SWE National Conference

Thinking about getting on the Six Sigma bandwagon but want to know how Six Sigma is benefiting other companies? This workshop will highlight how Six Sigma is working for DuPont. Success stories will be used to illustrate the concepts, tools, and challenges surrounding Six Sigma. DuPont's journey will be told by experienced panelists representing the various roles. Learn how DuPont is using this powerful methodology to achieve greater customer satisfaction and profitability, and maintain a competitive edge.

Speakers: Janet Ludert has worked with DuPont for three years and is currently a Black Belt at the LaPorte, Texas, manufacturing facility outside of Houston. Janet was in the charter Black Belt group in the Fluoroproducts business. In her role as a Black Belt, she takes advantage of statistical tools to focus on defect elimination and process improvements. In addition, she has been involved in training and development of Green Belts at her plant. Janet has achieved certification and holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia. She is active in the DuPont Women's Network.

Naomi Crockett Carter is a Six Sigma Black Belt in the Nylon business at the Sabine River Works plant located in Orange, Texas. She has worked with DuPont for ten years in various roles prior to her current assignment including process engineer, business area specialist, and Area Superintendent. She was in the charter Black Belt group for DuPont's Nylon business and has obtained certification. Naomi received her degree in Chemical Engineering from Lamar University. Naomi is also a member of the Spindletop Section of SWE and presently serves as the membership chairperson.

Joanne Smith is currently the Six Sigma Champion for the Global Services Business. Her career with DuPont spans 20 years. She spent most of the 1980's in various manufacturing management roles and through much of the 1990's in various business assignments including Fluorochemicals Product Manager and Alternative Energy New Business Development Manager. She also had assignments as the Fluoroproducts Global Safety, Health, & Environmental Manager and as a DuPont Engineering Technology Consulting Manager. Joanne received her Chemical Engineering degree from Drexel University.

MS in Engineering or MBA - Why Not Both?

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Convention Center Room C104
Conference Track: The Technological Odyssey

Speaker: Don Rosenfield, MIT

MIT's Leaders for Manufacturing Program develops a new kind of leader who is "bilingual" in engineering and management. Students participate in seminars, plant tours, and a 6.5 month internship leading to a thesis. Graduates receive an MBA and an MS in engineering and become part of a global community of industry leaders and change events.

Speaker: Donald Rosenfield is a Senior Lecturer at the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management, and is Director of the Leaders for Manufacturing Fellows Program (a dual degree Master's program sponsored by leading U.S. corporations). He has also served on the faculties of Harvard Business School, the State University of New York, and Boston University and the staff of Arthur D. Little, Inc. Dr. Rosenfield focuses on the areas of manufacturing strategy and supply chain management.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27

Mentoring and Today's Woman

8:00 am - 9:00 am
Convention Center Room C109
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Speaker: Susan O'Connell, Lockheed Martin

The Glass Ceiling Report stated that for a woman to succeed beyond mid-level management in today's business environment, she must have a significant, highly-placed mentor. If this is so, how do you go about getting one? What makes a good mentor? What are your responsibilities as a mentee? Explore these questions and discover the possibilities of mentoring in this workshop.

Speaker: Susan O'Connell, Lockheed Martin Space Systems is a Corporate Manager of Systems Engineering. For 24 years she has developed and managed programs for NASA and DOD. She is a recipient of the International Women's Forum Fellowship. As one of 12 international fellows, she is participating in executive leadership symposiums at Harvard, Isreal, and England's Cambridge Universities. As part of the Fellowship, Susan will develop and implement a technology-based program for the Colorado Women's Forum as well as a mentoring program for senior women in astronautics at Lockheed. Susan is also a member of Wise Women , an organization of Colorado corporate CEOs and senior executives that supports the advancement of women in the corporate enterprise.

Recruitment and Retention

8:00 am - 10:00 am
Convention Center Room C105
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Speaker: Catherine Hatfield

This session will address the following questions: Why aren't more women in the lucrative and growing fields of high tech? Why aren't young women pursuing engineering careers? Join the Women's Foundation of Colorado in an interactive dialogue exploring the issues of recruitment and retention of women in the high tech industry. Discover the key findings of our year-long study of women in the high tech industry in Colorado, and the results of our study: "Cyberpink: Are Software Companies Selling Girls Short?"

Speaker: Catherine Hatfield is the Programs Director for The Women's Foundation of Colorado, a public, statewide foundation dedicated to the economic progress of women and girls throughout the state. By removing barriers to the economic advancement of women and girls statewide, the Women's Foundation is a catalyst for social change. As Programs Director of the Foundation, Catherine directs the Women's Foundation's grant making, initiatives and community outreach work. She also oversees the commissioning, publication and distribution of the Foundation's studies, and works one-on-one with grantees, community organizations, legislators, corporate leaders, and others active on behalf of women and girls. Catherine most recently was a senior manager in the Human Resources Department at StorageTek, a high tech company based in Colorado. She served as an Executive on loan to the University of Colorado Minority Engineering Program. She was the assistant director of the Adult Learning Source, a non-profit adult education program in Denver, and a teacher and program director in the Jefferson County Public Schools in the English as a Second Language and Gifted and Talented Programs. While living in Tanzania, East Africa, Cathy worked in education and community development. Cathy has served on many local boards and taskforces in education and social concerns. She is an Influence of Denver leadership graduate. She has received awards from the US Department of Labor Region 8 and the Colorado Association for Continuing Adult Education. She earned a Bachelor's degree with a double major in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a master's degree in Education with a cognate in International Relations from the University of Denver.

Cashing In on Great Ideas

8:00 am - 11:45 am
Convention Center Room C101
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Speaker: Alan Tratner, President, Inventors Workshop International

Have you read about other people who came up with a great idea for an everyday product, developed it and made millions? Whether you already have a concept for a new product or want to learn how to stimulate your creativity, this informative, fun workshop is for you! Award-winning designer and inventor Alan Tratner will help you ignite your creative spark, overcome obstacles to success and get your ideas to market. He'll cover: brainstorming techniques for coming up with salable ideas; researching market potential; financing your ideas; licensing; patents, trademarks, and copyrights; bootstrap promotion techniques to successfully launch your product; dos and don'ts of selling new ideas; and much more.

Speaker: Alan Tratner is President of Inventors Workshop International Education Foundation. An award-winning industrial and product designer and inventor with eight patents, he's appeared on Oprah and been featured in Entrepreneur magazine. See website: www.inventorsworkshop.org.

How to Survive a Technical Interview

10:00 am - 11:00 am
Convention Center Room C104
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Presented by Microsoft

Have you ever asked yourself what is a technical interview? How does it differ from a regular interview? What types of questions get asked? Does this mean that you have to take a test during the interview? If you've ever asked yourself any of these questions, this is the workshop for you! During this workshop we will discuss technical interviews, what you should expect and how to prepare for them. There will be examples given and time will be set aside for an interactive discussion of experiences. Everyone that attends this workshop should leave feeling more prepared for their next technical interview!

Speaker: Chesca Ward, Diversity Recruiting Specialist, is responsible for hiring technical students into full-time and internship positions across the Product Development, Product Support and Technical Product Sales teams at Microsoft. This is her fourth year on Microsoft's College recruiting team. Chesca has a BA in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to college recruiting, she helps with Penn's undergraduate admissions interviews in her spare time.

With Courage, Your Passion Cannot Be Doused

10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Convention Center Room C109
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Speaker: Sandra Walston

Uncertainty is an inevitable condition throughout life. While we would like to get up each day to face this perpetual unknown with courage, all too often we feel discouraged. Discouragement saps our energy and resolve. Maybe that's why the Roman philosopher Seneca wrote, "Sometimes even to live is an act of courage." This program is based on the award-winning book, COURAGE: The Heart and Spirit of Every Woman. Author Sandra Ford Walston distinguishes key actions between those who embrace their natural virtue of courage and those who repress it. Both genders are invited to learn how to integrate courage into their professional and personal lives.

Speaker: Sandra Ford Walston is a national speaker, seminar leader, author, and executive/ courage coach. Her award-winning book, COURAGE: The Heart and Spirit of Every Woman, is a collection of true stories and inspirational wisdom, and documents the distinctions between those who embrace their natural virtue of courage and those who repress it. Sandra is the author of numerous articles such as Hello Saturn, Hello Neptune: Communicating with People from Another Planet and Distinguishing Communication Across Six Generations. She has worked with a variety of major organizations, including Eastman Kodak, the FBI, and General Electric. She is qualified to administer the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the Enneagram.

Integrative MS in Engineering and Business

1:45 pm - 2:45 pm
Convention Center Room C106
Conference Track: The Future of Knowledge Transfer

Speaker: Dennis Mahoney, MIT

MIT's System Design and Management Program is its first distance-learning degree-granting program. Students in this 24-month graduate level program participate in video-conference and web-based curriculum, on-campus "business trips," an international plant tour, and research leading to a thesis. Graduates receive an MS in Engineering and Management and become part of a lifelong learning community.

Speaker: Dennis Mahoney, PE is Director of Fellows, MIT System Design and Management Program. He completed a 30-year career in the US Navy with engineering assignments in Destroyers, Shipyards and Navy Headquarters, serving as the first Program Manager for the 21st Century Surface Combatant (DD21). He has held faculty positions at MIT and the Naval Postgraduate School. He received a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering from Iowa State, both the MS Nuclear Engineering and Ocean Engineering degrees from MIT, and completed the Program for Executives at Carnegie Mellon. A member of Tau Beta Pi, SNAME and ASNE, he is a registered professional engineer in Washington.

How to Start and Run Your Own Business

1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Convention Center Room C107
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Presented by Small Business Administration

Speakers: Irv Ruppel has been a business planner for over 30 years, specializing in small and medium size businesses. He has dealt with over 300 business clients in matters including startup, financing, legal structure, cash flow, marketing, expansion, and promotion. He has served on many business boards and in advisory positions. His experience allows him to effectively explain the challenges and rewards of being a business owner. Irv is currently chairperson for Chapter 62 of the Counselors to America's Small Business (SCORE) in the Denver area.

Bob Douthitt, SCORE, currently owns his own training and consulting business through which he helps people and organizations maximize their leadership potential. He specializes in leadership and team building training and provides personal business coaching. Bob is on the Business Advisory Board for Denver Technology College and is an adjunct faculty for two international training centers. He is an Accredited Counselor and past Vice-Chair for programs for the Denver SCORE Chapter. Bob is currently serving as the Director of Training where he teaches basic business planning and start-up skills in the SCORE workshops.

What's a Medical Device?

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Convention Center Room C210
Conference Track: The Future of Exploration

Speakers: Kathy Scott and Team, Ethicon

Engineers, doctors, suppliers, marketing, sales and regulatory all play vital roles in designing and developing a medical device. Workshop participants will be assigned roles and work on teams to develop a mock medical device in a team environment. Learn about the different jobs engineers perform in R&D within the medical device industry.

Speakers: Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc., a Johnson & Johnson Company, is a world leader in the manufacture of surgical instruments used for minimally invasive surgery. Our relationships with surgeons around the world have been instrumental in the design and development of new surgical procedures as well as new products. At the Endo Surgery Institute, our education facility, thousands of surgeons and other medical professionals receive training on the latest surgical procedures. Ethicon Endo-Surgery is proud to be a company whose products are "transforming patient care through innovation."

The following Ethicon Endo-Surgery employees will be presenting this workshop. They bring over 90 years of work experience of which 60 years are in the medical device industry.

From Operations: · Ruth Barnett is a Quality Systems Manager with a BS in Industrial Management from Purdue University. · Jan Zimmer is a Quality Engineer with a BS in Chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kansas.

From Research and Development: · Myra Leeper is a Team Leader with a BBA in Business Management from East Tennessee State University. · Kathy Scott is a Team Leader with a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton. · Jane Sheetz is a Design Engineer with a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Ohio State University. · Karen Teotia is a Design Engineer with a BS in General Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

IT Professional Certifications

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Convention Center Room C106
Conference Track: The Technological Odyssey

Presented by Microsoft

The Microsoft Certification workshop will take an in-depth look at Professional Certification. We will discuss the value of Professional Certification as recognized by the industry and take a detailed look at the different certification programs that are available. In particular, we will look at the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Microsoft Certified Systems Developer programs. The workshop will also focus on developing certification strategies for IT Professionals. Most Software vendors have a certification program already in place. Come prepare to get the recognition you deserve as a Certified Professional!

THURSDAY, JUNE 28

Career / Family Balance

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Convention Center Room C105
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Speaker: Percrecia Eubanks, Hallmark

Life Choices - What tools/resources are available to help you balance your life? We all deal with making choices everyday. This presentation will share some very important tips, tools and resources to consider when balancing work and family! We will help you to evaluate your priorities to enrich your life and enhance your relationships.

Speaker: Percrecia D. Eubanks, Sr. Employee Relations Specialist, is responsible for Work - Life Solutions for Hallmark Cards, Inc. Her areas of expertise are supporting client groups in the area of Employee Relations, mediating work place grievances, conducting investigations and Work - Life solutions. Prior to her work in Employee Relations, she spent time in recruiting both professional and collegiate technical Hallmarkers as well as in Engineering for the Operations Division. Percrecia has been a featured speaker and panelist at a number of engineering technical conferences and educational environments. Percrecia brings her technical experiences from Honeywell, formerly Allied-Signal Aerospace, and applies them to Human Resources at Hallmark. Percrecia earned a BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Missouri - Columbia.

Job Search Using the Internet

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Convention Center Room C109
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

This workshop with cover the following topics: · Plan of attack - what do you want to do, and where do you want to do it · Available and most useful sites · Posting your resume - how to post an eye catching resume · Searching and applying for open positions - everything you need to know to go after that great job once you find it · Possible next steps - preparing for the next steps of finding that ideal job online

Speaker: Teresa Marshall has been a Sales and Marketing Recruiter for Microsoft for two years. Prior to that, she was in high tech sales as well as consumer marketing.

Evaluating Job Offers

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Convention Center Room C108
Sponsored by Dupont and Schlumberger
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Presented by Decker & Associates

The job market is excellent for engineers. As a seasoned professional, you probably have multiple job offers. How do you select the right one for you? Will your lack of knowledge about how to compare compensation and benefits result in a major mistake? This workshop will give you the foundation for evaluating benefits, while helping you set quantifiable goals to achieve financial independence.

Speaker: Lorraine Decker, President of Decker & Associates, Inc. (D&A). D&A is an internationally recognized consulting firm specializing in corporate-sponsored financial education. D&A received the 1st place award in 1999 for Financial Planning by the Profit Sharing/401(k) Council of America. Lorraine is a member of the International Association of Financial Planners, the Houston Business & Estate Planning Council, the Houston Estate & Financial Forum, and is a lifetime member of Who's Who.

Am I the Only Woman Who Works Here?

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Convention Center Room C210
Conference Track: The Future of Knowledge Transfer

Being a woman in engineering is different from being a man in engineering. Not better, not worse, but different. a collection of simple and effective rules-of-thumb offers insight into communicating with others, mentoring for success, managing employees, balancing work and home life, and other aspects of being female in an engineering environment.

Computers as Tools

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Convention Center Room C104
Conference Track: The Future of Knowledge Transfer

Presented by Microsoft

Do you think of your computer as just a tool to help you do your job? Computers and computing devices are becoming more than just tools for work, they are becoming tools for all aspects of our lives. This workshop will look at new computing technology and new scenarios for existing technology we can use to make our work and home lives easier, more productive and more fun.

Speaker: Johneen Buffard, Corporate Account Executive State & Local Government Sales for Colorado and Wyoming, Microsoft Corporation. As the Account Executive, Johneen is responsible for providing customer service to these government customers to help improve operations and service to citizens through the use of technology. Johneen jointed Microsoft in 1996 as a Systems Engineer in the Denver office. In this role, Johneen was responsible in educating corporate customers in the use of Microsoft technologies through presentations, demonstrations, and discussions. Two and a half years later, she moved into the Account Manager role where she continues to work with accounts in the public sector helping them to understand and utilize Microsoft products, programs, and services. Prior to joining Microsoft, Johneen spent ten years with the State of Colorado as a Systems Analyst. She worked for the Department of Transportation (CDOT) for seven years, and with General Government Computer Center (GGCC) for three years. As a Systems Analyst for CDOT, Johneen was responsible for developing and implementing strategies for the networks throughout the department. At GGCC, Johneen was a customer liaison to various other agencies, providing information and communication between the customers and GGCC.

Graduate Degrees in Manufacturing through the NCML

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Convention Center Room C205
Conference Track: The Future of Knowledge Transfer

Speaker: Jon Griffith, MIT

The National Coalition of Manufacturing Leadership (NCML) is a partnership of 15 university programs focussed on manufacturing. Learn about the NCML network and how NCML graduate programs bring together industry and Schools of Engineering and Management to create degree programs, offering the technical depth and management breadth needed by leaders of manufacturing enterprises. Several NCML school will also present program overviews.

Speakers: James Reece, Professor of Accounting and Operations Management, serves as the Ford Motor Company Co-Director of the Tauber Manufacturing Institute at the University of Michigan.

Clay Ruud, Professor of Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing, serves as co-director of Penn State's Quality and Manufacturing Management Program and has been at the University since 1979.

Jonathan Griffith is the Director of Partner Relations and Administration for Leaders for Manufacturing and System Design and Management Program.

Engineer to Manager

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Convention Center Room C108
Conference Track: The Future of Knowledge Transfer

Speaker: Lynn Poretta, Hallmark

Recognizing the difference between being a strong technical contributor and moving into your first management role can be a challenge. the transition between these jobs can be a great experience with the right mind set! This presentation will help you understand the differences and pitfalls when moving from an individual contributor role to contributing by leading and influencing others.

Speaker: Lynn Poretta is the Integration and EHS Director for Hallmark Cards, Inc. Prior to this assignment, Lynn managed a staff of research and development engineers responsible for new technology in print and prepress. Prior to Hallmark, Lynn worked in a variety of design engineering roles. Lynn has a BSEE from the University of Kansas and an MBA from Baker University.

Internetworking and Internet Privacy

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Convention Center Room C109
Conference Track: The Technological Odyssey

Speaker: Nora Davis

What one research tool does almost every engineer now take for granted?- The Internet. But how many of us know what's behind the point and click of our nearest browser or what risks it entails? This workshop will be an introduction to the hardware and software that form the foundation of the Internet. The most common applications (Email and web browsing) and methods of gaining access will be covered (cable modem, dial-up and DSL). The infrastructure required will also be discussed.

Speaker: Nora Davis holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. She has worked in various capacities in the field of information technology for over 25 years and was recently the Manager for Internal Network Systems for Intermedia Business Internet.

Why a Women's Network in Your Company?

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Convention Center Room C107
Conference Track: The Future of Knowledge Transfer

Presented by DuPont

The workshop on "Why a Women's Network in Your Company?" will cover topics such as: Why DuPont has a women's network and what it is intended for, the difference between networking and a network, do we need a network in the 21st century?, network no-no's (with an interactive session), cultural differences in networks/networking, and steps to getting a women's network started at your company.

Speakers: Jill Conley is currently working as a Section Engineer supporting Kevlar® manufacturing at the DuPont Spruance Plant in Richmond, Virginia. Jill graduated from Georgia Tech with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a MS in Mechanical Engineering. Jill spent two years at Lucent Technologies while obtaining her master's degree and has been employed with DuPont since June of 1998. The DuPont Women's Network, the DuPont Engineering Mentoring Program, and Explore Engineering are some of the programs in which Jill has been involved over the last 3 years. In her spare time, Jill enjoys reading, photography, traveling, shoe sales, and is a supporter of the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Uma Chowdhry began work in the Physical Sciences group at DuPont working on programs ranging from battery materials to heterogeneous catalysts and she was promoted to Research Supervisor in 1982 . Uma was then to build a ceramics group and to lead an interdepartmental corporate program on ceramic materials for electronic applications. In 1987 , Uma was asked to lead a group to develop new ceramic superconducting materials. The group quickly became visible on the world map through its patents and publications at a very exciting time in the evolution of new materials. Uma was transferred in 1988 to the Electronics Department as Lab Director of their R&D group working on new electronic packaging materials, and in 1990 Uma became Business Manager of the North American Microcircuit Materials business. In 1993 Uma became R&D Director for the Specialty Chemicals SBU and in 1995 was appointed Business Director of the TerathaneÒ business. Having gained a solid business experience, Uma returned to Specialty Chemicals in late 1997 as Business Planning and Technology Director. A year later, in January 1999, Uma accepted a position in DuPont's Engineering function as Director of Technology. Uma serves on advisory boards of Engineering schools at Princeton and the University of Delaware as well as on the program advisory board and election subcommittee for the National Academy of Engineering. She represents DuPont at meetings of the Industrial Research Institute and at various forums on diversity aimed at attracting women to Engineering.

Humor in the Workplace

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Convention Center Room C205
Conference Track: The Future of Knowledge Transfer

Speaker: Beth Boaz

Life is stressful…humor can help. This energetic and entertaining presentation will help you see the many benefits of using your sense of humor. Think you're humor-challenged? You'll experience some ways to unlock your natural sense of humor. And yes, humor is appropriate in the workplace. You'll gain some ideas on how to use it to your advantage. You'll be left with humor homework that you'll actually enjoy doing! Be ready to learn and laugh.

Speaker: Besides being a Civil Engineer with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Beth Boaz is a skilled communicator with an irrepressible sense of humor. During 19 years of active participation in Toastmasters International, Beth has won contests including humorous speaking and tall tales. She has also honed her skills as an instructor.

FRIDAY, JUNE 29

Time Management

9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Convention Center Room C110
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Speaker: John Shell, Toastmasters

This workshop goes beyond the usual tips and tricks of time management. It teaches the competencies needed for effective control over time. It then leads participants through a five-step process to develop these competencies. Beyond just how to do more things faster, the workshop aims at the participants learning to work more effectively. Interactive exercises guide them through an assessment of their situation now and what they would like to change. They begin to articulate clear priorities for how they spend their time and strategies for staying focused. This workshop emphasizes making the fundamental changes that lead to greater personal effectiveness.

Speaker: John Shell has worked with individuals and organizations for twenty years on how to develop greater control and focus. He works with them to initiate far-reaching changes they want and to manage the changes that happen. He got interested in this topic not because he was so good at it, but because he found developing effective goals required a lot of work. Psychology was a mid-life career change. A step in that career change was earning a PhD from the University of Tennessee and becoming licensed as a psychologist. Based in Denver, John has developed programs for personal and professional development he calls Intentional Living.

The Automated Internet - Stop Watching and Get Involved!

9:30 am - 10:30 am
Convention Center Room C?
Conference Track: The Future of Knowledge Transfer

Are you frustrated with the Internet? Are you annoyed with your 78 passwords? Do you waste time cutting and pasting information? Do you wish that web posting was as easy as email? Do your emails expect a fast connection, even when you are in a restaurant, an airplane, a customer site, or your backyard? Good new: the new Internet is being created as we speak. This workshop will show you the work being done to address each of the above issues. People watching this demonstration have gasped and shouted out, "I want that now!" This course is appropriate for ALL Internet users, not just the experts and not just novices.

Speaker: Carol Lee Cobb, an e-Marketing Strategist for Intel Corporation, has been with Intel since 1992, holding a wide variety of engineering and marketing positions. Her common focus throughout has been that of "communication," and Intel's corporate value of "Customer Orientation." Whether working as a processor Validation Engineer, Technical Trainer, or as a field-based Account Manager, Carol has consistently asked, "How do we explain this in plain English?" and "Why will the customer care?" In the role of e-Marketing Strategist, Carol turns these questions to e-Business. She drives and communicates Intel's e-Business vision and "best known methods," assisting companies in their strategic and technology planning processes. Carol holds a BS in Computer Engineering from California State University, Sacramento. Carol has been a member of SWE for 11 years.

Resilience: Keys to Optimal Personal Effectiveness

9:30 am - 11:30 am
Convention Center Room C105
Conference Track: The Future of Knowledge Transfer

Speakers: Nancy Cherwitz and Janet Bezner, Motorola

In this workshop, participants will understand the concept of resilience and its application in today's fast-paced world. Activities and information will be presented on three components of resilience: taking responsibility, reframing and meaningful connections. Participants will receive valuable tools to help "bounce back" and manage work and life challenges effectively.

Speakers: Dr. Janet Bezner returned to Motorola in July 2000, having done an internship with the wellness program in the early 90s while pursuing a PhD in Health Education at the University of Texas. Wellness has been a passion of Janet's for the past 10 years and she has spent the last 5 years teaching and conducting research on wellness related topics. The opportunity to practice wellness lured her back to Motorola and the etc. program, where she balances her etc. responsibilities with her teaching and research activities in the Department of Physical Therapy at Southwest Texas State University. Janet is a licensed facilitator of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People program and is certified in personality profiling.

Nancy Cherwitz returned to Motorola in July 1999. Her corporate wellness career began there in 1993, and she moved from Motorola to manage the wellness program at 3M Austin for 2 1/2 years. Then Motorola's Premier Employee Services program, and the engaging, lively atmosphere drew her back! She has over twelve years experience in the wellness and fitness fields, including corporate wellness, fitness instruction, personal training and motivational and educational presentations. She combines her enthusiasm for corporate wellness with her creativity and sense of humor to provide energetic workshops, team building sessions, journal articles and "wellness moments" for Motorola and other local/national audiences.

Mid-Career Changes

10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Convention Center Room C 101
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Presented by DuPont

This workshop explores some of the stages of transitioning to a new career. Specifically, the following topics will be discussed: - Identifying Your Passion - Formal and Informal Preparation Needed for a Successful Transition - Making the Career Transition - Excelling in Your New Career Examples of successful transitions will be shared along with other insightful thoughts on how to successfully transition to a new career. If you have thought about broadening your current area of accountability or transitioning to something completely new, this workshop will be of interest to you.

Moderator: Kimberly Y. Markiewicz graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BS in Chemical Engineering. She started her career as regulatory specialist for the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. In 1995, she joined DuPont Environmental Remediation Services as a senior environmental engineer. In 1997, Kimberly moved into DuPont Engineering where she was responsible for leading the Title V environmental permitting effort for the DuPont Texas plants. In 1999, she was assigned to the Lycra strategic business unit as a project engineer. Kimberly is currently the Master Planner and North American Sales & Operation Planning Manager for the DuPont Nylon Flooring business.

Rosalyn Roberts Mack graduated from Howard University in 1979 with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. During her four years at Howard University, she was an active member of the Society of Women Engineers, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Tau Beta Pi Honor Society, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Upon graduation, she began her career with DuPont as a Chemical Engineer working at a Photo Products manufacturing site in Parlin, New Jersey. There, she enjoyed assignments in the Technical Engineering group as well as numerous Operations roles. She transitioned into Sales upon completion of her M.B.A. at Rutgers University and subsequent assignments included Product Management, Distribution, Planning, and Business Management. She has been with DuPont for 22 years and is currently a Global Business Director, responsible for the growth and profitability of the Industrial Business within the Apparel & Textile Sciences business unit.

Travel Safety and Business Etiquette for Women

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Convention Center Room C103
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Speaker: Shelly Helser, Procter & Gamble

The millennium has brought an explosion of global work opportunities in technical fields. Are you ready for those opportunities? This seminar is designed to share and discuss the challenges associated with business travel - especially for women - especially overseas. These certainly won't be all the answers as we move to work in a global community - but it should be a lively discussion.

Speaker: Shelly Helser graduated with her BS of Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. Since then she has worked for Procter & Gamble in its Product Supply Engineering organization. Her assignments have required work in many US states, Belgium, Germany, Spain and Japan. This work has brought an appreciation for solving technical problems with others who have very different backgrounds.

Surviving a Layoff or Downsizing

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Convention Center Room C107
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey.

Speaker: Kathleen Gadd, Vantage Human Resources

Employees in all occupations are more frequently finding themselves confronted with losing their job as a result of downsizing and reorganizing. This program will help you prepare now for this unforeseen situation. You will learn to develop a strategy to keep skills current and your network up to date. Techniques will be covered on how to manage you time, money and emotions if confronted with a layoff or job change.

Speaker: Kathleen Gadd, Vantage Human Resources, has a Masters of Education in Higher Education Administration, as well as a certificate from Harvard University's Institute for the Management of Lifelong Learning. She designs and delivers a wide range of programs dealing with organizational change and personal transition for clients of Vantage Human Resource Services in Denver and throughout the west.

Global Product Development

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Convention Center Room C110
Conference Track: The Technological Odyssey

Speaker: Brian Christian,

Vice President of Global Product Development, Whirlpool

Participants in this interactive workshop should gain an understanding on how a global company develops products for customers who have different needs in different parts of the world. Participants will work in one of three to four teams using information for their assigned regions to develop a strategy and create a product or feature concept. Groups will present their concepts in a visual representation, either by developing a short commercial or building a concept with provided materials. Prizes will be awarded for innovation and best thinking.

Speakers: Brian Christian is Vice President, Global Product Development, Dishwashers and Air Treatment in Corporate Technology Organization for Whirlpool Corporation. He started at Whirlpool in 1995 in Global Procurement as Director of Strategy and Planning and then was appointed business leader for implementation of SAP in North America. He previously worked in consulting for Booz, Allen & Hamilton and in the petroleum refining/petrochemical industry. Brian is a Professional Engineer with a BS in Chemical Engineering from University of Michigan and an MBA from University of Chicago.

Tamara Mounteer is Lead Engineer in Integrated Home Solutions for Whirlpool Corporation. She works in the area of network connected home appliances. Tamara has previously worked for Moog Aircraft Group, Sandia National Laboratories and Unisys and was a principal in a Smart Systems, Inc. She earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from University of Utah, a MS in Electrical Engineering from University of New Mexico, and an Engineering Management certificate from California Institute of Technology. Tamara is an active member of SWE and has been a section secretary and member of the National Convention Committee.

Disa Kenney is Engineer, Global Product Development at Whirlpool Corporation. She works in Cost and Quality for washing machines in the area of Fabricare. She recently graduated from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) with a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering. Disa is an active member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and is currently on the Education/Mentoring Committee and Leadership and Training Committee in NSBE's Western Alumni Extension and on NC A&T's planning and recruiting committees. She is a member of the Whirlpool African-American Network and is a Y-Uncle Y-Partner mentor.

Women's Health

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Convention Center Room C110?
Conference Track: The Future of Exploration

CREATING HEALTHY LIVING WITH SUPRO®SOY SOY PROTEIN Attendees at this presentation gain personal knowledge regarding how the health benefits delivered from soy protein can enhance their lives. Based on a large body of research to date, naturally occurring soy protein reduces blood cholesterol concentrations and also may improve blood vessel health by preventing arteriosclerosis and by improving endothelial function. In 1999, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a heart health claim that was submitted by Protein Technologies International. This claim was about the prevention of cardiovascular disease through consuming soy protein at a specific daily amount. Evidence also exists that dietary soy protein may positively impact women's health and may prevent certain forms of cancer. The mechanism and exact components of soy protein that are responsible for these observations have not yet been fully established. Researchers postulate that certain bioactive materials present in soy protein - including amino acids, peptides, isoflavones, saponins, and/or protease inhibitors - may be responsible for the noted health aspects. This presentation will provide an overview of these potential health benefits, as well as the bioactive compounds associated with them.

Speaker: Dr. Susan M. Potter is Director of Nutritional Science at Protein Technologies International/DuPont and serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor for the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign and for the Department of Comparative Medicine at Wake Forest University.

As Director of Nutritional Science, she is responsible for providing strategic direction in business areas related to nutrition and health benefits of company products. In addition, she oversees an extensive research program including direct funded research and participation in other research through development of special research products. Further, via her adjunct professorships, Dr. Potter continues to conduct research on an ongoing basis.

Dr. Potter's research has focused on the effects of soy protein and various soy protein components on cardiovascular disease. She has published in numerous journals including the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Journal of Nutrition, Current Opinion in Lipidology, and Journal of the American Dietetic Association. Additionally, she has authored several review articles on the impact of soy and soy components on human health and has given many presentations to both the scientific community and to the industrial world.

Prior to her work at PTI/DuPont, Dr. Potter worked in the academic arena as an Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois, and as an Instructor in Nutrition in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. She also served as the Director of the Dietetics Program and provided consultation to industry.

Dr. Potter holds a bachelor of science degree from Colorado State University, a master of science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Ph.D. in human nutrition from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She also completed a clinical dietetic internship at Emory University and is a Registered Dietitian.

Life-Long Learning

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Convention Center Room C103
Conference Track: The Future of Knowledge Transfer

Speaker: Susan Brauer, Motorola

As a thirty-three year old mother of six with a high school diploma, it became apparent to me that without my husband's support, my family could not survive. This somber realization spurred me on to begin classes at the local community junior college with the full intent of learning how to type, never dreaming that the unknown odyssey that was being embarked upon would leave me with a soldering iron in hand. The decision to go back to school as a "returning woman" forced me to face my feelings of self-doubt and fear of failure head on. The prize won from this inner battle was the knowledge that one is never too old to learn, and continuing education is a path to independence and self-respect.

Speaker: Susan O. Brauer is currently the Section Manager of the Power Solutions Design and Development Group, of the Motorola Base Station Center of Excellence Schaumburg Lab. Susan has a BSEE and an MSEE from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Initially, Susan worked for AT&T Bell Laboratories, in system testing. She then moved to Argonne National Laboratory where she was responsible for the design of the high power RF wave-guide system for the Advanced Photon Source Synchrotron Accelerator. Susan joined Motorola in May of 1995 in the Automotive Industrial and Electronics Group where she worked on Keyless Entry and the development of a prototype Side and Rear Object Microwave Detection System. Susan then worked for the Component Products Group where she was responsible for the development of a VCO/PLL synthesizer module for cellular phone applications. She then worked for the Cellular Infrastructure Group where, as an RF development engineer, she was responsible for the high power Error Amplifier design in the Enhanced Linear Power Amplifier for the cellular infrastructure base station. At present Susan manages a group that designs high power, power supplies for Nextel and Emergency Systems cellular infrastructure base stations.

Explaining Technical Things to Non-Technical People

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Convention Center Room C109?
Conference Track: The Technological Odyssey

Speaker: Beth Boaz

Engineers are often asked to present technical information to people without the same technical background. It may be to fellow professionals from different disciplines, to managers, or to the general public. Whatever the case, it's important to realize that your audience is an intelligent group with specific needs and expectations from your presentation. Understanding your audience will help you structure your presentations to keep their attention and help them understand. We will discuss how to choose appropriate language and examples, how to tailor your visual aids to the group, and how to handle questions and answers. Becoming a more effective communicator will set you apart and give your career a boost.

Speaker: Beth Boaz, PE, is a Civil Engineer with over 20 years of experience with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Beth is also a 19-year member of Toastmasters International, where she has developed her communication and leadership skills. Beth's current position merges her diverse skills. As an Engineering and Construction Liaison, she is asked to explain a $105 million project to renovate four dams to the media and to public groups from 6th graders to the American Society of Civil Engineers, and from boaters and rock climbers to members of an over-60's Kiwanis Club.

International Protocol and Business Customs

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Convention Center Room C105
Conference Track: The Future of Knowledge Transfer

Speaker: Brenda Herold, Motorola

The expanding business world requires each of us to know and understand international aspects of business. Clients and co-workers could be half way around the globe. To be successful, you must first recognize the global environment and then understand that the rules of business conduct vary in each part of the globe. "YES" can have many meanings ranging from agreement, to acknowledgement, to I heard you. Each interpretation can have different business results. As a woman attending an international meeting, what protocol and customs should you be aware of? Learn tools, lessons learned, and successes that can be applied to the global business environment from a seasoned international business traveler.

Speaker: Brenda Herold, Director of Engineering Operations, GSM/GPRS/iDEN/UMTS, GSM Systems Divisions, Global Telecom Solutions Sector, Motorola. Brenda has over 13 years experience in her current division, which is European based. Her responsibilities include providing system solutions to the customer base in the digital telephony infrastructure business. Her team works on real-time, embedded cellular software. She has previous experience representing Motorola on international standards committees. Besides her engineering/management responsibilities, she coordinates hiring and retention initiatives in her department. She has worked on department initiatives and sector wide work on flex work options and telecommuting. She holds a BS in EECS from Marquette University and an MS in EECS from University of Illinois, Chicago.

SATURDAY, JUNE 30

Therapeutic Touch - An Energy Medicine (Hands-On Workshop)

9:00 am - 11:30 am
Convention Center Room C105
Conference Track: The Future of Exploration

Speaker: Mildred Anderson

Therapeutic Touch is an energy flow technique, using the healer's hands 2 inches from the patient's body, finding imbalances in the electro-magnetic field around the body. This senses areas that are disturbed and redirects energy, thus reducing pain and stress. Come learn this no risk, healing method in this workshop.

Speaker: Mildred Anderson retired from the engineering profession when she felt that her two high school aged daughters needed more supervision than she could give while working full time at Aerospace Corp. She became one of the founders of the South Bay Free Clinic in the city of Manhattan Beach, CA, which has been built into the fourth largest clinic in the U.S. She eventually moved on to promoting the building of Senior Housing in Manhattan Beach, CA. She started a Foundation and chaired it for 10 years along with 12 men, which produced two buildings of 150 units. The city awarded her the "Rose and Scroll" through the Chamber of Commerce for her efforts. With that completed she felt there were other needs for seniors and she created the TV cable show called "Senior Lifestyle," which ran for three years. Her 35 half-hour shows were on tape and available in a church and city library. Her present enthusiasm is practicing and teach a healing modality called "Therapeutic Touch," which is an energy flow technique used by nurses for pain and relaxation from stress. She is available for consultation in her home and teaches monthly classes in Manhattan Beach. She is also a Network Coordinator for Nurse Healers Professional Assoc. International and connects patients who call from around the country with other practitioners in their area.

E=mc2 : Engineers Managing Exponential Career Growth

10:00am - 11:00am
Convention Center Room
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Just as this simple formula makes a fundamental principle of physics memorable, the goal of this workshop is to provide you with some simple fundamentals for using your career in engineering as an infrastructure for future career growth. Many qualities that women possess are highly valued leadership traits that combined with your degree in engineering and your strong performance can develop into opportunities for you to rise within your organization. Armed with an engineering degree and an unbridled passion to work with and through people, you have "The Power to Make It Happen".

Speaker: Angela (Angie) K. Krainik earned her MBA from Arizona State University and has a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Illinois. Angie started her engineering career right out of school as a Mechanical Design Engineer when she joined Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station (PVNGS), the largest nuclear power plant in the USA. She rose through the leadership ranks as a Design Engineering supervisor and then System Engineering supervisor and spent one year as a Re-engineering team member improving the cost effectiveness and efficiencies of the PVNGS maintenance and engineering departments. Thereafter, she was promoted to Regulatory Affairs manager, then director for a total of 6 years and is currently the Emergency Services director. She serves as the chairman for INPO Industry Communications Council and the former chairman (97-99) for CEOG Licensing Subcommittee. Angie has always been a strong supporter and volunteers for the APS-sponsored Special Olympics annual summer games in Arizona.

Career Success in High Tech Industry: Expert Advice from Key Executives

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Convention Center Room
Conference Track: The Technological Odyssey

Linda, Tina, and Allison will discuss their personal strategies for successful career growth and will offer advice on performance expectations, professional development, leadership styles, networking and other key factors that will help you develop your individual strategies for success in high tech industry.

Panelists: Linda Gaskill from Corning. Linda Gaskill is a Director in Advanced Engineering for Corning Incorporated where she creates Leading - Edge Technology Solutions for some of the fastest growing markets in the world. Linda holds an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and in 1997 completed the Stanford University Executive Business Program. In her 20 years at Corning, she has held numerous, significant positions which span all aspects of the Innovation Continuum; R&D, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Business Development. This mixture of Technology and Business has provided Linda with a unique foundation for creating technology. Linda provides a technology engine, which enables Corning to manufacture products for the telecommunications industry, manufacture products for television & other communications-related businesses and provide Advanced Materials for scientific, semiconductor and environmental markets. An exciting highlight of Linda's career was creating one of Corning most innovate product platforms and a significant new business - Corning's Microarrays Technology. Through this advanced tool for drug discovery, Corning Incorporated is becoming a major leader in the Genomics Revolution. Corning has done an amazing transformation over the last 5 years to be one of the most admired companies in the 21st Century. Linda has provided this technology leadership and insight for Corning. She is passionate about and understands the keys to "Turning Ideas into Dollars."

Tina Gleisner from IBM. Tina is an eBiz consultant helping customers leverage technology to streamline core business processes and deliver more value to existing/new customers. Using her graduate degrees in Computer Science and Business Administration, Tina provides e-business leadership with new business models and more innovative communications, marketing, commerce and customer service enabled by technology. Tina combined all these skills as the IBM project executive partnering with Hong Kong Telecom to deliver video-on-demand. She understands the key elements required to succeed on the web - strong and enduring relationships, rich and dynamic content and compelling user value that translates to business transactions with the requisite ROI. With 27 years in IBM, Tina has held numerous technical/management positions developing operating systems, middleware and industry applications for the telco/media, finance, health, government and distribution industries. In the early '90s she worked in Tokyo transforming IBM's Asian programming groups to create industry solution business units in Australia, Singapore, Taiwan and Korea, providing leadership in developing business cases, organizations, solution portfolios and business processes

Allison Smith-Terrey from MapInfo. Allison is currently a Senior Business Analyst for Product Planning at MapInfo Corporation, a $100,000,000 company that provides business intelligence solutions and data. In her role, Allison performs a variety of tasks merging her business and technical strengths, including product performance analysis, OEM contract negotiations and management of pricing operations critical to senior level strategy implementation. Allison received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the Moore School of Engineering at University of Pennsylvania in 1984. She has held a variety of positions in engineering ranging from Product Engineer with Intel to Project Manager at the Clean Harbors remediation at SUNY New Paltz. To fulfill her growing professional interest with the business aspects of technology, Allison turned to Rensselaer and simultaneously earned an MBA from the Lally School of Management and Technology and a Master of Engineering from the School of Engineering's Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems department.

Wireless Home Office

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Convention Center Room C105
Conference Track: The Technological Odyssey

What benefits does this technology provide to the home and office? What are the key issues with this technology? Current Benefits? Current Limitations? What could currently be deployed on wireless technology? What is currently available - IrDA, LAN & WAN, WAP, or Location Based Services? Where is this technology going in the future -BlueTooth, or Next Generation Wireless? This workshop will help sort out these questions.

Speaker: Cindy Anderson, Applications Developer, Microsoft. Over the last year, Cindy has been the lead developer in architecting, and implementing a data warehouse system that utilizes SQL Server 2000, DTS Packages, Complex Data validation/cleansing, OLAP, VBScript, DSO and MDX .

Telecommuting & Flexible Work Schedules

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Convention Center Room C110
Conference Track: The Future of Knowledge Transfer

Speaker: Kathleen Gadd, Vantage Human Resources

As appealing as the options sound, these new workplace "bennies" need to be entered into with care. Does working at home match with your personality and need to interact with colleagues? Can you really accomplish the work of your company as well by working AWS hours or at home? What is "reasonable" for your employer to expect in terms of your productivity and accountability in these new work arrangements? This session will address these and other questions relevant to these new workplace options.

Speaker: Kathleen Gadd, Vantage Human Resources, has a Masters of Education in Higher Education Administration, as well as a certificate from Harvard University's Institute for the Management of Lifelong Learning. She designs and delivers a wide range of programs dealing with organizational change and personal transition for clients of Vantage Human Resource Services in Denver and throughout the west.

Telecommuting & Flexible Work Schedules Discussion

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Convention Center Room C110
Conference Track: The Future of Knowledge Transfer

Speaker: Brenda Herold

In today's hectic society, flexible work options are gaining popularity. Telecommuting is becoming more widely acceptable as today's work force looks for options and as technology supports high-speed access. Telecommuting can offer benefits to employees and employers. It does offer challenges for both the employee and employer that should be assessed and planned for. The work paradigm must shift from "Be Seen" to "Have you accomplished your goal." Planning, communication, and on-going follow-up are necessary to make a WIN-WIN situation for telecommuting. Join us to discuss lessons learned in implementing telecommuting, misconceptions about telecommuting, and how to assess whether telecommuting is for you.

Speakers: Brenda Herold, Director of Engineering Operations, GSM/GPRS/iDEN/UMTS, GSM Systems Divisions, Global Telecom Solutions Sector, Motorola. Brenda has over 13 years experience in her current division, which is European based. Her responsibilities include providing system solutions to our customer base in the digital telephony infrastructure business. Her team works on real-time, embedded cellular software. She has previous experience representing Motorola on international standards committees. Besides her engineering/management responsibilities, she coordinates hiring and retention initiatives in her department. She has worked on department initiatives and sector wide work on flex work options and telecommuting. She holds a BS in EECS from Marquette University and a MS in EECS from University of Illinois, Chicago.

How to Select Home Computing and Entertainment Equipment

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Convention Center Room C205
Conference Track: The Technological Odyssey

Technology is rapidly changing - every day new products are being announced with all kinds of cool features. DVDs, MP3s, and Personal Recording Devices are just a few of the hot new technologies. How do you select the right equipment for you? What do all the features mean? Come find out about some of the latest in Home Computing and Entertainment equipment and tips on how to select the right equipment!

Speaker: Bethany Rentz, Development Manager, Microsoft. Bethany has been with Microsoft since 1999 working as an applications developer. Currently, she is a Development Manager in the Sales and Support IT group, managing the development of the internal Call Center application. She is a Microsoft Certified Professional with certifications in Visual Basic 6.0 and Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solution Architectures.

SEMINARS

TUESDAY, JUNE 26

Projecting a Powerful and Confident Presence

9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Convention Center Room C110
Conference Track: the Career Odyssey

Cost: $115 Attendance Limit: 100

Developing and projecting a positive and professional image is a learned skill that can be utilized to achieve success in the workplace. Areas of discussion will include wardrobe, grooming, posture, body language, basic etiquette, color, and creating personal style.

Speaker: Rachel Dee has been an image consultant since 1988. She is an associate member of Image Consultants International and the National Speakers Association. www.racheldee.com.

Stress Management

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Convention Center Room C201
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Cost: $30 Attendance Limit: 100

When nearly everything causes some type of stress, participants will learn to recognize and deal with each type. The session will be informative and entertaining. Those attending will practice and learn various coping skills that will assist them in better dealing with stressful situations at work and at home.

Speaker: Shelly Lester.

Thriving with Change When Thriving Doesn't Feel Like an Option

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Convention Center Room C107
Conference Track: The Future of Knowledge Transfer

Cost: $60 Attendance Limit: 100

Change is everywhere and accelera- ting at a faster rate than ever before. Some changes are no bigger than gnats, others the size of a Mack truck. Either way, the thought of and implementation of change can demoralize, even destroy those going through it. Learn to create an action plan to grow through change and thrive.

Speaker: Dr. Judith Briles presents from her 28 years of business and entrepreneurial experiences. She is an award-winning author of over 20 books, and an international motivational speaker who delivers her programs with content and humor. Her work and articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Time, Money, The New

York Times, People, and other publications. She has appeared on over 1,000 television programs. Dr. Briles is known as a catalyst for change and believes that every pitfall experienced leads to an opportunity and greater success.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27

Woman to Woman - Sabotage to Support

8:00 am - 10:00 am
Convention Center Room C201
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Cost: $50 Attendance Limit: 125

Being undermined by someone you know is a big issue for women. Sabotage is the act of undermining or destroying your personal or professional integrity. Undermining activity is too often considered a taboo topic to broach outright. Today's manager or staff person must be willing to probe, confront, and change a toxic workplace. This program, based on the best-seller, Woman to Woman 2000, will help identify and deal with these destructive behaviors.

Speaker: Dr. Judith Briles. (See "Thriving with Change when Thriving Doesn't Feel Like an Option." )

Dealing with Difficult People

9:00 am - 11:45 am
Convention Center Room C207
Conference Track: The Future of Knowledge Transfer

Cost: $35 Attendance Limit: 100

In this interactive workshop, learn your communications style and the style of others, and how to communicate effectively with everyone. Learn assertive communication skills, overcoming negativity, and stress management.

Speaker: Jean Riggs recently retired from the City of Deer Park, Texas after 31 years as a Recreation Supervisor. Jean refined her communication and leadership skills through 14 years of participation in Toastmasters International, serving on their International Board of Directors from 1996 through 1998. Jean has also been a professional clown for 15 years, and founded and operated a dinner theater.

Smart Money Moves

1:45 pm - 3:30 pm
Convention Center Room C109
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Cost: $50 Attendance Limit: 100

Most women are responsible for day-to-day management of business and family finances. Yet, according to a national survey, only 15% of women make ongoing investment decisions; over 60% said they didn't fully understand a mutual fund; and less than 15% described themselves as "very knowledgeable" when making investment decisions. The most common reason - they didn't know where to begin. Smart Money Moves will show you that you are the steward of your money - how-ever big or small your stash. You will decide to consume it, grow it, or give it away. With each Smart Money Move, you will learn money strategies that will enhance personal and family money sense.

Speaker: Dr. Judith Briles. (See "Thriving with Change when Thriving Doesn't Feel Like an Option.")

Bridging the Generations Gap

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Convention Center Room C108
Conference Track: The Future of Knowledge Transfer

Cost: $35 Attendance Limit: 100

Employees and managers alike face challenges in communicating with members of the Seniors, Baby Boomers, Generation X-ers, and Millenials. Each generation brings strengths as well as weaknesses to the workplace that must be dealt with effectively for a productive work environment. This seminar identifies the four generations at work today in America, characteristics and values of each, and techniques for communicating effectively with each.

Speaker: Dee Dee Raap, President of JourneyWorks, is a motivational speaker, trainer, and consultant in customer service, sales, leadership, organizational development, and marketing. Dee Dee has 16 years of experience in sales and marketing, serving as Director of Sales and Marketing for the South Dakota Department of Tourism and Vice President of Marketing Development for BankWest.

THURSDAY, JUNE 28

Burnout

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Convention Center Room C205
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Cost: $70 Attendance Limit: 100

In the rapidly changing global

community, we face an accelerated challenge to our professional success. That challenge is to avoid

falling into the pit of burnout. Isn't it time to stop letting those chronically difficult people push your hot buttons? Learn specific techniques to keep your cool at work AND at home, because you take your stressed

self to work every day. Learn how to make those changes in your life really happen.

Speaker: Mary Colletti (See "Negotiating")

Managing Men and Men Who Are Older Than You

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Convention Center Room C207
Conference Track: The Future of Knowledge Transfer

Cost: $45 Attendance Limit: 125

This seminar will focus on issues vital to men and women working successfully together, such as style differences, sex role behavior, the makings of a professional relationship, and teamwork at work. Roles and images will be explored. The six biggest managerial mistakes women make with men, communication skills, and gender issues in the work-place will be discussed. Attendees will learn how to identify female-male power plays and how to disarm them, in addition to strong non-verbal communication.

Speaker: Dr. Audrey Nelson. (See "Conflict in the Workplace")

Let Go, Lighten Up, & Get On With It

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Convention Center Room C103
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Cost: $45 Attendance Limit: 125

Gain "The Inside Advantage" and accomplish extraordinary things! Learn: (1) what you need to let go and what to hold onto; (2) how to lighten up, feel healthier, experience more joy and develop an "Oh Wow!" attitude; and (3) effective methods to get on with it! Cathy shares some of the best strategies for personal and professional success, and for living life to the fullest. Join her on this special odyssey - journeying through reality and your imagination. She will not only make you think, she will touch your heart in a special way!

Speaker: Cathy W. Lauro, founder and President of Request, Inc., is a nationally-recognized professional speaker, trainer, success coach, and author of The Inside Advantage: How Ordinary People Can Accomplish Extraordinary Things. With a masters degree in Applied Psychology and ten years in training and human resource management, she brings wisdom and unique insights to her work in helping organizations and individuals create positive changes.

FRIDAY, JUNE 29

Communication Differences Between Women and Men

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Convention Center Room C207
Conference Track: The Future of Knowledge Transfer

Cost: $35 Attendance Limit: 100

This seminar will explore how the sexes communicate. Although there are many individual differences in communication, research has uncovered some interesting trends in differences between the sexes. Specifically, differences in verbal and nonverbal communication will be identified. Examination of ourselves and our interactions with the opposite sex will be the focus. Suggestions for improving communi-cation between the sexes, especially in the workplace, will be offered.

Speaker: Dr. Audrey Nelson. (See "Conflict in the Workplace")

SATURDAY, JUNE 30

PANELS

TUESDAY, JUNE 26

Is an MBA in Your Future?

3:00pm - 5:00pm
Convention Center Room C201
Conference Track: The Technology Odyssey
Sponsored by Dupont
Laurie Stewart, Carnegie Mellon

This panel discussion will explore the value of graduate business education for engineers. Topics covered will include: Who should get an MBA and why? What kinds of career opportunities do engineers with MBA's have? When should you get an MBA? What is the right MBA program for you? Are full or part-time MBA programs best? How can you optimize your chances of gaining admission to the school of your choice? This session will be designed for both students and working professionals considering the possibility of MBA education.

Moderator: Laurie Stewart is Director of MBA Admissions at Carnegie Mellon. She holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from GMI/Kettering University and her MBA from Carnegie Mellon. She spent more than ten years within various product engineering roles at General Motors, beginning as a co-op student and leading to Senior Project Engineer in vehicle restraint systems. After leaving GM, she spent two years as Director of Engineering Services for Valeo Engine Cooling. Laurie returned to Carnegie Mellon ten years ago as Assistant Dean for Student Affairs in the graduate business school and transitioned to MBA admissions in 1994.

Additional Moderator: Dr. Carl H. Harris is Assistant Dean of Graduate Programs at Arizona State University College of Business. Previously, he served for 10 years in the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. His resume reflects experiences as a graduate faculty member in CSP higher education. He is a native Texan and has been actively involved in numerous professional organizations and conferences throughout his career. Dr. Harris has an established national reputation as a leader in the utilization of emerging technologies and is serving as an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC).

Panelists: Christine M. Hewitt graduated from Cornell University with a BS in Chemical Engineering in 1997 and is entering her second year at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management (MBA) where her focus is in finance. After receiving her undergraduate degree, Christine worked for three years as a reservoir engineer with Shell Exploration and Production Company headquartered in Houston, Texas. This summer, she is a corporate finance intern in Sales and Marketing at Amgen in Thousand Oaks, California. At Cornell, she is President of the Women's Management Council, Johnson Admissions Group member, and co-director of the Johnson's MBA Golf Invitational. Since 1999, Christine has been a member of Cornell's SWE Corporate Steering Committee.

Lisa Morrison received her BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Ohio State University and her MBA specializing in Supply Chain Management from Arizona State University in 2001. Before her MBA, Lisa worked as a Project Engineer (Indiana) at an oil refinery, and a Crude Oil Quality Program Coordinator at Amoco Corporation/Supply and Logistics (Chicago). After some international travel, she will be joining Intel as a sourcing manager. Lisa is a trained gymnast and extremely active in community activities. She is a member of many academic honor societies and a member of Phi Mu social sorority where she held a number of elected and appointed positions.

Ariane Moyes is the Product Manager for Transoceanic Services at Level 3 Communications, a communications and information services company based in Broomfield, Colorado. Prior to joining Level 3, she worked in Marketing Consulting and Analysis for Corning Incorporated. Ariane received her BS in Geophysics from Boston College in 1993 and then spent 4 years utilizing her knowledge of Geophysics by working for Schlumberger's Oil Exploration Division as a Field Seismologist, and Crew Supervisor. She earned her graduate business degree from Carnegie Mellon in 1999.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27

What is a PE and Why Should I Get One?

9:00 am - 10:00 am
Convention Center Room C204
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Panelists: Barbara A. Pederson has been employed by DuPont for over 20 years. Her assignments have included structural and mechanical design, project engineering, and environmental operations. In her current assignment, she is the Gulf Coast Environmental Team Leader, assisting DuPont's Gulf Coast manufacturing sites in regulatory strategies and interpretations, as well as negotiating rule development with state and federal agencies. She is a registered professional engineer in Texas and Oklahoma. She holds a BS Civil Engineering from Rice University, and MS Civil Engineering from the University of Oklahoma.

Volunteerism

11:00 am - 11:45 am
Convention Center Room C204
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Moderator: Jill Tietjen

Panelists: Beth Rogganbuck, Engineer, Staff/Manager for QUALCOMM, Inc.

Women in Government

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Convention Center Room C206
Conference Track: The Future of Knowledge Transfer

This committee addresses issues of special concern to women engineers employed by federal, state or local government agencies. The panel will discuss the opportunities available to technical women in all areas of government. Sponsored by the Women in Government Committee.

Entrepreneurship

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Convention Center Room C104
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Join accomplished entrepreneurs in a discussion of how they started their own business, how they managed getting new clients, building their business, hiring employees, searching for venture capital, and more. Some of the panelists are nominees for the SWE Entrepreneur award.

Panelists:
Virginia A. Dailey, PE, started her own WBE Electrical Engineering firm in 1995 with a small SBA loan and the desire to create a better working environment for women engineers, designers and drafters. She has facilitated the startup of over ten new women owned businesses through her entrepreneurial abilities and network in the banking and engineering community. Her firm now employs three people full time and one person part-time. Her goal is to always maintain a small, close-knit work force. Virginia has 25 years of working experience as an engineer from the large corporate environment (Alcoa) to the small consulting environment. This breadth of work experience has provided the opportunity for her to develop a diverse skill set, enabling the success of her present endeavors.

Cheryl Signs, P. E., operates Cheryl Signs Engineering. Established in 1979, the firm offers services in water resources. Ms. Signs was previously employed by a small engineering firm and a municipality. She graduated in 1972 with a degree in Engineering Science. Ms. Signs is Past-President of the Colorado Section of ASCE, Past-President of the Colorado Engineering Council, member of an ASCE Executive Committee for the Environmental and Water Resources Institute, past Denver Director to the Metro Sewage District, and Treasurer of Colorado's American Water Resources Association. She teaches a continuing education course at the University of Colorado at Denver.

Janice Sands Ash, P.E., is founder, owner and president of Ash Engineering, Inc. Ms. Ash has over 12 years' experience in civil and environmental engineering. While chief design engineer with the City of Tampa Water Department, Ms. Ash designed miles of water transmission and distribution lines, upgraded booster pumps, and modified water treatment plant facilities. As a consultant, she performed civil site design, environmental site audits, and design and permitting of recreational areas. Ms. Ash currently specializes in wetland assessment and permitting, having performed wetland jurisdiction projects for the City of Oldsmar and other municipal, industrial and private clients. Ms. Ash has served as an adjunct professor teaching water systems design at the University of South Florida.

Cheryl R. Collarini, P.E., is President of Collarini Engineering Inc., which she founded in 1985 following an eleven-year career with Mobil Oil. Her experience includes offshore platform design, production and reservoir engineering, offshore project management, and oil and gas property appraisal for project financing, offshore lease sales, and producing property acquisition and sale. She has personally conducted and directly supervised reservoir analyses for acquisition, divestment, reserve reports, and field studies on many hundreds of fields, primarily in the offshore Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, and Texas. She has authored several manuals and instructed over 125 seminars in project economics and risk analysis for Mobil, Shell, Amoco, Texaco, SPE, and others. She believes strongly in quality engineering, scientific defensibility, and unimpeachable ethics, all toward the ultimate objective of meeting our customers' needs. Cheryl has served nationally on the SPE Engineering Registration Committee and locally in numerous leadership positions in SPE, SWE, IPAA, and API. Her BS in Civil Engineering is from MIT and she has an MBA from the University of New Orleans. She is a registered petroleum engineer in Louisiana and Texas.

Cheri J. Leigh, P.E., is the founder and Principal with Leigh & O'Kane, L.L.C, a structural engineering firm in Kansas City. The firm provides structural services for commercial and public buildings. With over 25 years of structural engineering experience, Leigh has led large projects for major corporations prior to starting her own company in 1983. In her current role as Manager of the LLC, Cheri has functional responsibility for strategic planning, marketing and sales, engineering, human resources, and financial management. Ms. Leigh is a gubernatorial appointee to the Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. She is also Vice Chair of the Structural Exam Committee for the National Council of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors, and is responsible for writing, reviewing and grading problems for the national exam. Ms. Leigh has held positions in the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers, the Consulting Engineering Council of Missouri, and is a Fellow Member of the Society of Women Engineers.

FRIDAY, JUNE 29

Dual Careers

9:30 am - 11:30 am
Convention Center Room C205
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Panelists: Sandra Scanlon

Carol Rollin

Stacy Dedinas joined DuPont after graduating from the University of Delaware with degrees in Mechanical Engineering and English. After spending some time in construction / project management for Ethylene and Nylon Intermediates businesses at Sabine River Works in Orange Texas and the regional engineering office in Houston, she relocated to Chicago where she completed her MS Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University and worked at the East Chicago / Specialty Chemicals plant in production / PG&S supervision and technical roles for the Silica Products business. She has been back in the Wilmington area for about three years, working as a staff engineer for the Project Engineering organization, and most recently as a technology supervisor for Environmental Engineering in DuET, prior to assuming her current role as Manager - Field Engineering Program; an early career development program providing rotational assignments for engineers.

Steve Cason graduated from Virginia Tech with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. He joined the DuPont Field Engineering Program, beginning with an assignment in Rochester, New York where he was a process development engineer for the Imaging Systems business, working to convert a batch process to a continuous manufacturing process. Steve then transferred to Sabine River Works in Texas, to work as a manufacturing engineer in the Ethylene Copolymers business, specifically supporting the high pressure autoclave process. He then assumed a leadership role as production support specialist for the Copolymers packaging area. Steve transferred from the Field Program into the Packaging & Industrial Polymers business unit, and moved into technical service in Wilmington and sales roles for Packaging in Chicago. He has continued in business & marketing roles, as Product Manager with global business responsibility for several product lines, Technical Service supervisor for Industrial Polymers, and most recently being promoted to Global Supply Chain Manager for Packaging and Industrial Polymers.

Kate Morgan graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. She worked as a technician building superconducting magnets at Fermilab, a particle physics research laboratory in Illinois, and transferred to CERN in Geneva Switzerland where she worked for 12 years as an engineering physicist on the UA1 Experiment which won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986. She returned to Texas to collaborate on the SuperConducting Super Collider project, which was intended to be the largest particle accelerator in the world. When that project was cancelled, Kate joined Citicorp as a business process analyst, and worked later as a software process improvement manager. She recently went to Motorola to champion efforts to improve availability engineering in Base Transceiver Stations.

Networking

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Convention Center Room C201
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Panelists: Dr. Cynthia Paulson is Brown and Caldwell's Manager of the Central North Region including offices in Denver, Salt Lake City, St. Paul, and Milwaukee. She has managed several watershed and water quality projects, working with diverse stakeholders to develop creative, watershed-based solutions that achieve widespread support and protect and maintain water quality. Dr. Paulson is nationally recognized for her expertise in water quality and has served on two committees of the Water Science and Technology Board of the National Research Council - the New York City Watershed Committee and the Water Resources Research Committee. She received her PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Colorado.

Sherri Goodman, Director of Contact Center Operations for Capital One, was formerly Vice President of Operations for The Cluett Corporation, Director of Production and Capacity Planning for Sara Lee Hosiery, Plant/Production Manager for Sara Lee Knit Products, Research Fellow for Harvard Business School, and Industrial Engineer/Operations Manager for Westinghouse Electric Corporation. She has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Tennessee.

Marcy Schwab is currently a Business Manager of Internet Strategy in the Marketing and Analysis department of Capital One. Marcy manages a team of 25 people to profitably acquire accounts through the Internet and subsequently manage those accounts. She is also responsible for the development of IT business requirements, online brand management, and online fraud prevention measures. Prior to Capital One, Marcy worked as a senior financial analyst for Pizza Hut, Inc. and was an analyst at Mercer Management Consulting. Marcy has an MBA from The Wharton School of Business and a BS in Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Science, both at the University of Pennsylvania.

Changing Careers

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Convention Center Room C205
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Panelists: Connie H. King received a BS in Civil Engineering from Texas Tech and a MS in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering Option, from Texas A&M. She worked for Exxon and Kodak as an environmental engineer for thirteen years and is a registered professional engineer in Colorado and Texas. Connie's work with environmental lawyers at Exxon and Kodak triggered her interest in a legal career. She attended law school at night for four years and received a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Denver. Connie currently practices environmental law with Merrill, Anderson, King & Harris, LLC in Colorado Springs.

Courtney Josey received her MS in Mechanical Engineering after having worked as a math teacher, college admissions registrar, and a National Marketing Manager. She spent the next 12 years working as a power plant engineer, and as an international field engineer and training specialist in gas turbine controls. In 1994, she received a Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, and spent two years as a counselor in an alcohol/drug outpatient clinic. Since 1997, Courtney has been a massage therapist, using body-centered techniques and craniosacral massage to help her clients relax, and in some cases, release trauma.

Shirley Mondy is a senior member of the SWE Central New Mexico Section and has been active in SWE at the local, regional and national level. Shirley worked for 12 years with the Bureau of Land Management as a petroleum engineer, staff chief, line manager and finally, Equal Employment Opportunity manager. Then she went to work for the US Fish and Wildlife Service as an Organizational Development Liaison, helping to facilitate and mediate workplace issues. She is currently coordinating endangered fish issues on the San Juan and Rio Grande Rivers as the Service's Program Coordinator for River Issues in New Mexico.

Elder Care

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Convention Center Room C108
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Elder care can be a very trying and emotional experience. Despite the resources available, each situation is unique and corresponding resources are not always available. Come listen and gain support from women who have been through various situations of elder care and use of resources available.

Moderator: Patricia L. Eng, PE

Panelists: Kathryn Cunningham retired from Ameritech in 1997. She is currently an independent telecommunications consultant. She is single with one sibling. Kathryn and her brother were very involved in the care of their mother during her three-year battle with kidney cancer. Kathryn used hospice and hired in-home caregivers so that her mother could remain in her home. She also dealt with the family financial issues.

Patricia L. Eng, PE, was a manager at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission responsible for oversight of regulatory matters affecting the interim storage and transport of spent nuclear power plant fuel within the US. In spring 2000, her mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Her father had a mild nervous breakdown shortly thereafter. Patricia is a single, only child and serves as the primary care giver for both her parents. In mid 2000, Patricia transitioned from her management job to a senior technical policy advisor within the NRC.

Wanda Munn is a recently retired Westinghouse nuclear engineer who obtained her engineering degree in midlife while caring for a mother in declining health, two sons, a dependent sibling and a nephew. Ten years later, she was the primary caretaker, again at home, as her only sister succumbed to pancreatic cancer. She compares the differences in her experiences with and without hospice assistance.

Tony Oliver is a retired Industrial Engineer. She was formerly Vice President of Manufacturing at a company that made ARNAV equipment. One of four children, she is divorced with an adult daughter. She cares for her mother and aunt who are in Arizona and California, respectively. Until recently, she also cared for two cousins as well as her husband who had ALS.

Susan Castro is a senior management analyst at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. She is divorced and the mother of three children in high school and college. Until recently, she was primary caregiver to her 81-year-old mother, who has Parkinson's disease and has had surgeries to replace both arthritic knees. Her oldest daughter, a second-year medical student living at home, has a congenital spine condition and fibromyalsia that cause chronic pain.

Women in Academia

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Convention Center Room C201
Conference Track: The Future of Knowledge Transfer

Join women faculty and administrators from throughout the United States for a discussion on developing a curriculum vitae and interviewing for academic positions. All interested conference participants, and especially graduate students, are encouraged to attend. Moderator: Elena McDonald-Buller, PhD, Research Associate, Center for Energy and Environmental Resources, The University of Texas at Austin.

SATURDAY, JUNE 30

Glass Ceiling Perspectives

11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Marriott City Center Suite 3, Lower Level 2
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Panelists: Diane H. Gulyas is Vice President and General Manager of DuPont's Advanced Fibers businesses -- KevlarÒ, NomexÒ and TeflonÒ Fibers, based in Richmond, Virginia, at the Spruance Plant site. Diane joined DuPont in 1978 and spent her first ten years in a variety of sales, marketing, technical and systems development positions primarily in DuPont's Polymers business. The next four years she was in Europe as European business manager based in Geneva for Engineering Polymers, and plant superintendent at the Mechelen, Belgium site. Diane served as Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Board, E. S. Woolard, in 1993-1994. Since then, she has held two positions as global business director; Nylon Fibers New Business Development and Global ZytelÒ Engineering Polymers. Diane is on the Board of Directors for the United Way of Richmond and previously served as Co-Chairman of the John Tyler Community College Workforce Campaign Development Council. She formerly served on the Board of Directors of the Delaware Nature Society. She has a BS in Chemical Engineering and completed the Advanced Management Program at Wharton in 1994.

Sherri Bealkowlski, Microsoft

Eleanor Pope, QUALCOMM, Inc.

What To Do With Your Time When You Retire

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Convention Center Room C107
Conference Track: The Career Odyssey

Panelists: Susan K. Whatley has a BS and MS in Engineering Science & Mechanics. Susan's engineering career spanned only twelve years from 1976 to 1988, but she rose rapidly from a development associate to a top-level program manager at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Her engineering career included experimental research on alternate nuclear fuel forms and radioactive waste management, especially in the area of repository licensing analysis and transportation management. Prior to obtaining her engineering degrees, she spent 20 years as a technical secretary at the US Atomic Energy Commission and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Susan has been a Life Member of SWE since 1983, and has filled many roles in the society culminating as President of SWE in 1985-86. Originally a member of the Smoky Mountain Section, she is currently a Member at Large since she now lives in coastal North Carolina. She was honored as a DNE in 1983 and a SWE Fellow in 1992.

Fellows Panel
Having Our Say - Lessons in Life, Leadership, and SWE

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Convention Center Room C106

Conference Track: The Future of Knowledge Transfer

The Fellow Members of the Society of Women Engineers have extensive experience in life, leadership, and the Society of Women Engineers and a willingness to share their experiences with others. This panel will discuss a variety of subjects as they relate to these areas. Come meet our distinguished panelists, listen to our stories, and learn about our ideas and experiences and how they can be of benefit to you. Ample time for your questions will be included.

Moderator: Alexis C. Swoboda, P.E., is celebrating her 25th year of SWE membership. She began her SWE career in the Denver Section where she was active in a variety of activities including co-founding their scholarship program and annual essay contest. She has served as the Director of Region C and on the Board of Directors as Vice President for Member Services. Alexis is a Petroleum Engineer with the Bureau of Land Management in Roswell, New Mexico where she is also active in a number of other organizations and was recently honored with the Society of Petroleum Engineers 2001 Southwestern North America Region Regional Service Award.

Panelists: Debra P. Evans has been a SWE member since her undergraduate days at Northwestern University, Debra is Program Manager for the Ford Telematics Business for Motorola. She has been an active member of the Chicago, Los Angeles, and Western Carolina Sections and the student sections at Northwestern and the University of Illinois where she earned an MS in engineering. She also holds a MS in Program Management from George Washington University. Debra is a former member of the Society's Board of Directors and in addition to the Society has been active in a number of organizations throughout her career including her Alma Maters, Sorority and the St. Joan of Arc PTA and Women's Club. She is married to Willard S. Evans Jr. They are the parents of Will and Patrice.

Judith L. Forbes, Ph.D. became a SWE member before there was even a student section at California State University, Fullerton. She earned her Bachelors while her children were in nursery school and her MSE and MBA while her children were growing up. Judie and her children were all in college at the same time while she earned her doctorate. Most recently President of Jandr Associates, a consulting company, Judie has a multi-faceted background in engineering management and technical education. She is active in technical and community organizations including SWE, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the American Association of University Women, Mensa, and the 99s International Women Pilots Association. She is a veteran, USN, a private pilot and aircraft owner. Judie is married and has three children and four grandchildren.
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