Officers

Last updated 30th July, 2010

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FY10 Region B Officers

Governor and Region B Leadership Coach: Kerrie Greenfelder, P.E.

Ms. Greenfelder is a registered professional chemical engineer with Camp, Dresser and McKee Inc. (CDM) in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  She graduated from the University of Kansas in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering with an Environmental Emphasis.  Ms. Greenfelder has experience in water/wastewater treatment, landfill design and construction, and groundwater/soil remediation at CDM.  She is known within her community for her technical expertise in the area of removal of arsenic from groundwater for municipal drinking water supplies.

Ms. Greenfelder is currently the governor for the region, a SWE leadership coach, and is a member of the Central New Mexico section.  Ms. Greenfelder currently lives in Albuquerque, with her husband, Matthew, and son, Carter, and she enjoys reading, sewing, and browsing cookbooks.  Contact Kerrie at Kerrie.Greenfelder@swe.org.

Lt. Governor: Jeannette Lindemann

Jeannette received a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from California State University Fullerton and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from North Dakota State University. Currently she works as an engineer at DDB Engineering, Inc. in Irvine, CA.

Jeannette has been a member of SWE since 1996; she is serving as region Lieutenant Governor and has also served as SWE Region B Secretary and Regional Collegiate Membership Coordinator (RCMC). Society Bylaws, Program Development Grants, Membership, Outreach and Awards committee, COR Mega Issues Focus Interest Group (FIG), and Partnership Coordinate Task Force member.  She has actively involved in SWE-OC since 2001, currently she is the section President, and has previously served as Speaker’s Bureau Chair, Section Rep, Corporate Relations Chair, President, Vice President, Section Historian; California State University Fullerton Counselor and University of California at Irvine Counselor. She enjoys reading and traveling.

Treasurer: Keli Callahan, P.E.

Keli Callahan is an Associate with Carollo Engineers with over 9 years experience. During that time, she has been involved in numerous environmental projects with an emphasis on planning and design of water and wastewater infrastructure, water reclamation and treatment facilities, computer modeling, and construction management. She received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from California State University, Fresno and a master’s degree in civil/environmental engineering from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is registered as a professional engineer in Nevada and California. Keli joined SWE in 1999 and was a re-charter member of the Las Vegas Valley section. Since then, she has served as Section Representative (FY07, FY08), Vice President (FY09), and President (FY09-FY10). She was also President of ASCE Southern Nevada Branch Younger Member Forum from 2008-2009 and is currently Secretary for the ASCE Southern Nevada Branch. Keli is also active in APWA, WEF, and NWEA.

Secretary: Stephanie Loete

Stephanie Loete is a radar flight test engineer at the Air Force Flight Test Center located on Edwards AFB, California.  She graduated from the University of Southern California in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and a Multimedia and Creative Technologies Minor. She has been an active SWE member since entering college and has over three years of experience working in bomber flight test for the Air Force.

Stephanie is currently the region secretary and the president of the Antelope Valley section.  She lives in Lancaster, CA and enjoys reading, walking, and gourmet cupcake tasting.

Region B Nominating Committee Chair: Lisa Freestone, P.E.

Lisa Freestone is a registered civil engineer with Carollo Engineers, Inc. in Las Vegas, Nevada.  She graduated from the University of Nevada Las Vegas in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and in 2009 with a Master of Business Administration.   Ms. Freestone has over 16 years experience in civil engineering including management and design of residential, commercial, education, municipal development and public works projects.  She currently serves as the Client Manager for one of the firm’s top Clients and manages the business development activities for the office.

Ms. Freestone is currently the Nominating Chair for Region, the Section Representative for the Las Vegas Valley section and a member of the 2011 Sonora Region Conference Planning Committee.  Her additional recent SWE experience includes being a member of the LVV re-charter team serving as the Treasurer and Vice President during 2006-2008.  She initially joined SWE in 1991 and was active as the Treasurer and President of the UNLV section, and finished her collegiate participation as the Region Collegiate Representative in 1994.  Ms. Freestone currently lives in Las Vegas, with her husband, Cole and two children, Hayley and Maxwell. Outside of her professional life, she spends what’s left of her free time managing Hayley’s travelling softball team and training for her next run, she recently completed her 20th half-marathon in June 2010.

Region B Professional Senator: Deb Willems

Deborah Willems is a Supplier Quality Engineer with Raytheon Vision Systems in CA. Currently a Senator, Deb has served on numerous SWE committees and task forces including the roles of Governor, section representative, collegiate representative, and section president. She currently volunteers a member of the Raytheon Women’s Network, Counselor for the UC Santa Barbara section, and Vice Chair of the Women’s Industrial Advisory Board at California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo. In 2007 Deborah received the Women of Distinction Award from the Raytheon Women’s Network in Goleta, CA.

Region B Professional Senator: Penny Wirsing

Region B Senator Penny Wirsing has been very active in the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) for almost 25 years, holding numerous offices and committee chairs throughout the country as her work has taken her from the Mid-West to the Pacific Northwest, to South Florida, to Northern Virginia, and now to Southern California. Most recently she served as the Chair of the national Conference Program Board from 2005-2009, setting strategy and planning for the success of SWE’s future conferences. Penny was honored as a Fellow of the Society in 2007.

Penny is currently an environmental manager for ExxonMobil’s Torrance Refinery where she is responsible for ensuring the refinery’s compliance with local, state and federal regulations. She has been with ExxonMobil for over 20 years, in a number of locations and positions related to engineering and the environment. Penny earned her BS in Civil Engineering from Michigan State University, and her MBA from the University of Washington.

Region B Alternate Professional Senator: Stacie Suggs

Region B Collegiate Senator: Christine Koloveas

Christine is a senior in the Mechanical Engineering program at Utah State University emphasizing in aerospace and obtaining minors in both math and art. She has been a member of SWE for three years and during those three years she has served on various committees as well as serving as treasurer of her section. She is currently an active member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Her goal is to eventually design roller coasters and/or satellites. When not in school, Christine loves traveling, cooking, and playing sonic on her sega genesis.

Region B Alternate Collegiate Senator: VACANT

Region B Leadership Coach: Justina Mikals

Justina Mikals is a life member of SWE.  Her background is in manufacturing engineering and industrial sales.  She currently works in supply chain management for a defense contractor and is an alternate representative for the Tucson section. After several job rotations, she has been in Tucson for a year. A past chair of the leadership coaching committee (LCC), Justina is now focused on section vitality in region B.  Check out the public leadership coaching SWE community for a list of modules that are presented by SWE leadership coaches.  They are presented free of charge to sections and SWE leaders. Topics include membership, leadership burnout, section officer training, and our newest module for region leaders.  Suggestions for new modules are always welcome.  A SWE leadership coach application is also found in this community.  New applicants are always welcome!

Region B Collegiate Representative: Jasmine Harris

Jasmine Harris is a senior at Weber State University in Ogden, UT, majoring in Manufactruing Engineering Technology and she is also working at Autoliv as a Process Engineer Intern. She was the President of her SWE collegiate section for 2 years and is now serving as the Region Collegiate Representative for Region B.

Region B Collegiate Representative: Cynthia Ma

Region B Collegiate Communications Editor: Brittney Pottenger

Brittney Pottenger is currently in her junior year at University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. She currently is studying Industrial and Systems engineering and hopes to pursue an MBA following her graduation. Brittney is the Regional Collegiate Communications Editors for Region B as well as treasurer for USC’s section of SWE. As a student she enjoys playing with USC’s tennis club and her work at Viterbi School of Engineering.

Region B Collegiate Leadership Coach (Lead): Autumn Smith

Region B Collegiate Leadership Coach: Annika Jensen

Annika is a senior in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Utah State University. She will graduate in December 2011 with her B.S, minors in Mathematics and German. She works at the Space Dynamics Laboratory, part of the Utah State University Research Foundation, as an Engineering Assistant. This means she does whatever the real engineers with degrees tell her to do, including data management, CAD modeling and satellite test preparation. Annika is currently the president of the USU collegiate section and serving as a Collegiate Leadership Coach for the region. She has been a member since her freshman year and has served in her section as publicity chair, secretary and outreach coordinator. Last year she was the Region Collegiate Representative for Region B. In her limited time not occupied by homework, Annika enjoys running, studying history, not doing homework, and cooking with her husband, Ryan.

Region B Collegiate Leadership Coach: Spencer Palmer

Spencer Palmer is a Mechanical Engineering student at Utah State University. He is serving as a Region B Collegiate Leadership Coach and is the Webmaster for USU SWE. Spencer is interested in robotics.  He enjoys learning, hiking, cycling, working on chainmaille, and spending time with his family. Contact Spencer at spencer.palmer@aggiemail.usu.edu.

Region B Collegiate Leadership Coach: Lesley Telford

Lesley Telford is a graduate student in Biomedical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Lesley has served in a variety of roles within her collegiate section, including section President in 2009-2010. Lesley has enjoyed working in outreach with her section, and she hopes to continue her leadership roles within the society as a member of the Collegiate Leadership Coaching Committee.

Region Representatives

B002 – Los Angeles: Jessica Hunt, Elizabeth Owensby, and Chantee Ziemkowski

B003 – Orange County: Kim O’Rourke and Paola Chavira

B004 – San Buenaventura: Ramona Franklin

B005 – San Diego: Joan Fisher and Katie Urbas

B006 – Phoenix: Renee Defeo

B007 – Tucson: Mary Mahler

B008 – Central New Mexico: Jennifer Dugan

B009 – Greater Salt Lake: Amy Jo Bowdidge

B010 – Las Vegas Valley: Lisa Freestone

B011 – Central Coast: Deb Willems

B012 – Antelope Valley: Callie Holland

B049 – Members at Large: Mary Phelps