We’d love for you to join us in Coronado on May 19 for WID’s Becoming an Inclusive Leader – Panelist & Networking Event. Meet and learn from great DE&I minds in the defense industry, get face-to-face time with industry peers and mentors, and learn how to become a more inclusive leader.

As part of our WID Panel Series, join us for professional growth, drinks, light-apps and tastings of award-winning oils and rare liquors. Tickets are $30 for members and $35 for non-members. Admission includes one free drink, light apps, and vomFASS oil tastings.

Thank you for supporting the Women in Defense community.

Meet our panelists

We are thrilled to introduce our panelists who will be opening up about inclusive leadership and sharing the challenges they have faced.

Donella Anderson, Assistant, Chief of Staff for Administration at Expeditionary Strike Group Three, U.S. Navy

Originally from Washington D. C., Mrs. Donella Anderson is an active duty member of the United States Navy. To date, she has 30 years of service leading complex global operations and services for diverse teams. Donella has held numerous leadership roles, currently serving as the Assistant, Chief of Staff for Administration at Expeditionary Strike Group Three in San Diego, acting as a trusted advisor to command leadership. 

Donella has earned multiple military awards for personal and professional excellence. She has been instrumental in the growth and development of the administrative community across the Navy by training, leading and developing a sustainable, inclusive and highly capable workforce.

Donella has continued to extend her service to our nation and Navy, because she has a career that she loves. 

Donella earned a Bachelors in Organizational Leadership from University of Arizona.

She is married and has three children.

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Shreya Shah, Principal/Director, Booz Allen Hamilton

Shreya has over 20 years of management consulting experience both in the public and private sector, leading efforts across multiple disciplines of management consulting. In her current role, she manages a team of 90 professionals providing expertise in the areas of organizational design, strategic management, strategic communications, change management, business process reengineering, workforce development, performance management and program/contract management. 

As a Principal/Director in our Navy Marine Corps (NMC) market, part of the Information Warfare Line of Business,  Ms. Shah serves as a market lead for Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, (NAVWAR) Office of the Chief Engineer (CHENG, 5.0) and the Multifunctional Information Distribution Systems (MIDS) Program Office.

Shreya leads a cross-functional delivery team of ~110 Booz Allen and industry partner performers providing technical expertise and contract cost control, staffing, quality management and day-to-day functional leadership across the team.

Since joining Booz Allen in 2001, she has led  transformation efforts for a large number of Navy and Marine Corps organizations resulting in organizational efficiency by focusing on stakeholder value proposition, investing in the workforce, continuous process improvement and managing resources in a highly dynamic budget-constrained environment.

Shreya has an MBA, International Entrepreneurship, Case Western Reserve University; MA, Accounting, Gujarat University, India; BA, Business Administration, Gujarat University, India. She is also a Change Management Advanced Professional from Georgetown University and is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

Don't want to drive over the bridge? Coronado Tasting Room & vomFASS is a minute walk from The Coronado Ferry Landing. Take a 15-minute ferry ride across the bay and enjoy spectacular views of our downtown San Diego skyline!

– $7 one-way ($14 both ways)

– Purchase tickets online ahead of time or buy them at the ticket booth when you arrive

– Masks are not required

–Handicap accessible

View the ferry schedule and reserve your seats.

Women in Defense was founded in 1979 and became an affiliate of National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) in 2004. Today there are nearly 4,000 individual members, both men and women, with 20 chapters in key geographic locations across the United States.

WID San Diego Chapter's goal is to strengthen the roles of women working in San Diego’s defense industry. We strive to create a sense of community to openly share stories and mentor each other while also nurturing the next generation of women through STEM scholarships and mentorship.

Join us in lifting the voices of women in the defense industry. Become a member today.