List SWE leadership positions you have held and describe your contributions. (Include section, regional and national leadership positions:
Section President 09-10: responsible for all section activities, 19 officers/chairs, 250+ members; Section VP Corporate 08-09: responsible for generating ~$40,000 in funding for various section activities; Region C SWEFL, Summer 2008; SWE Representative to the Student Engineering Counsel 07-08: voice of SWE to the rest of the engineering school.
List other leadership positions you have held and describe your contributions:
FY09 President/Chair, Roden Leadership Program (21 select engineering students who strive to make a positive impact in the world by developing leadership within themselves and inspiring leadership in others): Lead various new initiatives that would benefit the campus and community, examples --- • Organized new workshop series introducing freshmen engineering students to strategies for gaining internships, succeeding in college classes, seeking undergraduate research opportunities, etc. • Oversaw the first campus-wide interdisciplinary case-study competition
What would you bring to the position of RCR, RCNE or RCS?
I plan on bringing a fiery passion for SWE, fresh new ideas and perspective, and the collegiate voice to the society's strategic plans as RCS.
Why do you want to be an RCR/RCCE/RCS?
After being a Region C SWEFL and hearing the leadership opportunities available in SWE beyond the section level, I knew I wanted to become more involved in SWE. This past year I have had the opportunity to implement major, positive changes to my section as the section president; and, I would like to spend next year, my senior year, positively impacting the society at a regional/national scale. I feel my experience in strategic planning at the section level and in previous internships could be best utilized in a senator position - and thus, being RCS would be the best way I could give back to the organization that has already given me so much. I am not afraid of talking and would really like to help find solutions in order to bring SWE closer to acheiving society goals.
What does SWE mean to you?
SWE is my life: it's networking with female engineers in industry and learning from their stories; it's sitting in the section SWE office and being that glimmer of hope to that freshman engineering girl that doesn't think she can survive the curriculum as you tell her that you believe in her; it's being able to organize and participate in leadership retreats, networking nights, general section meetings, conferences, etc; it's loosing sleep knowing that as the section's president you have a lot of people looking up to you and the ability to make positive change; it's putting on outreach programs and encouraging girls to become engineers; it's coming back from the Annual Society Conference with awards galore; it's changing the world and standing up for gender equality...My life is definately SWEet.
How many SWE conferences have you attended?
Region: 2 / Annual: 3
What are your interests outside of SWE?
In addition to SWE/classes/undergraduate research and "typical engineering interests" --- I am a freelance writer and enjoy cooking, good books, art, fashion, etc.
