{"id":58493,"date":"2019-09-03T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T09:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/03\/wait-where-are-all-the-women\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:16:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:16:36","slug":"wait-where-are-all-the-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/editorial\/2019\/09\/03\/wait-where-are-all-the-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Wait, where are all the women?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I write this, it\u2019s one week before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/defense-news-conference\/\" target=_blank>the Defense News Conference<\/a>. And I can say sincerely it\u2019s setting up to be a massive success: two acting secretaries; a chief of staff; three four-star generals, five three-star generals and one three-star admiral; the Pentagon\u2019s top weapons development official; the Air Force\u2019s acquisition head. The list goes on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m proud of this, and I am incredibly appreciative to the defense community for delivering in spades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But not including our own editorial team, we have only three women participating in the conference. Candidly, that\u2019s pretty unacceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And we got dinged for it. Social media spotted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/opinion\/2018\/07\/30\/placing-a-compelling-stat-in-perspective\/\" target=\"_blank\">lack of diversity<\/a> and called us out. In the words of Maggie Feldman-Piltch, founder of #NatSecGirlSquad: \u201cThere are so many of us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some sympathized a bit. They said our conference simply reflects the lack of diversity in senior leadership. Others felt we were just part of the problem by not working harder to spotlight the many smart women in this industry. In the words of one on Twitter: \u201cConferences like this only want very senior leaders. And few women occupy those roles. So rather than recruiting up and coming women whose inclusion might (over time) prepare them for said senior roles, it becomes a self perpetuating cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s truth to all of that. We do indeed host this conference to provide our audience with access to and perspective from senior leadership. But I\u2019m not going to apologize for fulfilling that goal. And let\u2019s be honest, people come for that access. They want to hear from the people making the decisions and writing the policy. Right now, those are predominantly men. I\u2019d love to say as many seats would get filled if we went one, two or three levels down, but I simply don\u2019t believe that to be true \u2014 not in the current state of the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also \u2014 we did try. We\u2019ve tried for the last few years, in fact, and saw some success in 2018. But it\u2019s never been easy. This year was particularly hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Does it sound like I\u2019m making excuses? It does. Another truth is we should\u2019ve just tried harder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it does, once again, shine a bright spotlight on the fundamental problem \u2014 one that has been a bit camouflaged as of late because of the occasional appointment of a woman CEO or undersecretary of defense; or the celebration of the first female Marine to pilot a F-35 fighter jet. Diversity can only be achieved for real when it permeates an entire institution, usually from the bottom up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In July 2018, I wrote an editorial right after Northrop Grumman announced that then-Chief Operating Officer Kathy Warden would be the next chief executive. I pointed to statements I had heard implying that the market has done it \u2014 that defense and aerospace was no longer an old boys\u2019 club. That women get a fair shot. That sex no longer factors into opportunity. That we\u2019ve come so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I warned at the time we shouldn\u2019t get ahead of ourselves. I recommended then: \u201cLet\u2019s just keep moving.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I actually would argue that we have a huge opportunity now to do so. The Pentagon seems to sincerely be seeking innovators \u2014 those that can spur advancements in technology; experts in science and engineering. The leaders of tomorrow perhaps don\u2019t have to prove their commitment with deployments that last for months. They can earn their place in the military or certainly the defense industry by exceling in STEM. Perhaps that\u2019s one way we can level the playing field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it will take time and effort. We need hiring and promotion decisions to reflect this standard we aspire to see. And it\u2019s the women who do exist in the community that we need to see out front and \u2014 yes \u2014 on stage. We need to make them hard to ignore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I offer a big thank you to Lt. Gen. Karen Gibson of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for agreeing to speak on hybrid warfare, and for Splunk Chief Technical Advisor Juliana Vida and Lockheed Vice President Maria Demaree for taking the time as well. And more important than our conference, credit goes to those institutions for elevating women through the ranks, and to the many others that have done the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because yes, they are out there. And next year, we will work even harder to find more of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not including our own editorial team, we have only three women participating in the Defense News Conference. 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