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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Empowering the next generation: ANS’s newest book focuses on careers in nuclear energy
A new career guide for the nuclear energy industry is now available: The Nuclear Empowered Workforce by Earnestine Johnson. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience across 16 nuclear facilities, Johnson offers a practical, insightful look into some of the many career paths available in commercial nuclear power. To mark the release, Johnson sat down with Nuclear News for a wide-ranging conversation about her career, her motivation for writing the book, and her advice for the next generation of nuclear professionals.
When Johnson began her career at engineering services company Stone & Webster, she entered a field still reeling from the effects of the Three Mile Island incident in 1979, nearly 15 years earlier. Her hiring cohort was the first group of new engineering graduates the company had brought on since TMI, a reflection of the industry-wide pause in nuclear construction. Her first long-term assignment—at the Millstone site in Waterford, Conn., helping resolve design issues stemming from TMI—marked the beginning of a long and varied career that spanned positions across the country.
2025 CONTE Virtual Meeting Plenary Session Speaker
Rosa is Director of Members Services and Veteran Programming for the Center for Energy Workforce Development. She has been with CEWD for over 10 years and serves as advisor and lead consultant for the Northeast, MidAtlantic, South and Southeast Regions of the country. She provides coaching to companies and consortia on strategy and workforce development solutions. She also leads the Troops to Energy Jobs initiatives as well as managing the Contractor Community of Practice.
Before CEWD, Rosa worked at a Fortune 500 company as a Human Resources leader where she led major initiatives in organization development, change management, talent acquisition/ management, strategic staffing, and training. She has over 20 years in workforce and leadership development, performance management, career planning, and succession planning. She has also served as an adjunct instructor for Executive and Professional Education at Rutgers University, in New Jersey.
Rosa holds a Masters in Organization Development/ Human Resource Management from American University and a Bachelor in Human Resource Management from Upsala College.
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