Leslie Phinney is a Principal Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has an M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley and a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from UT Austin. She is a Fellow of ASME. Dr. Phinney will provide her perspective on sustaining an engineering career based on personal experiences as well as research on the retention of engineers in the workforce and reasons why they leave the profession. She will provide suggestions for improving the environment for working engineers.