DST chief scientist Tanya Monro has launched a program designed to get more women into senior STEM positions Fewer than one in four DST employees are women, with significantly lower representation in management and executive roles, according to annual reporting by the Champions of Change Coalition, a global group of 255 chief executive or board level leaders which promotes female leadership DST chief scientist Professor Tanya Monroe is a member of the group and has pledged to take bold action to address the diversity gap through the Navigate program. The program encourages more mid-to-senior STEM career women to join Defence and helps to remove the barriers for those already there. "We've got a target for 40 per cent women, 40 per cent men and 20 per cent of any gender into the program to try and increase the number of women in our organisation," DST assistant director of STEM engagement and inclusion Dr Melanie Farrier said.