PANELS

Wednesday 10:00am-12:00pm Changing Careers: What Can I Do With An Engineering Degree
1:30pm-3:30pm Opportunities for Entrepreneurs (Executive Panel)
Thursday 12:30pm-2:20pm SWE Women In Government
1:00pm-3:00pm Working Globally: How To Succeed
2:30pm-4:30pm SWE Women In Academia
3:30pm-5:30pm What Does It Take To Get To The Top? (Executive Panel)
Friday 1:00pm-3:00pm Diversity - Management's Role in Implementing Change (Executive Panel)
3:00pm-5:00pm Volunteerism - How Can It Help Your Career?
Saturday 1:00pm-3:00pm Balancing Work and Family
3:00pm-4:30pm Women's Health Issues

For information on panels, contact the Houston Convention Team.

Changing Careers: What Can I Do With An Engineering Degree
Wednesday, 10:00am–12:00pm

Women who have used their engineering degrees as a springboard to other careers (with or without advanced degrees) will discuss how their engineering degrees have been beneficial.

  • Dr. Hillary Adams, General Medicine Practioner in private practice
  • Beverlee Steinberg, Patent Attorney, Shell Oil Company
  • Wanda Callahan, Business Transformation Consultant, Shell Oil Company
  • Cynthia Toliver, Author
  • Nancy Robinson, RAS Product Marketing Manager, Texas Instruments

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    Opportunities for Entrepreneurs (Executive Panel)
    Wednesday, 1:30pm-3:30pm

    How do I get started? Four successful women business owners can point you in the right direction.

  • Nathylene Kennedy, Nathylene Kennedy & Associates
  • Heida Thurlow, Chantal Cookware
  • Sheryl Prucka, Prucka Engineering
  • Christina Hunt, Hunt Economic Solutions

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    SWE Women In Government
    Thursday, 12:30pm-2:20pm

    How support service contractors interact with the federal government is the topic of this panel featuring two women contractors.

  • Cathy Roberts, Computer Programmer, Sterling Software, Inc.
  • Annette Rodriquez, Program Manager, Quantum Services, Inc.

    • Organized by Robin Orans, Chair, Women in Government Committee
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    Working Globally: How To Succeed
    Thursday, 1:00pm-3:00pm

    Don't miss this discussion for tips on how to be successful when working globally. Panelists represent a diverse international experience.

  • Rhonda Hill, Director, Reliability and Best Practices, Texaco International Marketing and Manufacturing
  • Eunice Heath, Ethocel Marketing Manager, The Dow Chemical Company
  • Kathleen Eisel, DuPont/Conoco
  • Matt Prucka, President, Prucka Engineering
  • Diane McGraw, Organizational Effectiveness Consultant, Motorola

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    SWE Women In Academia
    Thursday, 2:30pm-4:30pm

  • Susan Lantz, PhD, Chair, Women in Academia Committee

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    What Does It Take To Get To The Top? (Executive Panel)
    Thursday, 3:30pm-5:30pm

    Successful corporate executives discuss how they broke the glass ceiling.

  • Helen Pattison,, General Manager of Offshore Engineering, Texaco
  • Carolyn Huntoon, Former Director, Johnson Space Center, NASA
  • Donna Van Fleet, Vice President of Development for IBM's Network Computer Offering
  • Julie England, Vice President, Worldwide ASP/Computer & Imaging Systems, Texas Instruments
  • Ellen J. Kullman, Vice President & General Manager, White Pigment & Mineral Products (WP&MP), DuPont/Conoco

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    Diversity - Management's Role in Implementing Change (Executive Panel)
    Friday, 1:00pm-3:00pm

    Executives and Diversity Managers from top companies discuss the objectives and progress of their diversity programs.

  • Enrique Sosa, Executive Vice President, Amoco Chemicals
  • Pat Richards, Manager, Minority and Women Business Development, Texaco, Inc.
  • Janice Dupuy, Vice President, Workforce Diversity, Enron
  • Deborah Grubbe, Director of Operations, DuPont Photopolymers and Electronic Materials
  • Julie Anderson, Consumer Marketing Manager, Hewlett Packard

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    Volunteerism - How Can It Help Your Career?
    Friday, 3:00pm-5:00pm

    Join us to discuss this timely topic and learn how to leverage your volunteer activities.

  • Jill Tietjen, SWE Fellow, University of Colorado-Boulder
  • Marilyn Wilson, Former Gulf Coast Section Chair, Society of Petroleum Engineers
  • Linda Sheed, Executive Director, Galveston Bay Foundation

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    Balancing Work and Family
    Saturday, 1:00–4:30pm

    This is not an ordinary balancing work and family discussion. Come and find out what extraordinary things these women have to share.

  • Jane Shindewolf, 1997 Working Woman's Mother of the Year, DuPont
  • Faith Wohl, Family Friendly Benefits Advocate and President, Child Care Action Campaign of New York
  • Charlene Dykman, Professor, University of Houston

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    Women's Health Issues
    Saturday, 1:00–4:30pm

  • Sherry Grenader, World Gym
  • Cheryl Alston, MD
  • Lori Valencic, MED, RD, LD

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