Society of Women Engineers

What is Work-Life Balance?  What does it mean to you?  How do you advance your career, raise a family, and care for your elderly parents at the same time?  How do you get more things done in less time?  What about your P.E. or that advanced degree you always dreamed of obtaining?  How do you function when half of your heart is at home and the other is in the office?

The path to achieving both your personal and professional goals can have many unexpected obstacles and diversions.  Please join us as we share opinions, strategies and tactics to keep on track to achieving success on your own terms.

Panelists include:

Stephanie Foege
Stephanie Foege has been involved in SWE since her college days.  She served on the executive board at the University of Illinois where she earned her degree in Computer Engineering.  She went on to work for IBM in Minnesota and was a member of the Twin City section and began her career in hardware design and verification.  After getting married and moving back to the Chicago area, Stephanie worked as a remote employee for IBM for several yeras, taking a bit of time off around the birth of her daughter.  She has served on the programs, finance, and national conference planning committees for the Chicago Regional Section, and will soon take on the position of Recording Secretary.

Wendy Bohner, GE Healthcare (www.gehealthcare.com)

Experience:
2004 - Present Lead System Designer GE Healthcare - IT Barrington, IL
1999 - 2003 Developer/Analyst (Contractor-Remote) AON Winston Salem NC
1983 - 1989 Information Management Specialist AT&T Piscataway NJ
Education:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Operations Research
Married to Don Bohner, 3 children - Nicholas (22), Jessica (20), Samantha (17)

Nancy Kulick, Point B (www.pointb.com)
Nancy Kulick is a senior associate at Point B with over 15 years of work experience in business and technology program leadership.  She is a seasoned change leader with experience in telecommunications post-deregulation, in the early stages of internet commercialization, and in evolving global energy efficiency regulations.  She has launched new products, built next-generation networks, led cross-organizational process changes, and implemented enterprise IT solutions.  Prior to joining Point B, Nancy was a vice president at Remi Communications and a senior product manager at Amazon.com.  She has an MBA from Northwestern University and a Bachelor in Finance from Wofford College.  Nancy has been married for 13 years and has a 6-year-old daughter and a 5-year-old son.

This will be a family friendly event, so you are welcome to bring your children to the event.  We will have an area set up for your kids to play quietly, so bring a backpack of activities to keep your kids entertained while you are attending the event.  Boys and girls of all ages are welcome to attend.  When you RSVP, please let us know if you'll be bringing kids and their ages.

Questions? Contact michelle.gould@swe.org .