of the engineering and technology group at The Aerospace Corporation, the principal engineering resource for the nation's military space program, based in El Segundo, Calif. She is responsible for managing a staff of more than 1,000 engineers and scientists who provide specialized technical services in a wide range of space-related disciplines.

She earned her bachelor's degree in mathematics from Franklin and Marshall College, master's degrees in systems engineering and mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in systems engineering from the University of Southern California. She and her husband, Wade, have two sons.