After earning her civil engineering degree from Mississippi State University, she embraced the unique opportunity to contribute to sustainable energy production at River Bend, a facility closest to the community she loves.��

“I have been fortunate enough to participate in numerous plant walk-downs, including a walkdown of the upper fuel pool and reactor itself. I am grateful for my experienced coworkers, especially the civil engineers, for generously involving me in their projects,” Noble said. “I have enjoyed performing the calculations and behind-the-scenes actions and then witnessing the execution of the work in the field.”����

Haley credits her mother-in-law, Shanna Noble, who is also a civil engineer, as a significant mentor.����

“She has taught me that in this field, the most important measure of success is not about how well you complete your own challenging work,��but the impact you can have on those around you. She often emphasizes that people never forget how you make them feel when you contribute to their success,” Noble said. “The philosophy of putting others first resonates with me and changes my everyday point of view.”��

Additionally, Noble acknowledges her mother, Cristy Walker, as a crucial influence in her life.����

“My mother has always encouraged me to pursue a challenging career path. She supported me throughout my undergraduate journey, celebrating my successes and guiding me through the difficult times. She continually pushes me to strive for excellence and to never settle for less than my best. I truly would not have made it to where I am today without her support,” Noble said. “Having such remarkable and inspiring women in my life has been an incredible blessing.”��

As an advocate for future engineers, Noble actively participates in organizations like the North American Young Generation in Nuclear and Women in Nuclear. She aims to inspire the next generation of female engineers by sharing her journey and highlighting the fulfilling opportunities within the field.��

“To young women considering a career in engineering, I encourage you to go for it! It takes a lot of perseverance, self-confidence and willpower, but if you have a drive for problem-solving and enjoy developing innovative solutions, engineering can be an incredibly rewarding path where you can make a difference in the world.”��

This Women’s History Month let’s celebrate Haley Noble and all the women supporting the River Bend team and paving the way for future generations.��

In 2016, Parks started her Entergy career as a decontamination technician at New York’s Indian Point ���ϳԹ��� Center, which closed in 2021. But quickly she realized she wanted more. ������

“I knew I didn’t want to stop there,” Parks recalls. “I looked into radiation protection, took the test, earned my quals, and became an RP technician. It’s something I love doing and I’m very passionate about it.”������

Parks’s journey led her to Waterford 3 Steam Electric Station in Kilona, La., where she has spent the past three years expanding her expertise in a fast-paced environment, monitoring contamination and radiation levels while ensuring the safety of the public and plant personnel. “It’s fun to me,” she said. “I feel like you never work a day in your life if you enjoy what you are doing.” ����

Mentorship played a critical role in Park’s development. She credits retired RP Tech��Duane��Miller��as a key figure in her career, as well as��Brittany Scott, a former Arkansas Nuclear One technician who inspired her. “I remember my second planned maintenance and refueling outage, seeing Scott at the desk, confidently explaining nuclear concepts like it was her first language. I told myself, ‘I want that to be me one day.’” ����

Years later Parks found herself in that very position, knowledgeable, respected and helping guide work crews through RP procedures. “I looked back and realized that I had achieved my goal.”��������

Leadership and the power of representation������

Parks isn’t the only woman making strides at Waterford 3. She highlights the impact of��Melody (Mel) Gibson,��RP��manager, as a trailblazer. “Mel started in housekeeping and is now the radiation protection manager. That is major. She came in dominating, bringing new ideas and pushing our program forward.” ����

Beyond her leadership role, Gibson serves as a mentor and advocate. “She pushes you to be the best version of yourself,” Parks said. “She’s paving the way for future women in the industry.” ����

Advice for women and the next generation of female nuclear professionals������

For young women considering careers in STEM and nuclear, Park’s message is clear: never stop learning.������

“Use your resources and learn as much as you can. If you want to get a degree in nuclear, go for it. Find a mentor, that’s one of the biggest things. There are people willing to teach,��and that’s a good thing.”��������

Lisa also encourages women to push past limitations. “When they tell you what you can’t do, show them what you can do.”������

Her final advice to the future generation of female nuclear professionals? “Never limit yourself.”��

Mullen was recently promoted to her new supervisor role from her previous role in training at the site.

Mullen and her team work to oversee the day-to-day operations of radiation protection as well as any emergent issues.

“As a new leader, I am excited to get to know everyone on my team personally,” said Mullen. “Understanding everyone’s strengths and weaknesses will make us a stronger team.”

The teamwork present at Grand Gulf is Mullen’s favorite aspect of working at the site.

“I love how everyone has embraced cross-functional teamwork,” Mullen said. “Everyone works so well together, and it is good to see everyone reaching beyond department lines to achieve a common goal.”

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Remont-Waguespack and her team are responsible for overseeing and ensuring optimal performance for critical systems that are key to River Bend’s safe and efficient operation.

“Since starting at Entergy in June, I have tried to bring a new perspective to projects and problems with a questioning attitude,” said Remont-Waguespack. “I don’t accept things as true until I question enough to understand for myself why we do things a certain way. I believe that having a questioning attitude can improve safety and efficiency at River Bend Station.”

Remont-Waguespack’s journey into the field of engineering was sparked by her interest in math, science and electronics since high school. She combined her passion for understanding how things work and her desire to make a meaningful impact on society to pursue a career in engineering at River Bend.

“Our community uses power every day, so it’s great to not only provide a household necessity but to do so in a safe, reliable way that keeps our environment clean,” Remont-Waguespack said.

Her natural problem-solving ability relates with her career as an engineer.��She leverages her analytical and technical skills to aid in developing innovative solutions that address challenges effectively.

“I enjoy going through equipment history and pinpointing the exact causes of problems at the plant so we can fix them right the first time,” she said. “It’s exciting when all the research and troubleshooting comes together, and you get the answer to a problem.”

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Our engineering team members are essential to making sure our nuclear plants are operating in top shape. Strong leaders help us achieve our goals.

For the first time in Grand Gulf’s history, an all-woman group of managers is leading the engineering team at Grand Gulf. Tori Robinson, design and program engineering manager; Grace Settoon, strategic and systems engineering manager, and Valerie Myers, plant support engineering manager, oversee the engineering team at the station.

We asked each woman how their leadership style translates to the overall success of the team. Read what they said below.

Tori Robinson

As design and programs manager at Grand Gulf, Robinson oversees site project engineering, mechanical and civil, and electrical and Instrumentation and Control groups. Her team supports capital work for the site via modifications, scoping studies, engineering execution plans and stakeholder reviews.����

Robinson has been with the Entergy team for 15 years. Prior to joining Entergy, she was a design engineer with Chicago Bridge & Iron. Robinson started at Grand Gulf as a mechanical and civil design engineer. Since then, she has been the civil design engineering supervisor and the plant design engineering supervisor before moving to her current role, site central design manager. She has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry technology from Alcorn State University and another bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Prairie View A&M.����

Robinson says the number of women in engineering and amongst site leadership has grown significantly since she started her career at Grand Gulf.

“I believe that is due to other leaders valuing a diverse group of individuals to help lead and shape behaviors and performance,” she said.

Robinson advises that the next generation of nuclear professionals should focus on details and hard work will be recognized.

“This is an always learning environment,” she said. “Don’t be afraid to ask for help.”

Robinson is a leader focused on developing future leaders.

��“One of my greatest accomplishments at work is seeing my former individual contributors that I hired move up in the organization and develop into leaders.”

Robinson agrees that our people are the most valuable asset, adding that “I love working with all the talented engineers. They are some of the most creative, dedicated and hard-working individuals that I have ever worked with. They make coming to work exciting, rewarding and fun.”

Robinson defines a successful team as one that produces quality work, offers support to each other, and identifies ways to improve.

“My style is to empower my team to make decisions and to be part of the resolutions of issues,” she said.

Robinson is a member and former vice president of Grand Gulf’s WIN chapter.

“I utilize WIN and volunteering to promote the Entergy nuclear story at every opportunity,” she said.

Outside of work, Robinson enjoys spending time with her family, attending Alcorn State University football games, volunteering with the WIN group and providing community service through her membership in Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Valerie Myers

As the plant support engineering manager, Myers oversees the following groups: plant design engineers, engineering FIN team and component maintenance support engineering. The department is the first responders in the engineering organization to plant issues.

Myers has been with the company for 24 years. She spent three years as a design engineer at Robinson Nuclear plant. After that, she worked 21 years at Indian Point in various positions including design engineer, engineering supervisor, IT manager and in decommissioning. Then Myers spent a year in project engineering at Entergy’s nuclear headquarters before joining the Grand Gulf team. She has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech and a bachelor’s degree in physics from SUNY Plattsburgh.

Myers notes that the industry is changing, with more women working in the industry.

��“When I first started my career, I was the only woman in the engineering department,” she said. “Today at Grand Gulf, the engineering department is 25% women, with all three of the managers being women.”

Myers seeks out “smart, talented and enthusiastic” engineers to work in nuclear, adding “It’s a great career – very challenging, but also very rewarding.”

“The energy of the engineers [at Grand Gulf] is absolutely infectious. Anyone who comes to the engineering floor can feel it,” she said.

Grace Settoon

Settoon oversees the strategic and systems mechanical group, electrical and Instrument and Controls engineering teams and programs engineering groups.

“My groups are intended to be more strategic in nature, meaning they perform system monitoring and trending, long-range planning, and advocate for issues that they detect to prevent failures from occurring,” she said.��

Settoon has been with Entergy for 11 years, starting out at Waterford 3 in design engineering and then becoming the equipment reliability coordinator. Then she worked in the engineering innovation group at Entergy nuclear headquarters. Settoon moved to Grand Gulf as the recovery lead and then took over her current role as strategic and systems engineering manager.

Settoon also notes the changing landscape for women in nuclear.

“I don’t see [the industry] as a male dominated environment,” she said. “At Grand Gulf, my engineering manager peers are both female and there are seven female managers on the site lead team – and they are all amazing supportive women!”

“This is really rare in the industry, but it feels natural at Grand Gulf,” she added.

Settoon says that her favorite accomplishment during her time at Entergy is seeing individuals on her teams grow and develop at the site and take on leadership positions.

According to Settoon, the people at Grand Gulf make her job enjoyable.

“I started coming to Grand Gulf to support recovery efforts in 2020 and I was so inspired by the team here that I decided to take a full-time role at Grand Gulf and I’m so glad I did,” she said.

Settoon says her team is focused on plant reliability, detecting issues and taking action to resolve them.

“My team has exhibited extreme ownership in monitoring and trending of their systems,” she said. “The team has identified multiple low-level trends in systems that they elevated and ensured were corrected prior to failure – keeping the systems reliable for continued plant operations.”��

Settoon’s team ensures safe and reliable operations by identifying low-level trends and taking action to resolve.����

“We are doing our job well!” she stated.��

��Settoon’s leadership style is to set the end goal and empower her team to achieve it.

“This is intended to give them the freedom to come up with and implement solutions with the end goal in sight and develop them in the process,” she said.

Settoon takes an active role in telling the nuclear story by participating in Women in Nuclear activities and through various volunteer efforts.

As leaders, Robinson, Myers and Grace Settoon see the value of strong teamwork.

“A successful team is one that works well together and challenges each other,” Myers said. “We look to detect equipment issues prior to them finding us. We look for solutions to tough technical issues. My style is to make sure that the team is organized and for me to be a facilitative leader.”

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Binnings and her team are responsible for supporting the station’s troubleshooting and resolving emergent electrical issues.

Her passion for engineering and STEM extends to her role as the Women in Nuclear chapter president at Waterford 3, with the goal of encouraging more women to pursue a STEM career in the nuclear industry.

Binnings’ love for the field of engineering was sparked by her grandfather who always spoke highly of engineers, inspiring her to challenge herself by pursuing a career in engineering. She earned her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with a math minor from the University of New Orleans.

Prior to her current role, Binnings was a member of the component maintenance support group, supporting site and fleet motor, cable and breaker issues. She joined Entergy in 2017 as a member of a team that ensured the reliability of critical equipment components, thereby ensuring a reliable operating cycle. Binnings is the utility chair for the Electric Power Research Institute circuit breaker user group and hopes to improve industry breaker maintenance practices and reliability with her role.

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Lamb works with operations and maintenance to monitor and maintain systems at the site, including the large power transformers, voltage distribution, batteries and inverters for Unit 2 to ensure reliable operation for the life of the plant.

“I love ANO because the people make it a great place to work, from the comradery built through working outages together to the friendships made at work, which are also friendships outside of work,” said Lamb.

Her drive and motivation to stay safe at work and provide clean, carbon-free energy is because of the people she loves in her community.

“My boyfriend and my family are why I work to help the plant maintain reliable and safe operation everyday to keep the surrounding area safe where my boyfriend lives and provide reliable power across the state—including southwest Arkansas where my family lives,” Lamb said.

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When Kenyon Webber, Entergy senior lead nuclear engineer, moved to the Greater New Orleans area, she wanted to continue her involvement with STEM-related programs and organizations. Webber initially worked with STEM NOLA, but more recently became involved with FIRST Robotics competitions, Girl Scouts of Louisiana, Girls in STEM at Tulane and STEM Goes Red with the American Heart Association. She also a board member with STEM Library Lab and the 1881 Institute.

For her outstanding leadership in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math across New Orleans, Webber has been selected by the American Heart Association and Entergy as one of six 2024 “Women in STEM” honorees.

“This honor means so much to me because it aligns with my personal values, and the STEM Goes Red program has allowed me the opportunity to reach so many young ladies that may not have otherwise been introduced to STEM programs,” Webber said. “STEM GOES RED gives them hands-on experiences and the opportunity for me to encourage the young ladies to pursue majors that may be outside their comfort zone.”

Webber says underrepresentation by females in engineering is a motivator for her involvement in these programs. It allows her to show young women that there are females advocating in the industry and to spark their interest in STEM careers.

“It is also important to introduce them to the many aspects of engineering available to them and to help them understand their own capabilities,” she said.

Webber will be recognized at the 2024 Go Red for Women Luncheon on Friday, March 1 with the other honorees.

“We are incredibly thankful for the work that Kenyon Webber has done to advance STEM in our community. She is the true definition of ‘Girl Power’, and we look forward to recognizing her at our luncheon,” said Jodi Williams, development director for the American Heart Association in Greater New Orleans. “The American Heart Association and Entergy are dedicated to fostering the next generation of female STEM leaders. We believe we must continue to invest in STEM with the knowledge that improvements can always be made, and transformative information can always be uncovered.”

“We are empowering young girls to take a seat at the table and dedicate their minds to advancing the STEM fields,” she continued. “We acknowledge the journey our honorees have taken to become a STEM leader and are excited to be honoring them this year.”

The American Heart Association, a global force for healthier lives for all, is working to close the gender gap in STEM careers. The goal is to deepen the pipeline of women entering STEM careers by exposing middle to high school age girls, but also all students, to the innovative strides women are making in fields like health care and engineering.

Dress for Success New Orleans is one of 140 affiliates with the mission of empowering women. They offer several programs that impact local women, including a suiting program, where clients can receive professional interview attire. DFSNO also sponsors an employment retention program, workshops to help women embrace technology, mentoring programs and assistance with resumés, cover letters and interview skills.

The mission of Dress for Success is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.

When women succeed, societies succeed.

The Dress for Success vision is a world where women do not live in poverty, are treated with dignity and respect, and are strengthening their families and shaping their communities.��Our employees are proud to volunteer with this organization to enhance our communities, and we were pleased to��recently host DFSNO clients to a night at the theater as part of Broadway in New Orleans presented by Entergy (photo below).�� ��

Learn more about DFSNO at .

We’re one of 66 corporations to and one of the companies honored in the chemicals, energy and utilities sectors. In a , WBENC said, “these corporations are impacting the next generation of women-owned businesses to ensure sustainability of future supply and their business models, such as investing in advanced education and/or mentoring by industry executives.”

Kya Moller, senior manager, supplier diversity and sustainability, accepted the award on Entergy’s behalf earlier this week at an event during the 2023 WBENC national conference in Nashville, Tennessee.