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FY18 ANNUAL REPORT Always Connecting…Always Engineering. Karen Horting In FY18, SWE’s professional development and FY18 Executive Director and CEO scholarship programs expanded, and further efforts were made to educate and engage the future generation of STEM leaders. In FY18, SWE, volunteer leadership, members, staff and supporters ensured Jonna Gerken that SWE members, and other women in engineering FY18 President and technology, were Always Connecting…Always Engineering. SWE Scholarships Continue to Support Women in STEM At WE17, TE Connectivity Ltd., a world leader in connectivity and sensors, made a $100K contribution to the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) to provide scholarships for women and girls pursing engineering degrees. This generous contribution rounded out more than $830,000 in scholarships awarded to 255 collegiate women in FY18. SWE Comics Educate Future Engineers In FY18, SWE released the second issue of Constance & Nano Engineering Adventure! This educational engineering comic engaged our future generation of engineers, demonstrating how fun solving problems with science, engineering, technology and math can be. To celebrate the launch, SWE and United Technologies held a comic challenge for a chance to be drawn into the issue. Seventh Grade SWENexter, Angel Chukwudi, from Abuja, Nigeria, won the challenge and flew to the United States to join SWE at WE17 for the comic book launch. SWE’s Local Events Expand SWE’s local conference program, WE Local, expanded to seven conferences across the globe in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Phoenix, Arizona; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Portland, Oregon; Providence, Rhode Island; Pune, India; and Prague, Czech Republic. More than 3,000 women in engineering attended the conferences for professional development, career advancement, networking and inspiration. WE Local continues to encourage women in engineering to Meet Locally. Learn Socially. across the globe. Revamp on Professional Development In FY18, SWE launched the new Advance Learning Center interface to help users better access learning materials and allow for mobile usage. The new Advance Learning Center enhances online professional development opportunities with hundreds of webinars, continue education unites (CEUs), e-learning courses and live events. FY18 ANNUAL REPORT AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS Over $720K in Scholarships Awarded In FY18, 230 collegiate women pursuing careers in engineering and technology received scholarships totaling more than $720,000. This was made possible due to the generous support of the following sponsors and donors: Ada I. Pressman Memorial Elizabeth McLean Memorial Northrop Grumman Admiral Grace Murray Ellen Hippeli Memorial (SWE Corporation Hopper Central New Mexico Olive Lynn Salembier American Transmission Co. Section) Memorial Anne Maureen Whitney Exelon Past Presidents Barrow Memorial Ford Motor Company Paula Loring Simon Anne Shen Smith Fran O'Sullivan Women in Richmond Section B.J. Harrod Lenovo Leadership Roberta Banaszak Gleiter Barbara W. & Thomas W. GE Women’s Network Rochelle Nicolette Perry Benko Honeywell Memorial Bechtel Corporation IBM - Linda Sanford Rockwell Automation Betty Lou Bailey - SWE Jill S. Tietjen, P.E. Rocky Mountain Section BK Krenzer John Deere SWE Santa Clara Valley Section - Brill Family Judith Resnik Memorial Al Gardner Memorial Carol Stephens - SWE Katherine F. Lindquist Santa Clara Valley Section - Region F Memorial Esther Williams Memorial Chevron Lillian Moller Gilbreth Santa Clara Valley Section - Chevron Phillips Chemical Memorial Mary G. Ross Memorial Chicago Regional Section Lockheed Martin Santa Clara Valley Section - Columbia River Section Lonnie Lee and Maria Elena Mary Nell Rogers Memorial Covestro Abernethy Santa Clara Valley Section- Cummins Inc. Los Angeles Section Irmgard Flugge-Lotz Detroit Section Lydia I. Pickup Memorial Memorial Dorothy Lemke Howarth Margaret R. Brewster (Twin Sharon Cascadden Memorial Tiers Section) Memorial Dorothy M. & Earl S. Martha Maxwell Memorial Susan and Marvin Whatley Hoffman (Wisconsin Section) Susan E. Stutz McDonald Dorothy P. Morris Mary Gunther Memorial Susan Miszkowicz Dr. Celeste Belcastro Mary Jones Berry September 11 Memorial Memorial (Hampton Roads Mary V. Munger Memorial Section) MASWE Dr. Ivy M. Parker Meredith Thoms Memorial DuPont Minnesota Section Eaton Monsanto FY18 ANNUAL REPORT Scholarship Sponsors and Donors (cont.) SWE Baltimore-Washington SWE New Jersey Section University of Alabama - Section SWE Phoenix Section Tuscaloosa Collegiate SWE Boston Section SWE Region E Section SWE Central Illinois Section SWE Region G - Judy Virginia Counts/Betty Irish SWE Central Indiana Section Simmons Memorial Wanda Munn (SWE Eastern SWE Central New Mexico SWE Region H Washington Section) Section SWE Region J Willamette Valley Section SWE Kansas City Section SWE Senora - Region B SWE Mid-Hudson Section Turner Construction FY18 ANNUAL REPORT FY18 AWARDS AND RECIPIENTS The Society Honors 65 for Outstanding Achievements In FY18, 65 people were celebrated for their achievements in furthering women in engineering and technology and for their impact on the engineering community. ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Jacqueline Chen, Ph.D. GLOBAL TEAM LEADERSHIP AWARD John Deere Tractor Embedded Architecture, System Engineering, and Quality Team, led by SUZANNE JENNICHES UPWARD Rekha Gore MOBILITY AWARD Cindy Wallis-Lage, P.E. PRISM AWARD Anca Eisele RODNEY D. CHIPP MEMORIAL Deena Disraelly, Ph.D. AWARD Katie Thorp, Ph.D. Dianne Costlow, Technical Director, Naval Kris Acosta Surface Warfare Center Corona Division Vicki Dawkins Paul Sowerby, C.Eng., F.I., Mech.E. Thomas A. Kennedy, Ph.D. SPARK AWARD Anne McLaren, Ph.D. DISTINGUISHED ENGINEERING Gena Vitale EDUCATOR Kerrie Greenfelder, P.E., DBIA Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecksler, Ph.D. Shen-Hui Wu Vikki Mueller Espinosa ADVOCATING WOMEN IN ENGINEERING AWARD EMERGING LEADER Kristin Robertson Alexis Wasserman, Ph.D. Mary Isaac, Ph.D., F.SWE Ana Luisa Mendoza QuynhGiao N. Nguyen, Ph.D. Ana Paula Ribeiro Marimoto Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua, Ph.D. Angel McMullen-Gunn Stacey DelVecchio, F.SWE Dayna Johnson, P.E., LEED AP Eileen M. Vélez-Vega, P.E. Lynn Davenport GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AWARD Maureen Masiulis Gail Heck-Sweeney Rebekah Feist, Ph.D. Kimberly Pittel Theresa Wesley Mariana Karam FY18 ANNUAL REPORT FY18 AWARDS AND RECIPIENTS (cont.) SWE DISTINGUISHED NEW ENGINEER DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Adriana Porter, P.E. Linda M.S. Thomas, F.SWE Amy Jo Moore Nora Lin, F.SWE Cassandra Zook Cathleen Saunders, P.E. Kaitlyn J. Bunker, Ph.D., P.E. OUTSTANDING SWE COUNSELOR Letia Blanco AWARD Natalie Miller Ann Peedikayil Paola Chavira Rupali Patil OUTSTANDING COLLEGIATE Stephanie Foege MEMBER AWARD Abby Pakeltis FELLOW GRADE Bridget Hegarty Alyse R. Stofer Caitlyn Hines Andrea Karalus Carlisle DeJulius Cindy Hoover Catharine Rose Scoboria Elizabeth Bierman Cheryl Fichter Gina Janke Francine Reyes-Vega Mary Roybal, Ph.D. Kelsey Riffle Pamela Dingman, P.E. Saheba Bhatnagar Sarah Lobsenz FY18 ANNUAL REPORT FY18 PARTNERS FY18 Corporate Partnership Council (CPC) Members FY18 CPC members provide assistance to SWE through consultation with SWE leadership. Partners share insight on industry trends and developments, supply financial support for innovative projects and help fund Society operations and infrastructure. 3M Emerson Monsanto Accenture Exelon Corporation Motorola Solutions, Inc. Air Force STEM Exxon Mobil NASA Air Products and Chemicals, FedEx Navy Civilian Careers Inc. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Northrop Grumman America's Navy FM Global Corporation Apple Ford Motor Company NXP Semiconductors ArcelorMittal Genentech, A Member of Pacific Gas and Electric Arconic the Roche Group Company BAE Systems General Dynamics Phillips 66 BASF Corporation General Electric Company Praxair BD (Becton Dickinson) General Motors Raytheon Bechtel Corporation GLOBALFOUNDRIES Rockwell Automation The Boeing Company Google Rockwell Collins Booz Allen Hamilton Halliburton Schneider Electric Boston Scientific Harley-Davidson Motor Siemens Corporation Company Southern Company BP Honeywell International Inc. Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. Caterpillar Inc. IBM Stanley Black & Decker Central Intelligence Agency Ingersoll Rand Target Chevron Corporation Intel Corporation TE Connectivity Ltd. CNH Industrial ITW Texas Instruments Cummins Inc. John Deere Toyota Danaher Corporation Johnson & Johnson Turner Construction Dell, Inc. Johnson Controls, Inc. United Technologies DENSO Keysight Technologies, Inc. Corporation The Dow Chemical Kimberly-Clark Corporation U.S. Army Company L-3 Technologies, Inc. Verizon DuPont Lockheed Martin Eaton Corporation Corporation Ecolab Medtronic FY18 ANNUAL REPORT FY18 PARTNERS (cont.) Corporate Membership A corporate membership shows commitment to diversity and support for professional development of women within your organization. SWE’s corporate membership is available to any corporation, educational institution or government entity that supports the mission and objectives of the Society. 3M Flowserve Corporation Naval Nuclear Laboratory Abbott Laboratories FM Global New York ISO AbbVie Inc. Ford Motor Company Northrop Grumman adidas GAF Corporation The Aerospace Corporation General Atomics - Nvidia Corporation Agilent Technologies, Inc. Aeronautical OSIsoft, LLC Air Liquide USA General Dynamics Mission Pacific Gas and Electric ANSYS, Inc. Systems Palo Alto Networks Argonne National General Electric Praxair, Inc. Laboratory General Motors Corporation QSC ASML GHD Quantum Corporation Autodesk Halliburton Raytheon Bechtel Corporation