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Vice president from Texas Instruments to speak at NMSU

Shaunna F. Black, the vice president and manager of Worldwide Facilities at Texas Instruments (TI) will be the featured speaker at this year’s Bromilow Lecture, an annual event held by the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University. Black’s lecture is titled “Sustainability at Texas Instruments.”

Black is responsible for the design, construction, and operation of TI facilities, environmental, safety and health programs and real estate management.  

Black joined TI in 1985 as a mechanical engineer after a five-year teaching career. She supported manufacturing facilities construction, operations and maintenance for the company until 1994. In 1994, she became manager of Worldwide Environmental, Safety and Health and in 1998 manager of Worldwide Facilities. From 2000 to 2005, Black was FAB manager for semiconductor manufacturing in one of TI’s premier wafer fabrication facilities. 

Black is board member of the Metroplex Technology Business Council, the Dallas Women’s Foundation, the TI Foundation and the Executive Advisory Board for the UT-Austin Engineering College. She is an executive mentor for the Richardson ISD Executive Coaching Partnership, executive mentor for Menttium 100, an alumna of Leadership Texas and Leadership Richardson, and a frequent speaker at universities and international conferences. Black was inducted into the Women in Science and Technology Hall of Fame by Women in Technology International for her contribution to the science and technology fields, and was inducted into the Circle of Honor by the Dallas Women's Foundation and recognized as “A Woman of Achievement” by the Richardson YWCA. 

Black holds bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering from NMSU and in education from the University of Texas in Austin. She has three children and resides in Richardson, Tex.

The Bromilow Lecture is held in recognition of Dr. Frank Bromilow’s leadership and enhancement of the quality of faculty during his tenure as dean of the College of Engineering, a position he held from 1961 until his death in 1974.

The lecture will be held Friday, Feb. 22 from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. on the NMSU campus, in Thomas and Brown Hall, room 104. All are welcome to attend, and admission is free.