Officers

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In order to encourage young women across the country to become involved with engineering and technology, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) launched a program called, WOW! That’s Engineering!

OFFICERS

President	Cybil Boss, URS Corporation
Vice President	Angel McMullen-Gunn, Hamilton Sunstrand
Treasurer	Elizabeth Hunter, LEO A DALY
Secretary	VACANT
Section Representative	Janis Pfingsten

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Membership Chair	Angel McMullen-Gunn, Hamilton Sunstrand
Program Development Chair	Karla Romereim, Kellogg Company
Newsletter Editor	Irma Nicholls, LI-COR Biosciences
Webmanager	Lara Syrocki, Kleinfelder
Outreach Chair	Amanda Stahlnecker, HDR
UNL Student Section Counselor	Angel McMullen-Gunn, Hamilton Sunstrand
UNO Student Section Counselor	Rebecca Reinhardt, Northern Natural Gas

OFFICERS

Position	Description	Responsibilities
President	Presides over the meetings and acts as the spokes person for section members, in the community, and to local companies. Delegates SWE responsibilities to other officers per their position.	Prepares agendas for meetings Runs meetings Organize and distribute SWE information to officers and section members Create Ad-hoc committees as necessary
Treasurer	Acts as the section banker and accountant for the section. Helps set up budgets with the aid of other officers and oversees section financial transactions.	Make financial transactions (ie. deposits, withdrawals, pay bills, reimbursements) Take money at meetings and events as necessary Prepare and watch budgets through out the year Write and submit annual year-end financial summary Coordinate and track fundraising efforts
Secretary	Notifies members of meetings, takes minutes of meetings, and sends out minutes to members	Take minutes of the meetings and provides them to the newsletter editor and Webmanager File all meeting minutes and newsletters
Section Representative	Attends and represents our section at the Regional and National level and keeping our section informed of changes occurring at these levels. This position requires attending National Conference and the Council of Representatives meetings(s) there. The COR plays a strategic role in the organization, making recommendations to the BOD on things like public policy.	Write and submit quarterly section reports to headquarters Update and inform section of changes occurring at the Regional and National levels Attending regional and national conference calls Attend annual COR meeting at the National Conference

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Position	Description	Responsibilities
Membership Chair	Responsible for maintaining records of current membership and recruitment efforts of new members	Maintain membership records for section and national Keep officers and committee chairs up-to-date in membership roster Manage efforts to recruit new members
Newsletter Editor	Responsible for the creation of the section quarterly newsletter and emailing information to the section	Send out quarterly newsletter to members Provide Webmanager newsletter to post to section website Write any required regional and national articles Send out meeting notices
Webmanager	Updates and adds information to the section website	Gather useful information for the website from the officers and members Relay member feedback received from the website to the officers update and add information to the website
Student Section Counselor (UNL & UNO)	Provide guidance to student sections as needed	Assist student sections as needed Ensure student sections send in their reports to national
Outreach Chair	Educates children about engineering and science. Works with local Girl Scout Troops, area schools, and other groups to organize educational engineering and science related activities. Point of contact for Wow! That's Engineering event.	Setup and promote career guidance activities for students of all ages Act as the "go to" person for special events where SWE has been asked to help out Organize other community service events as necessary