Carl Bernard Mack was born in Jackson, Miss., and is a graduate of Mississippi State University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering. In 2006, the university named him a Distinguished Engineering Fellow. After moving to the Seattle, Wash., area in 1987, Mack worked as an engineer with METRO – King County for 18 years and coordinated the county’s award-winning Minority Engineering Internship Program. From 2003 through 2004, he also served as president of the Seattle King County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). During his tenure, the branch grew from600 to 2,000 members and won the 2004 Class 1-A Thalheimer Award as the top branch in the country. Because of his significant contributions in the arena of civil rights, Carl was listed as one of the25 Most Influential people in the greater Seattle area. Upon his announcement to leave the greater Seattle area, both the City of Seattle and the King County government named February 12, 2005, Carl B. Mack Day. |
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On March 1, 2005, Mack began a new chapter of his life as the fourth executive director of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), one of the nation’s largest student-governed organizations. Again, his presence was immediately felt. In each of his first three years at NSBE, the organization has set records for membership, reaching 31,118 members in 2008, up from its previous high of 12,842 before Mack’s arrival. He also has been instrumental in increasing NSBE’s financial resources to record highs: expanding the organization’s cash reserves from $3.5 million to $9.0 million and securing a largest-ever grant of $1 million from a NSBE sponsor, among other highlights. His extraordinary leadership has led to an increase in visibility for the organization with several appearances on CNN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight; Good Morning America and recognition in the May 2008 edition of Ebony magazine as one of the Top 150Black Leaders in America. Mack has led the expansion of NSBE’s Pre-College Initiative Program to the elementary school level by founding the Summer Engineering Experience for Kids (SEEK) Academy.SEEK is designed to expose African-American youth to science, technology, engineering and math early and constant, and it has seen tremendous growth, from250 children to nearly 700 in its first two years. Mack resides in Fort Washington, Md., with his sons, Joshua and Jonathan, and his wife, Jamiyo, a chemical engineer whom he met at NSBE’s 2000 Annual National Convention. |