Nancy Lilly

Nancy has significant RF experience working in a variety of engineering capacities. Before launching JEM Engineering in 2001, Nancy was a manufacturing engineer for both Wang and Scope Laboratories of Northern VA. She has more than 10 years of experience in antenna and RF applications and system design. She also has experience in quality engineering. Previously, she was quality assurance manager for Racal Avionics of Silver Spring, MD and a quality engineer for Arbitron of Columbia, MD. More recently Nancy was an examiner for the 2004 U.S. Senate Productivity & Maryland Quality Award for The University of Maryland Center for Quality & Productivity.

For several years, Nancy served as a quality manufacturing engineering consultant. This allowed her to be at home with her children, Julia, Elizabeth and Margaret (JEM), after whom the business is named. Along with the company’s chief engineer—who also happens to be Nancy’s husband—they manage all of the engineering, product development and R&D activities at JEM. Nancy is also responsible for the company’s certification process, special clearance applications and all strategic and tactical marketing functions.

As Chief Executive Officer and President of JEM, Nancy has received numerous awards, including the National Association of Professional and Executive Women’s “Woman of the Year Award” for her contributions to antenna design and manufacturing. In 2006, Nancy was selected among Maryland’s “Top 100 Minority Business Enterprise“Awardees.

Nancy holds Bachelor of Science degrees in both chemistry and industrial engineering from the University of Puerto Rico and Polytechnic University, respectively. She also holds a Master’s in Engineering Administration from George Washington University.