Paula Lampley is the Program Director of the Office of Inclusive Excellence and Community Engagement at the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science. A native Cincinnatian, she earned a Bachelor of Science from Wilberforce in Mathematics and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dayton. While pursuing her degree in engineering, Paula worked at Procter & Gamble and later at General Motors, where she began her career as an engineer. In pursuit of her passion for justice, Paula received her law degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Law. She worked at the law firm of Benesch Friedlander, Coplan and Aronoff as a trial lawyer and later worked as a healthcare attorney at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield.

Paula is passionate about supporting women engineering students and recruiting the next generation of engineers, and also enjoys speaking with students about the intersection of law and technology.