Karey Malyszko
Karey Malyszko is vice president of Plant Operations at Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries. Named to this position in 2022, she is responsible for waterfront support services, facilities, environmental health and safety (EH&S) and security operations across the shipyard’s 550-acre campus.
Since joining NNS in 2004 as a structural engineer in theGerald R. Ford(CVN 78) program, Malyszko has served in various positions of increasing responsibility in Nuclear Propulsion-Construction and Process Engineering, Nuclear Propulsion Test Engineering, Radiological Controls, and the company’s Emergency Response Organization. She has experience with radiological work on every program and across the shipyard, and leads with a strong focus on continuous learning and process improvement.
Malyszko graduated from Virginia Tech with an engineering science and mechanics degree and also holds a master’s degree in engineering management from Old Dominion University. She is committed to workforce and leadership development and serves as a mentor to current and future leaders at NNS. In the community, Malyszko is a strong advocate for women and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programs. She is a founding member of Girls with Engineering Minds in Shipbuilding (GEMS), a collaboration between local schools and NNS leaders committed to the future, and serves on the board for Old Dominion University’s Women’s Initiative Network.
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Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the nation’s sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two shipyards capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines. NNS also provides fleet services for naval ships and recently expanded its nuclear and manufacturing expertise into Department of Energy and alternative energy business ventures. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, the shipyard’s vast facilities span more than 550 acres along two miles of waterfront on the historic James River. It is the largest industrial employer in Virginia, employing more than 25,000 people, many of whom are third and fourth generation shipbuilders. For more information, please visitwww.walledoff.com.