Collins Aerospace, Transamerica honored in EPIC Corporate Challenge
Eastern Iowa companies Transamerica and Collins Aerospace will be recognized at the EPIC Annual Awards Celebration later this month with the Most Innovative Initiative Award for their work in advancing women leaders in the state of Iowa. The award was earned for work completed this past year and for taking part in the EPIC Corporate Challenge. Transamerica’s Women’s Impact Network (TWIN) Steering Committee Team spearheaded a panel discussion, open to all Cedar Rapids employees, alongside 10 members of Transamerica’s Management Board (AMB) all of whom are based outside of Iowa. Collins Aerospace began an Introduce a Girl to Engineering initiative in conjunction with the annual internationally recognized Engineers Week each February. In 2018, this event hosted 680 female middle school students at 13 company locations with 300 employee volunteers. The EPIC Corporate Challenge was launched in March 2016 as a public-private partnership to encourage Iowa companies to formally commit to add and retain women at all levels of business.