Gina Bronkie Hammond, MS '73

Gina Bronkie Hammond, MS '73, is recently retired from full-time work after nearly 40 years of progressively challenging positions within the computer science field.

While at CSC (formerly Computer Sciences Corporation) Hammond served as a director and vice president, managing sophisticated contracts employing hundreds of employees. Her work spanned many different areas of governmental contracting in both civilian and defense divisions.

Hammond worked in the Washington D.C. area for more than 25 years, at CSC and a series of other companies that were purchased successively by one another, including DynCorp, Cincinnati Bell Information Systems and Vanguard Technologies. Most recently she has been spending her time responding to requests for proposals on behalf of the Army business group, and is on call for CSC as needed.

She is a native of Williamsville, N.Y., and attended Vassar College, from which she graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1970. Honored with a National Science Traineeship, she enrolled in UB and was one of the first women to be awarded a master of science degree in computer science. She also holds professional certifications in executive leadership from Cornell University and as a project management professional.

Firsts are not unusual for Hammond. She was the first female elected warden of Calvary Episcopal Church in Williamsville, the first female trustee of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, the first female vice president at Vanguard Technology and, more recently, the first female recipient of the Dean's Award (2009) from the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Long active in charitable work, Hammond has volunteered thousands of hours, primarily to her alma maters and her church. An active philanthropist, she has generously given to UB, Vassar College, the Episcopal Church and many others. Notably, she was the first to make a major gift to the new engineering building on the North Campus.