Vision for a New Future
The Nuclear Executives of Tomorrow (NEXT) program was created through a collaboration between U.S. Women in Nuclear, the Nuclear Energy Institute, and current nuclear executives across our industry. The collaborators determined there was a need for executive-level leadership development focused on preparing highly-capable individuals for future positions of greater strategic leadership within their respective organizations and the industry. The program supports highly-capable female leaders primed for executive-level advancement, and aims to provide challenging experiential opportunities and create a tight-knit professional network focused on helping each other succeed. The expected participant outcome is development within executive leadership competencies, broadened strategic perspective, well-established professional network, and an active industry-wide role in supporting a future that is both diverse and sustainable.
About Us
In partnership with Intend to Create Coaching & Consulting LLC, U.S. Women in Nuclear created a Leadership Cohort program in 2019 that has blossomed into the Nuclear Executives of Tomorrow (NEXT) executive immersive leadership program. The 12-month long is produced by a planning and oversight team of industry leaders who lend their knowledge and hands on support. NEXT has graduated two cohorts with a third whose journey began summer 2021, each with 12 to 14 members. At least 58 % of each graduated class has received promotions during or within 12 months of completing the program.
“Any plans to make it continue beyond our formal year would bring me joy!”
– NEXT20 Cohort Member
Current Class
NEXT22
Christine Csizmadia
Ashley Finan
Cindy Fung
Danielle Fuson
Katherine Gil
Jenny Hageman
Shannon McArdle
Shannon Rafferty-Czincila
Sabrina Salazar
Rebeka Seemann
Dawn Sileo
Lashawna Stokes
Dominique Wilson
Jennifer Yarbrough
Alumni
NEXT21
Susan Baier
Denise Brandon
Bonnie Bryant
Deborah McBreen
Leah Crider
Melissa Driscoll
Jean Fleming
Anna Krause
Renee Meeks
Mary Pietrzyk
Heath Winn
Fatma Yilmaz
Cohort Capstone: @NukeBoss, Nuclear Mentoring Instagram page
NEXT20
Laura Basta
Amanda Donges
Kelly Ferneau
Nicole Flippin
Erin Henderson
Lisa Hilbert
Kendra Hullum Lawson
Christy Kenny
Norha Plumey
Danielle Ramaley
Christina Reyff
Rebecca Salvadore
Cohort Capstone: Nuclear Leadership Website
Nominations for NEXT23 will open January 2022. Please contact Susan Leemhuis at [email protected] for questions.