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Connections. Make History. Annual Report 2014 CONNECTIONS. MAKE HISTORY. ANNUAL REPORT 2014 1 27,000+ members record high STACEY DELVECCHIO KAREN HORTING FY14 President Executive Director, CEO Originally created for WE13 in Baltimore, we adopted “Make Connections. Make History.” for the presidential theme for FY14. We believe that by continuously making connections and making history, as a Society and as individuals, we amplify our message that engineering, technology and humanity benefit from a diverse, inclusive workforce. FY14 was filled with many historical moments that helped us begin to reach three new strategic goals adopted in FY14: FY14 PROFESSIONAL FY14 GLOBALIZATION collaborative event took place on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. This hands- EXCELLENCE HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: on engineering experience attracted a First Online Career International Programs Manager record-breaking 385 middle school girls Development Conference position created at HQ and 195 parents and educators. Draws Strong Attendance The Board of Directors approved an SWE celebrated the success of our first international program manager staff OTHER WAYS WE MADE HISTORY IN FY14 MADE HERE. Online Career Development Conference. position at SWE HQ to help develop “SWE Magazine” Received a FOLIO Held March 13-14 2014, the conference and execute the Society’s international Eddie Award The Society of Women Engineers hosted over 300 attendees who strategic plan. Leadership Letter “SWE Magazine” received a FOLIO Eddie 3 participated in a series of online seminars. stimulates women to achieve full First Corporate Roundtables Held Award and three honorable mentions at Highlights & Scholarship 4 WE13 Makes History Outside the U.S. the magazine industry’s largest awards WE13, held in Baltimore, Maryland SWE hosted corporate roundtables for competition. The editorial team was potential in careers as engineers Awards 5 Oct. 22-24, achieved record-breaking corporate leaders in Frankfurt, Germany honored with an Eddie Award for the attendance with more than 7,000 and Pune and Bangalore, India to discuss series, “Top Secret Rosies of World War and leaders, expands the image Corporate Partnership attendees from around the globe. The attracting, retaining and advancing II.” This two-part series appeared in the Council 6 WE13 Career Fair attracted 280 exhibitors women engineers. Conference 2013 and Winter 2014 issues. and attendees benefited from 350 of the engineering profession as A Change in Leadership education sessions. Corporate Sponsorship 7 FY14 ADVOCACY After more than 11 years of leadership, a positive force in improving the SWE eBooks Debut SWE said “good bye” to executive Financials HIGHLIGHTS: 8 The Society published its first eBook $700,000+ Awarded in Scholarships director Betty Shanahan. During her with the “SWE Work & Life Integration tenure, Shanahan is credited with the quality of life, and demonstrates Sponsors SWE continued to be one of the largest 9 Playbook.” The downloadable book, resources for engineering scholarships establishment of numerous important which was developed by a committee partnerships, positioned SWE as the voice the value of diversity. Donors available to aspiring female engineers. 10 of SWE leaders, includes a collection of More than $700,000 was awarded to on public policy issues impacting women insights into five key areas for work and over 200 collegiate women studying in engineering, helped grow membership Board of Directors and life integration. To date the ebook has engineering and technology. nearly 70% and almost doubled Board of Trustees 12 been downloaded over 2,300 times. attendance at our annual conference. 4th Annual Invent It. Build It. Betty handed over her duties to longtime Event Breaks Records staff-member and former deputy Invent It. Build It. – a Society of Women executive director, Karen Horting. Engineers, Girl Scouts, Design Squad Nation, ExxonMobil Foundation 2 3 FY14 HONORING SCHOLARSHIPS ACHIEVEMENTS Over $720,000 in scholarships were awarded in FY14 to over 200 In FY14 more than 40 individuals were honored for the contributions MAKING collegiate women studying engineering and technology, thanks they made to industry, education and the community that moved the to the generous support of these scholarship grantors: engineering profession forward. FY14 also saw the introduction of two new awards, the Global Leadership and Prism awards. CONNECTIONS Ada I. Pressman Memorial Lonnie Lee and Maria Elena Admiral Grace Murray Hopper Abernethy Endowment for Native Anne Maureen Whitney Americans in Engineering Barrow Memorial Lucy Hsu ACHIEVEMENT Laura M. Major Alma Martinez Fallon THROUGH B.J. Harrod Lydia I. Pickup Memorial Frances Mazze Hurwitz, Ph.D. The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc. Newport News Shipbuilding, a Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries Bechtel Corporation Margaret R. Brewster Scholarship NASA Glenn Research Center Jessica McElman Betty Irish Mary Gunther Memorial SUZANNE JENNICHES UPWARD Naval Surface Warfare Center, Helen O. Patricia PUBLICATIONS Betty Lou Bailey SWE Region F Mary Jones Berry MOBILITY ENDOWED BY NORTHROP Carderock Division Kennametal Inc. Mary V. Munger Memorial Betty Shanahan GRUMMAN CORPORATION Tara L. Rossman Catherine Pieronek In FY14 SWE published our first eBook, the BK Krenzer Memorial Reentry MASWE Janeen Judah Caterpillar Inc. University of Notre Dame “Work & Life Integration Playbook.” The playbook Boston Scientific Meredith Thoms Memorial Chevron Brian and Emily Zachar Northrop Grumman Foundation Patricia Walker DISTINGUISHED SERVICE was the result of a 2012 SWE survey of more RODNEY D. CHIPP MEMORIAL Medtronic, Inc. Naomi Brill, F.SWE Brill Family Olive Lynn Salembier than 400 participants that revealed 72 percent of Nicholas (Nick) C. Bell, Ph.D Carol Stephens, SWE Region F Memorial Reentry General Motors Erika Williams Stacey Bright Culver respondents believed work and life integration The Chrysler Foundation Past Presidents John Deere The Babcock & Wilcox Company Gene Fraser policies have not contributed to fulfilling career Cisco’s Future Paula Simon Loring Northrop Grumman Corporation SWE DISTINGUISHED NEW ENGINEER OUTSTANDING FACULTY ADVISOR dreams. With the playbook, SWE provided Cummins Praxair Inc. Carrie Ballester Kristine K. Craven, Ph.D. tools and case studies in policies, methods and Dorothy Lemke Howarth Memorial Roberta Banaszak Gleiter – DISTINGUISHED Lockheed Martin Corporation Tennessee Technological University Dorothy M. & Earl S. Hoffman Engineering Endeavor ENGINEERING EDUCATOR tactics for encouraging employees to maintain Cybil Boss, P.E. OUTSTANDING SWE COUNSELOR Dorothy P. Morris Rochelle Nicolette Perry Memorial Karen A. Thole, Ph.D. a healthy relationship between home life and URS Corporation Jennifer May Vilbig Dr. Ivy M. Parker Memorial Rockwell Automation The Pennsylvania State University career pursuits. The playbook featured stories Vilbig & Associates DuPont Rockwell Collins GLOBAL LEADERSHIP Britta Jost from women engineers who have been there – Elizabeth McLean Memorial Sandra Postel Rita Bowser Caterpillar Inc. SWE OUTSTANDING struggling to achieve a happy medium between COLLEGIATE MEMBER Exelon Sempra Westinghouse Electric Company Stacy Lueneburg reaching professional goals and maintaining Susan Miszkowicz Memorial Kaitlyn J. Bunker, Ph.D. Ford Motor Company Anne Coté Continental Automotive Systems connections with friends and family outside the Fran O’Sullivan Women SWE Baltimore – Michigan Technological University Kimberly-Clark Corporation Lisa M. Rimpf workplace. Case studies of successful practices in Lenovo Leadership Washington Section Samantha Knoll SWE Baltimore – Suzanne R. Davidson The Babcock & Wilcox Company leveraged by companies such as Dell, GE GE’s Women’s Network University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Washington Section – Freshmen The Boeing Company Stephanie R. Salas-Snyder GE’s Women’s Network Ritu Raman Aviation, Raytheon, Motorola Solutions, Inc. and SWE Boston Section Intel Corporation Querétaro, Mexico PRISM University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Home Depot illustrated how to strategically SWE Central Illinois Section Gwynne Shotwell’s Hot Shots Cindy Hoover Jessica Teachworth Tabitha Voytek create an environment that encourages the health for Exploration SWE Central New Mexico Spirit AeroSystems Inc. Lockheed Martin Corporation and wellbeing of all employees. The Henry Luce Foundation – Section – Ellen Hippeli Carnegie Mellon University Memorial Scholarship Emily L. Howard, Ph.D. Erin M. Wakefield Clare Boothe Luce Grace Guin The Boeing Company Intel Corporation The “Work & Life Integration Playbook” was Graduate Fellowship SWE Detroit Section The University of Alabama developed by a committee of SWE leaders Honda SWE Eastern Washington Carol J. Weber Abigail Wendt, P.E. Mary Ashley Liu Honeywell International, Inc. Section – Wanda Munn Caterpillar Inc. Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. comprised of Chair Karla Tankersley, Katie SWE Mid-Hudson Section The University of Texas at Austin Hull, Olivia LeBlanc and Wendy Merkley. The IBM Pathways for Experienced EMERGING LEADER Lauren Wolf Technical Women Reentry SWE Minneapolis Section Angela Ahmad Alexandra Romine committee worked together to address the The Boeing Company Intel Corporation SWE New Jersey Section BGE, an Exelon Company The University of Alabama “mega issues” that impact women engineers. SWE Phoenix Section FELLOW GRADE ISO New England Samantha Scharles SWE Region E Jennifer A. Brooks Betty Irish Former SWE Executive Director & CEO Betty ITW Milwaukee School of Engineering
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