Please Join Us in Celebrating Our Members:
- Congratulations to Stacey Delvecchio a recent recipient of the prestigious "25 Women in Leadership Award."
- This award is sponsored by the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce, The Marketeer Magazine, and WEEK News 25.
- This award is designed to recognize women of all ages who have demonstrated unswerving dedication to the betterment of themselves, their family, thier company, and their community at large.
- A nominee's eligibility is determined by the contributions she makes to her work and to those around her.
- A special appointed committee of community and business leaders judge all nominees based upon specific information and examples of leadership given by the nominator
- The award is given to 25 women who have gone beyond the norm to excel and provide leadership for all who know them.
- Stacey puts Commitment into action as a demonstration of Our Values in Action
- Congratulations to Jennifer Yates on her promotion as the Tier 4 Collaboration Facilitator in the LPSD Development Excellence Group at Caterpillar.
- Congratulations to April Privett on her promotion to Engineering Supervisor of the Hose Engineering group within Specialty Products Business Unit at Caterpillar.
- Congratulations to our newly elected officers for FY09
President-Elect – Britta Jost
Secretary – Kathleen Bendick
Tresurer – Julie Reyer
COR – Stacey DelVecchio
- Congratulations to Britta Jost on her new position with the TTT Machine Development Team at Caterpillar's Peoria Proving Grounds.
- Congratulations to Natalie Vanderspiegel on her new position as a Fuel Systems Design Engineer at Caterpillar.
- Congratulations to Amy Hess on her new position as a BlackBelt in the Application Components group at Caterpillar.
- Congratulations to Elizabeth Sears on her promotion to Machine Development Engineer at Caterpillar.
- Congratulations to Amy Hammer on her new position as a 6 Sigma Black Belt in the Engineering Recruiting and Development organization at Caterpillar.
- Congratulations to Leslie Paulson on her promotion to Manager of Caterpillar's Global Channel & Marketing Support Department.
- Congratulations to Jamie Stringfield on her promotion to Black Belt 2 in Caterpillar's Metallurgical Quality Group withing Advanced Materials Technology at T&SD.
- Celebrate Central Illinois - Award Winners Announced
Congratulations to all of our NATIONAL award winners!
Our region as well as our sections and individual members won 36 awards this year on the National level. Take a look below to see who won what from Central Illinois
Outstanding Collegiate Merit Awards
Bradley University for preparing the winning bid to host the Region H Conference
University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign for programs encouraging inclusiveness such as the “Tea with SWE” and “Back to School Banquet”
Best Professional Development Series
Central Illinois, for its “Ready, Set, Go…” Professional Development Meeting Series
SWE Region Programming Excellence Award, sponsored by IBM Corporation
Region H for the “Putting out the Fire – A Creative Way to Solve a Difficult Problem” program. Christine Cabrera of Bradley University was a participant on this team! - Congratulations to Tonya & Scott Garrett on the arrival of their new baby girl Natalie.
- Congratulations to Laurie Bidrawn on her engagement to Steve Marmon.
- Congratulations to Kelsey Anderson on her promotion to the D7E Configuration Engineer in Caterpillar's Configuration, Performance & Regulations Section for Tractor Products.
- Congratulations to Debra Conklin on her new position as the Managing Director of Global Work Tools and Services in the Netherlands.
- Congratulations to Leslie Paulson on her new position in Caterpillar's Market and Product Support Division as a Global Channel Manager.
- Shevaun Fennell will compete in the Short Course (1500m swim/40km bike/10km run) Age Group Triathlon World Championships in Hamburg, Germany on September 2, 2007. She qualified for this event at the USAT National Championships earlier this summer.
- Congratulations to our newly elected leadership board for FY08
Carreer Guidance Chair – Kathleen Bendick
Professional Development Chair – Liz Sears
Scholarship Chair – Stacey Delvecchio
Communications Chair – Shevaun Fennell
Membership Chair – Britta Jost
Webmaster – Laura Gaide
- Congratulations to Margo Bubb on her new position as a Supplier Development Engineer in Caterpillar's Global Purchasing Division. Margo will be working in the tire and rim segment purchasing group located in Peoria, IL.
- Congratulations to our member elected to the FY08 Committee/Task Force/Focus Interest Group (FIG) SWE National leadership team
Stacey DelVecchio – FY08 Chair/Lead COR Mega Issues FIG
April Privett – FY08 Chair Elect Scholarship
Beth Mack – FY08 Chair/Lead Strategic Communications Council
- Congratulations to Teresa Cushing who will join Caterpillar's Maintenance Products group as Product Manager for Preventative Maintenance Products.
- Congratulations to our newly elected officers for FY08
President – April Privett
President-Elect – Jamie Frisch
Treasurer – Laurie Bidrawn
Secretary – Tina Tuttle
Section Representative on National Council – Beth Mack
- Congratulations to Fernanda Lindsey for completing the Manufacturing Engineering training!
- Congratulations to Jamie Frisch on her engagement to Mike Stringfield
- Congratulations to Amy McLaren on the birth of her son Kegan Michael on Friday, February 23, 2007 at 8:07 a.m. Kegan is 7 pounds, 15 ounces and 20 inches long and is welcomed by his big brother Will.
- Congratulations to Laura Copp on her new position as a Supplier Development Engineer in Caterpillar's Global Purchasing Division. Laura will be working in the Cat Paving site purchasing group located in Minneapolis, MN.
- Congratulations to Mark Pflederer on his new position at Caterpillar