Malika Hobbs

Malika Hobbs -- DOE Program Manager for the

Dr. Samuel P. Massie Chairs of Excellence Program

Mrs. Hobbs is currently the Program Manager for the $90 million Minority Serving Institutions Program at the National Nuclear Security Administration. She is also the Program Manager for the Dr. Samuel P. Massie Chairs of Excellence Program which is a $28 million program involving fifteen Historically Black Colleges and Universities and one Hispanic Serving Institution that produce cutting cutting-edge research and graduate more that 30% of the minority engineers in the U.S. Mrs. Hobbs has over 35 years of extensive contracting and administrative experience in the public and private sector. Just to name a few examples of her former positions: a Chinese translator for the Army Material Command, Contracting Officer with the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Acting Director of the DOE’s Office of Environmental Management’s (EM) Office of Acquisition, certified environmental manager by George Washington University and much more. Under Mrs. Hobbs leadership, NNSA has been named as one of the top 10 supporters of HBCUs for the past three years. While serving as the EM’s Program’s Small Business Representative, she received several awards for increasing the number of EM’s small business contracts.

Mrs. Hobbs is a Council of Excellence in Government Future Leaders Fellow. She and her team received the Vice President Gore’s Hammer Award for outstanding leadership for contributing to building a government that works better and costs less. She also participates on several intergovernmental and corporate committees. She currently serves as the Finance Chairperson of the Advancing Minorities Interest in Engineering (AMIE) Organization which are Fortune 100 and 500 corporations in partnership with 9 HBCUs. She recently received the 2010 Women of Color Education Award. In 2007 Mrs. Hobbs was awarded the Humanitarian Award from the National Conference of Black Engineers – Washington, D.C. Chapter. In 2006 at the Black Engineer of the Year Awards conference, Mrs. Hobbs was recognized for her continued support of minority students in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. She has received several nominations for Outstanding Woman of the Year and the National Register’s WHO’S WHO In Executives and Professionals.

( Updated 07/04/2011 )