BWS FY11 Leadership:

The FY11 officer slate is posted below. Feel free to contact any of the officers if you have questions or inquiries. You may also email the leadership at leadership@swe-bws.org

POSITION	NAME	EMAIL ADDRESS
PRESIDENT	Janie Robinson	President@swe-bws.org
VICE PRESIDENT OUTREACH	Natalie Bryner	Vicepresident@swe-bws.org
VICE PRESIDENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT	Angela Martin	Vicepresident_pd@swe-bws.org
SECRETARY	Mercy Luhanga	internal_secretary@swe-bws.org
TREASURER	Lei Zhou	treasurer@swe-bws.org
SECTION REPRESENTATIVE	Marge Inden	sectionreps@swe-bws.org
SECTION REPRESENTATIVE	Carmen Boelte	sectionreps@swe-bws.org
SECTION REPRESENTATIVE	Andrea Sternberg	sectionreps@swe-bws.org
SECTION REPRESENTATIVE	Emily Clifton	sectionreps@swe-bws.org

BWS Executive Council Description

The Section Executive Council transacts the business of the Section, ensuring that the objectives and purposes of the Society and the Section are pursued.  This includes providing programming for the Section members, providing outreach to students within the community, formulating and changing Section policy and procedures, and approving the Section budget.    Officers of the Executive Council include the President, two Vice Presidents, two Secretaries, Treasurer, and Section Representative(s).  The number of Section Representatives is determined by the size of the Section, and is between 1 and 4; in Fiscal Year 2008 BWS had four Section Representatives.  Voting members of the Executive Council include the officers listed.  Chairs of committees or activities are non-voting members of the Executive Council.  The Executive Council appoints the nominating committee chairperson and approves the appointment of the other committee chairpersons, as recommended by the President.

 

The President coordinates all activities and executes the business and policies of the Section.  The President is the face of the Section in public, and executes the business and policies of the Section.  The President is also responsible for appointing the chairperson of all committees, with the exception of the nominating committee chairperson, who is appointed by the Executive Council.

 

The Section Representatives act as the official contact between the Board of Directors and the Section.  Section Representatives vote for the Section on all matters before the Council of Representatives (COR) as well as before the Region, and report back to the Section on matters reported in the minutes of meetings of the COR and the Region.  When necessary, Section Representatives assure authorized alternate(s) are selected to represent the Section at these meetings.

 

The Vice Presidents act as officer contacts for those committees put under her supervision by the President, as well as perform the duties of the President in her absence or at her request.  One Vice President focuses on the furtherance of the professional development of Section members, as approved by the membership.  This includes providing activities and programs to encourage and assist members to establish goals for and to attain high levels of education and professional achievement, as well as readying themselves to return to active work after an extended absence.  The second Vice President focuses on the Section’s career guidance and outreach goals, including providing information and counseling on engineering careers for students in grade K-12, providing counseling and possible financial assistance to women engineering students, and to maintain and disseminate information on available engineering scholarships.

 

The Treasurer collects, safely keeps and distributes the funds of the Section.  The Treasurer keeps and exact account of all receipts and expenditures for submission to the Society Treasurer at the end of the fiscal year, and presents a financial report at meetings of the Executive Council and Section membership, as required.  The Treasurer also answers inquiries on financial matters and makes recommendations to the Executive Council on financial strategy.

 

The Secretary records, prepares, maintains and distributes minutes of each official meeting of the Section or Executive Council and coordinates public relations efforts to ensure community knowledge of the Section, its purpose, and events.  The approved minutes are then submitted into the Section archives.  The Internal Communications Secretary notifies the Section and Executive Council of meetings and activities, and sends out ballots for elections and for amendments to the Bylaws. The Secretary maintains the current official membership records of the Section, and also contacts and assists prospective members in applying for membership in the Society. This include providing publicity to advance the Society’s objectives and Section goals, as well as to send news accounts of Section activities to SWE, other professional engineering organizations or affinity groups, and external publications.