Central Florida Board of Trustees
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1. Lisa Bird
Lisa Bird is an Electronic
Engineer with the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for
Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation. She is assigned to Close Combat
Tactical Training where she works on acquisitions and does project
engineering. Prior to working for the Army, the emphasis in
Lisa's career was the development of advanced technologies, most notably for
the Space Shuttle Program.
Lisa has a Bachelor of Science degree in Textile
Science from Kansas State University,
a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering
from the University of Central Florida,
and a Master's degree in Business Administration
from the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College.
Lisa is a charter member of the Central
Florida Section and is a Life Fellow member of SWE. She
has served the Society in a variety of
offices both local and national.
2. Harmony Myers
Harmony Myers is a Reliability & Safety Engineering Supervisor for NASA.
Her group works with a multi-discipline team to ensure the safety
requirements for the space shuttle ground support systems are met as well as
safety requirements and analysis for the Constellation Program. Prior to working
for NASA, Harmony worked for five years for United Space Alliance, the main
contract for the Space Shuttle program, as a Design Engineer and a
Reliability Engineer.
Harmony has her Bachelor of Science from University of
Central Florida in Electrical
Engineering and a Master of Science from University of Miami
in Industrial Engineering. Harmony has been a member of SWE since 1998 and
has served in various positions including Section President and Region
Governor. She currently serves as the 2010 National Conference Local Host
Committee Chair and as one of the Central Florida Board of Trustees.
3. Jean Hill
Jean Hill is a NASA Safety and
Reliability Engineer at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) where she is the point of
contact for safety variances to NASA-wide standards and KSC-wide requirements
documents. Ms. Hill also performs and reviews analyses on Explosive,
Pyrotechnic, and Hypergolic Propellant Systems for the Space Shuttle, Ares
I-X, and Constellation Programs. In her 12-year engineering career, Jean has
also performed analyses for various missions, including the International
Space Station, Hubble Space Telescope, and the Chandra X-Ray Telescope. She
has also performed analyses for Laser Safety and Reliability Engineering on
various ground and air combat weapons. Jean is currently serving in her
second term as Central Florida SWE's Membership
Initiatives Director where she is responsible for both Membership and Awards.
Being a firm believer in education and educational outreach opportunities for
students of all ages, Jean freely volunteers her time to SWE, AIAA, FIRST
Robotics, and NASA Speakers Bureau outreach events. Ms. Hill earned her
Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Physics from Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University
and her Master of Engineering degree in Space Operations from the University of Colorado.
Responsibilities:
- To manage the
financial investing of the trust account
- To withdraw money once
a year from the account for the scholarship fund as decided by the
Executive Board and concurred by the Board of Trustees
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