Two employees of GlobalFoundries, Senior Director of Central Facilities Jennifer Robbins and Senior Integration Engineer Katelyn Harrison, were honored April 18 in Washington, D.C., by the Manufacturing Institute, the workforce development and education affiliate of the National Association of Manufacturers. Robbins was recognized as a 2024 Women MAKE Awards honoree, while Harrison was honored as an Emerging Leader.
The MAKE Awards honor women at all levels of the manufacturing industry — from the factory floor to the C-suite — who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and excellence in their careers.
“I am thrilled to congratulate Jenny and Katelyn on their Women MAKE Awards. They are both remarkable and innovative leaders who consistently make a positive impact at GlobalFoundries,” said Ken McAvey, vice president and general manager of the company's Fab 9 site in Essex Junction. “Jenny’s unwavering dedication to her employees, team, community and business outcomes, and Katelyn’s innate talent for communication and collaboration across a diverse range of colleagues and stakeholders, are the driving forces behind their success.”
For over two decades, Robbins has been an influential leader at GF. In 2023, she made a successful transition from a manufacturing leadership role to a global facilities role, where she built a new central facilities engineering team.
Harrison, in her relatively short time at GF, has demonstrated exceptional leadership, overseeing four different unit operations and spearheading complex projects with cross-functional teams. Recently, she assumed a leadership role as a senior engineer in semiconductor manufacturing process integration engineering.