For Immediate Release       

December 19, 2024

For More Information Contact:

Laura Lutterbeck

Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes

616-575-9080

Laura.lutterbeck@ja.org

Junior Achievement of The Michigan Great Lakes Adds New Board Member

Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes (JAMGL) recently announced the addition of new board member, Stacy Paul.  “Having someone of Stacy’s caliber in the STEM space that can offer insight on impacting students and their career paths is critical to our organization,” said Bill Coderre, JAMGL President and CEO. “We appreciate her willingness to share her time, talents and wisdom with our organization.”

            Stacy Paul, aerospace engineer and CEO of Array of Engineers (AoE) has worked in the aerospace and defense industry since 2000 on various projects ranging from the manned space program at NASA to modern commercial aircraft to planetary exploration programs to technical defense platforms.     

Paul graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 1999 with a degree in Aerospace Engineering. After graduating she worked for United Space Alliance in Houston, Texas on the Space Shuttle and Space Station program at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC). Paul worked on day of launch activities in the mission control room and when she was not planning for a shuttle launch, worked on shuttle enhancements.

In 2005, Paul moved back to Michigan to work on numerous commercial aircraft and defense projects. Following a dream to create a company to promote innovation, growth, bringing more high technology jobs to Michigan, and to promote STEM careers for younger generations, Array of Engineers (AoE) was formed.

Paul is very active in the aerospace, defense, and technology community in the state of Michigan. She is a board member of Aerospace Industry Association of Michigan (AIAM), AIAM Foundation Chair, and STEM Greenhouse board member. She also chairs the Tech Council Advisory Committee through The Right Place.

             “We look forward to working with Stacy and AoE to benefit our students in the coming years,” said Coderre. Junior Achievement’s mission is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy by providing work readiness, financial literacy and entrepreneurship programs to K-12 students. If you would like to support Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes either financially or by volunteering, please call 616-575-9080.

About Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes (JAMGL)

Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes is the nation’s 21st largest JA chapter and an area office of JA USA, the world’s largest organization dedicated to educating students about workforce readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programs. The organization offers programs to help prepare young people in Mid, West, and Northern Michigan for the real world by showing them how to generate wealth and effectively manage it, how to create jobs which make their communities more robust, and how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to the workplace. Students put these lessons into action and are empowered to own their economic success. Visit www.michigangreatlakes.ja.org for more information.

About Junior Achievement USA^® (JA)

Junior Achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices. JA programs are delivered by corporate and community volunteers, and provide relevant, hands-on experiences that give students from kindergarten through high school knowledge and skills in financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship. Today, JA reaches 4.6 million students per year in 112 markets across the United States, with an additional 5.6 million students served by operations in 121 other countries worldwide. Visit www.ja.org for more information.