Evangelina Galvan Shreeve

Chief Diversity Officer and Director of STEM Education, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

2023 C3E Education Award Winner

Evangelina Galvan Shreeve is a seasoned leader with a track record of effectively guiding strategic innovation and cultivating highly engaged teams that consistently deliver results. She is known for her expertise in navigating and influencing policy, facilitating relationships with stakeholders, and building dynamic diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives for organizations.

Shreeve serves as both the Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) and the Director of STEM Education at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). In her work as CDO, she develops and stewards the lab-wide DEIA strategy to simultaneously accomplish the scientific mission of the lab and promote an inclusive workplace culture that advances and celebrates diversity.

Shreeve also guides the development of educational programs and partnerships to strategically create pathways for historically underrepresented groups in STEM fields to build the future diverse STEM workforce for the Department of Energy. One example of her efforts is a pilot program called STEM Ambassadors. Under her leadership, the STEM Ambassadors grew quickly in impact and reputation and now serve as scientific and professional role models, presenting to a myriad of audiences, including students of all ages, community members, staff from the U.S. Congress, the Battelle Board of Directors, and technical sponsors.  

Shreeve’s team annually oversees the engagement of around 1,500 students who participate in PNNL internships that provide hands-on experience and research opportunities to help accelerate the diversity of the future DOE workforce. This segment of the future energy workforce is highly satisfied with their PNNL internships: 99% would recommend a PNNL internship to others, and 73% plan to seek full-time employment at PNNL or another national laboratory in the future.

As a first-generation, bilingual college student, Shreeve earned her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington in Psychology. She continued her education at the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, earning her Master’s degree in Public Administration and Policy.