Leading Business Past Dollars and Cents

Annabel Flores is a passionate supporter of food scarcity programs and STEM pipeline initiatives at RTX. Credits: Photo courtesy of RTX.

Chanelle Schneider | Leaders for Global Operations

Publication Date: August 1, 2023

Annabel Flores ’99, MBA ’03, SM ’03, a Raytheon executive, is an example of what happens when business and personal goals meet to reach people — not just the bottom line.

How does Annabel Flores work to defeat a broken STEM pipeline while solving our country’s biggest aerospace and defense challenges? She uses a voice the MIT Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program instilled in her.

Further emphasizing the program’s value beyond graduation, Flores remarks, “I’m in the same place for them. I never felt competitiveness. Once you strip that one-upness it changes everything, which is the enduring strength of what LGO has built. Watching [alumni] do amazing things makes you want to do amazing things. They shape the art of what’s possible.”

Annabel Flores

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