2010 Women's Conference

Northrop Grumman employees from across the United States marked the start of the company’s annual Women’s Conference by volunteering for various projects in the Washington, D.C. metro area and touring Capitol Hill.

Above, conference participants toured Capitol Hill, which included a discussion with congressional women leaders and a visit to the Women’s Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.

Volunteers prepared lunch and care packages for the homeless at the Salvation Army and participated in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education outreach training to take back to their local classrooms. Company employees also completed various hands-on projects at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Clagett Farms—a sustainable farm that provides food to people of all income levels—including cleaning pumpkin patches, mulching, weeding and building poultry fences. Another group of conference participants toured Capitol Hill, which included a discussion with congressional women leaders and a visit to the Women’s Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.

The conference, which focuses on professional development and brings together 400 women from a wide variety of fields, started Sept. 22.

“The volunteer experience was a great way to start to the conference,” said Diane Perazzo, software manager, Sensor, Jamming and Tracking, Aerospace Systems in Bethpage, N.Y. “It gave us the opportunity to meet new people from different parts of the company and to collaborate on something that will help sustain our communities.”

employees volunteered at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Clagett Farms

Participating in one of several activities designed to give back to local communities, employees volunteered at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Clagett Farms, cleaning pumpkin patches, mulching, weeding and building poultry fences.