Central Florida Section
President – Cheri Maboudou-Tchao
Cheri Maboudou-Tchao is a marketing engineer at Siemens Energy, Inc in Orlando. Cheri began her career at Siemens in August, 2008 as a technical support engineer. Prior to joining Siemens, she spent ten years at Emerson Process Management- Rosemount Nuclear Instruments, Inc. in Minneapolis, MN where she held positions in quality, manufacturing, and analog design engineering. Cheri received her Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from North Dakota State University, where she first became involved an officer with SWE. Within the Minnesota Professional Section of SWE, she held many positions including Professional Development Chair, Nominating Committee Chair, Public Relations Chair, and Secretary. More...
Vice-President - Migdalia Hernandez
Ms. Hernandez was born on a warm, sunny island called Puerto Rico. In 1986 she graduated with a Cum Laude bachelor’s degree in Science from Inter-American University in Puerto Rico. After her graduation in 1986,she moved to Virginia were she started working for Fairfax County Water Authority as a construction field inspector for new water main installations. Fascinated with treatment processes, she became a laboratory technician and moved to a laboratory supervisor position in 1991. More...
Secretary - Carolyn Bonaventura
Carolyn holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Construction Management and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering, both from the University of Florida. She currently works in project management at CDM, More...
Treasurer - Simone O'Riordan-Adjah
Simonetta “Simone” O’Riordan-Adjah is from Jamaica and is a lead Communication Systems Engineer at Northrop Grumman. Simone graduated from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering in 2002, and later received a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering with focus in Communications Engineering in 2004.More...
Section Representative - Allison Tuff
Allison graduated in May 2009 from the University of Central Florida (UCF) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering. She currently works for United Space Alliance as a Flight Crew Systems Engineer at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. More...
Director of Diversity – Barika Poole
Ms. Poole is a water resources project manager with CDM, whom she has worked for 9 years. She has worked with in Central Florida and New England on surface water and groundwater projects consisting of stormwater master planning, NPDES permitting and compliance, groundwater remediation and aquifer storage and recovery design and construction. She earned her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Environmental Engineering in 2001, and her Masters of Engineering degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2002, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. More...
Director of Education -Tamika Jones
Tamika holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Florida State University and a Master of Business Administration from Rollins College. She started with The Boeing Company, working on the 787 program in Everett, WA as a payloads design engineer for the interior payloads of the 787. She then relocated to the Kennedy Space Center, FL working with Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS) on the Checkout, Assembly and Payload Processing Services Program (CAPPS) as a mechanical design engineer and design ground support equipment. She currently provides design support for the development, maintenance or modifications and documentation of mechanical systems for ground support equipment (GSE). More...
Director of Membership – Atoosa Vaziri
Atoosa Vaziri graduated from the University of Central Florida (UCF) with a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science in 1998. After working a few years, she went back to UCF and graduated with a Master's of Science in Management Information Systems in 2003. More...
Director of Professional Development - Elaine Schomburg-LaFleur
Elaine Schomburg-LaFleur is a project management engineer at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and is Mechanical Engineer. She has a passion around learning and helping others develop the skills and talents to succeed personally and professionally. More...