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SWE RMS Spring Banquet
Our Spring Banquet is chock full of recognition of amazing students and SWE volunteers! At the banquet, we announce the winners of our SWE Essay Contest, we recognize our scholarship recipients, as well as our SWE Award winners. It's a great place to network with women engineers, and future engineers!
Date: May 19, 2012
Location: Le Central, Denver
Register online and reserve your seat today!
SWE Elections
SWE RMS elections are in process now. Ballots will be mailed to voting members soon. Please see our slate of candidates below:
Madalene Fetsch, nominee for President
Over the last three years, Madalene has served as the vice-president for the Rocky Mountain SWE Section. Between assisting the president, helping to determine the future of GESTEM, strengthening our connections to groups like NSPE and FIRST Robotics, and coordinating with our very successful volunteers on our programs, she has kept busy with the new events for the section. She looks forward to our second annual mini-conference planned for this autumn, and growing GESTEM to better serve girls in the Denver metro area. Madalene's time with SWE started with her freshman year at CU-Boulder in Chemical Engineering, where she helped with events such as letter writing campaigns to new students and ice cream socials to talk to high school girls about engineering. After completing her bachelor's, she joined the collegiate section at Washington University in St. Louis as a graduate student in biomedical engineering and helped put on the 2003 Region i SWE Conference. Since returning to Colorado four years ago, she has been working as head of Quality Control for a local toxicology lab. In her free time, she is a volunteer coordinator with the Conference on World Affairs and also a founding member and treasurer of an artist workshop called Phoenix Asylum. She has really enjoyed her last 14 years with SWE, and would love to be part of the newest Executive Council for the Rocky Mountain Section.
Sonya Reiser, nominee for Vice President
Sonya Reiser is a professional engineer registered in the states of Colorado and Oregon and is the mother of two children. She has a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Baylor University (2001), where she was a member of the collegiate chapter of SWE. She moved to Denver in 2004 and joined SWE as a professional member in the Rocky Mountain Region. Beginning in 2005 through the present, Sonya has been the chairperson for the annual SWE-RMS Great Women in Engineering and Science Essay contest for 6th Grade students. Ms. Reiser served at the SWE-RMS Vice President during fiscal year 2007-2008. As a hydro-mechanical engineer, Sonya leads the Hydropower section of the Hydropower and Renewables Group for Knight Piesold and Co in Denver. She has been with Knight Piesold since November of 2010. Prior to Knight Piesold, Sonya worked at AECOM in Denver as a design engineer in the water group.
Casey Griswold, nominee for Treasurer
Casey Griswold is the SWE-RMS nominee for Treasurer for FY13. She has enjoyed serving as the Treasurer for the section over the last year and is excited to continue! Over the past three years she has had many opportunities to help the section grow, including revamping the communications strategy as the Secretary in FY'11, participating in GESTEM planning and developing interactions with the local collegiate sections, and she looks forwards to serving the RMS membership in new ways in the future. In college she was active in SWE at the University of Michigan, helping with various section activities ranging from monthly meetings to the annual career fair. This past year Casey also started working with the CU Boulder SWE section as their collegiate counselor, and is looking forward to continuing in that role next year. She loves being involved with SWE for the dedicated and creative individuals she gets to meet and the resources the section provides for local women. In particular, she loves working with collegiate students, who are full of creative ideas and enthusiasm! Casey currently works as a thermal engineer for Ball Aerospace in Boulder, where she enjoys designing thermal management systems for earth observation satellites. She graduated from U of M in the spring of 2008 with a BSE in Aerospace Engineering and from CU Boulder in December 2010 with a MS in Aerospace Engineering. Outside of work, she spends her time with friends and enjoying the outdoors by running, skiing, doing yoga, rowing, skiing, hiking and rock climbing, and this year's "hobby" - wedding planning! She is very excited about the possibility of serving the SWE Region I community in FY13 as the RMS Treasurer.
Michelle Narciso, nominee for Secretary
Michelle Narciso has been a SWE member since 2003 when she moved from Colorado to Indiana to pursue a degree in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. During her time at Purdue she participated in SWE mentoring programs where she assisted potential and incoming students in answering any of their questions about the University. After completing her bachelor's degree at Purdue, she moved back to Colorado to begin working as an electronics packaging engineer for Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. There she supported programs ranging from small development activities to classified national defense spacecrafts. Since returning to Colorado she has participated in various judging competitions for SWE essay contests and scholarships as well as FLL competitions. Recently, Michelle accepted a position working for GE Energy in the Measurement and Control Solutions division located in Longmont. Outside of work, Michelle spends her time with friends, her golden retriever Sophie, and outdoors hiking, running, and biking.
Marisa Ceppi, nominee for Section Representative
Marisa spent the first 15 years of her career working for a major/global automotive supplier, first, in the Chicago area and then in Detroit. She has held positions in engineering, program management and ultimately Sales/Business Development. Marisa has had the great experience of working on numerous global projects and being exposed to many different cultures. She has been in Colorado for the past three years and is now a Regional Director for a growing consulting company in the energy efficiency industry. She has a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State and an MBA from Michigan State. Marisa has been the Section Rep for SWE RMS for the past two years and looking forward to continuing her involvement with the section.
Judy Neyer, nominee for Section Representative
Judy Neyer is a Business Development Executive with experience in US, Canada, Mexico and international markets utilizing Solution Selling techniques. She innovatively approaches selling from a building relationship standpoint incorporated into a business perspective. She provides creative solutions to improve product performance and customer satisfaction which culminates in measurable profitability. Her style reflects high level of energy and compassion for product development, increased sales and assisting others in attaining their best. Judy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering with minor in Electrical Engineering and Just-In-Time Manufacturing (JIT). In Houston, Texas SWE Section, Judy served on the Executive Council for as VP External Affairs. Moved to Denver, Colorado January 2011 and serving as Section Representative for the FY12 Rocky Mountain Section. At Rockwell Automation she is a Solution Architect selling Services Solutions covering Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Montana territories. She possesses experience in data base administration, system engineering, Microsoft Certified Professional and Six Sigma Green Belt trained.
