
Karen Littlejohn
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President
isuswepresident@gmail.com |

Lisa Nielsen
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President-Elect – Executive Board Position
Purpose: To plan annual events, work with the president to assist all members and fulfill the duties
of the president if she is absent. This is a two-year commitment with the first year as vice president,
and the second as president. You must be on campus all four semesters.
- Attend bi-weekly advisor meetings
- Facilitate executive and cabinet meetings
- Act as a resource for executive and cabinet meetings
- Complete various task to assist the president
- Uphold duties of president if absent
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Ashley Polkinghorn
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Administrator of Strategic Goals and Resources– Executive Board Position
isusweadmin@gmail.com
Purpose: To facilitate future strategic planning and provide SWE resources to all members
- Attend one advisor meeting a month
- Assist Vice President and President with strategic planning for coming years
- Provide SWE Resources to all of executive, cabinet, and general members
- Facilitate goal setting with directors that are aligned with section and society goals
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Lixin Zhou
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Treasurer – Executive Board Position
isuswetreasurer@gmail.com
Purpose: To maintain and budget funds in the SWE account
- Attend bi-weekly advisor meetings
- Write out vouchers and reimbursements
- Give balances at executive, advisor and general meetings
- Deposit checks and cash
- ESC Allocations each semester
- Work with Director of Corporate Relations
- Update the College of Engineering Sharepoint database each semester
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Katie Schlichting
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Secretary – Executive Board Position
isuswesecretary@gmail.com
Purpose: To be a part of the communication link for the organization
- Collect weekly E-SWE articles from executive, directors and chairs
- Send the E-SWE weekly (Monday Noon Deadline)
- Take minutes during executive, cabinet, and general meetings and post in office and website
- Compose a fall, spring, and midterm newsletters with Directors and Chairs help
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*Sam*
Sam Spiering, Co-Director
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Director of Outreach – Executive Board Position
isusweoutreach@gmail.com
Purpose: To provide outreach events for students from preschool age to high school seniors
- Continue the tradition of successful events and incorporate new events
- Work with executive board to increase the effectiveness of outreach events
- Lead Director of Outreach meetings
- Be a resource for chairs and committees
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Shana Slettedahl, Co-Director
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Marissa Kruse
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High School Outreach Chair – Cabinet Position
Purpose: To provide outreach events for students in high school
- Lead a committee in executing a variety of events for high school students to teach them about engineering
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Middle School Outreach
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Middle School Outreach Chair – Cabinet Position
Purpose: To provide outreach events for students in middle school
- Lead a committee in executing a variety of events for middle school students to teach them about engineering
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Vania Romay
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Elementary/Preschool Outreach Chair – Cabinet Position
Purpose: To provide outreach events for students in elementary/preschool
- Lead a committee in executing a variety of events for elementary/preschool students to teach them about engineering/science
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Teresa Goeddel
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Girl Scout/Senior Sleepover Outreach Chair – Cabinet Position
Purpose: To plan the Senior Sleepover for high school seniors during the spring semester
- Coordinate and lead a committee to plan the Senior Sleepover for high school senior in early spring semester
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Lucy Ferneau
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Director of Membership – Executive Board Position
isuswemembership@gmail.com
Purpose: Implement recruiting strategies, tabulate meeting attendance, assist in writing the annual report
- Work with executive board to increase membership and reach nationals goals
- Lead Director of Membership meetings
- Be a resource for chairs and committees
- Compose a “letter to the freshman” before the fall semester beings in mid summer
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Deborah Metz
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Recruitment Chair - Cabinet Position
Purpose: To get people interested in SWE
- Find ways to keep members coming back to SWE activities
- Send postcards to members that miss activities (“We missed you” cards)
- Plan Kick-off picnic in fall and spring semester
- Organize freshman sponsorship activities
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Elizabeth Welch
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Awards Chair - Cabinet Position
Purpose: To encourage more involvement in SWE
- Tabulate membership points for all members weekly and post on website and general meetings
- Award membership levels based on participation
- Plan all Friday After Class (FAC) events
- Create and design SWE t-shirts each semester (if sponsored), a committee may be coordinated to help
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Sheila Kelly, Co-Director
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Director of Corporate Relations – Executive Board Position
swefund@iastate.edu
Purpose: Coordinate sponsorship for events, meetings, and conferences, and maintain the corporate database
- Design and distribute corporate sponsorship guide to employers each semester
- Correspond with possible corporate sponsorship opportunities
- Lead Director of Corporate Relations meetings
- Introduce Company Representatives at meetings
- Be a resource for chairs and committees
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Amelia Doermann, Co-Director
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Jill Middendorf
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Corporate Finance Chair – Cabinet Position
Purpose: Track all funding being received
- Track status of funds received from companies
- Write thank you letters to employers that sponsor any SWE activities
- Correspond with possible corporate sponsorship opportunities
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Correspondent Chair
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Corporate Correspondent Chair – Cabinet Position
Purpose: Get new funding for events
- Create effective ways to correspond with companies at career fairs (ISU and SWE)
- Keep database of employers up to date
- Correspond with possible corporate sponsorship opportunities
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Heather Wilson
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Director of Publicity – Executive Board Position
isuswepublicity@gmail.com
Purpose: To strategically publicize all events through multiple ways, maintain the office, and outreach to college students and community.
- Lead Director of Publicity meetings
- Be a resource for chairs and committees
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Kristina Gervais
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Webmaster/Computer Coordinator Chair – Cabinet Position
sweweb@iastate.edu
Purpose: To maintain all electronics in SWE
- Design and update the SWE website
- Maintain software on SWE computers
- Maintain all SWE email lists
- Help SWE members if event needs technology they are unfamiliar with
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Nicole Nelson
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Campus Relations Chair – Cabinet Position
Purpose: Advertise events with campus
- Design and distribute flyers for events in all engineering buildings (General Meetings, Friday After Class, Pizza Sales, Special Events, etc)
- Design and post sandwich boards across engineering side of campus
- Chalk sidewalks if weather is appropriate
- Keep the ISU SWE facebook group up to date
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Kristin Foy
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Historian Chair – Cabinet Position
Purpose: To keep and maintain an accurate depiction of what occurs each semester
- Compile pictures for the website and promotional materials
- Get event information from all SWE activities and write a summary including planning details and feedback
- Collect from all executive and cabinet members at the end of each semester what their position consists of and resources that they use
- Help write summary for a few events to be included in end of semester reports
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*Jennifer*
Jennifer Klavon
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Office Coordinator Chair – Cabinet Position
Purpose: To maintain the office in prime work condition
- Maintain the office and acquire needed supplies
- Post important information on bulletin boards including minutes, upcoming event, etc on ground floor Marston, third floor Sweeney, portable display board, and SWE office board.
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Heather Copeland
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Director of College Representatives – Executive Board Position
Purpose: To find ways for SWE members to be connected to their majors and also connect SWE members
to others within the same major
- Lead Director of College Representatives meetings
- Be a resource for chairs and committees
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Civil/Construction Rep. Liaison – Cabinet Position
Chemical Rep. Liaison – Cabinet Position
Material Science Rep. Liaison – Cabinet Position
Electrical/Computer/Software Rep. Liaison – Cabinet Position
Mechanical Rep. Liaison – Cabinet Position
Agriculture Rep. Liaison – Cabinet Position
Industrial Rep. Liaison – Cabinet Position
Undecided Rep. Liaison – Cabinet Position
Graduate Rep. Liaison – Cabinet Position
- Each liaison will create one event a semester to connect SWE members together in each major.
Also, connect freshman and newer SWE members to older SWE members in the same major. A cabinet
member can hold a Liaison position as well as another position.
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Amy Proops
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Director of Special Events – Executive Board Position
isusweevents@gmail.com
Purpose: To extend opportunities in fun and unique ways
- Lead Director of Special Events meetings
- Be a resource for chairs and committees
- Create new special events and social activities
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Allison Machtemes
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Professional Development Series - Cabinet Position
Purpose: To plan a series of events that focus on professional development skills that are relevant to college students.
- Plan events to prepare students for the career fair
- Plan events to prepare students for interviews (on site and off site)
- Plan events to prepare students for first work experiences
- Plan events to prepare students for full time employmenting
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Erin Gavin
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Banquet Chair (Fall Semester Only) – Cabinet Position
Purpose: To plan the annual banquet at the end of the fall semester with assistance from a committee
- Create a theme for the banquet
- Find a speaker
- Create menu and decorations
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Elizabeth (Betty) Nguyen
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Social Events – Cabinet Position
Purpose: To plan social events for SWE members. This includes intramurals, movie nights, game nights, …
- Plan at least one social event a semester, more are encouraged
- Select an activity, location, and date for this/these event(s)
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Bethany Juhnke
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Director of Fundraising – Executive Board Position
isuswefundraising@gmail.com
Purpose: To fundraise for conferences and events without company sponsorship
- Lead Director of Fundraising meetings
- Be a resource for chairs and committees
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Michelle Schumacher
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Pizza Sales Chair – Cabinet Position
Purpose: To run pizza sales once a week
- On a weekly basic order pizza and pop for pizza sales on Mondays in Hoover Hall
- Organize works for each shift and supplies(11:10-1:30)
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Diana Gylling
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Concession Stand Chair – Cabinet Position
Purpose: To run a concession stand a few times a semester
- Select sporting events, special events to raise money by working a concession stand
- Organize volunteers to work and account for all supplies in the booth
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*Jordan*
Jordan Voigt
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Director of Public Relations – Executive Board Position
isuswerelations@gmail.com
Purpose: To provide volunteer opportunities and reach out to the surrounding community and campus
- Lead Director of Community Relations meetings
- Be a resource for chairs and committees
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Sydney Brady
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Community Relations Chair – Cabinet Position
Purpose: To find events for SWE to volunteer on campus or community
- Find and plan ways for SWE to volunteer on campus
- Find and plan ways for SWE to volunteer in the community (soup kitchen, stuff the bus, etc.)
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Meisha Rosenberg
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ESC/WiSE Collaboration Chair – Cabinet Position
Purpose: To plan and execute social events with other organizations
- Attend Engineering Student Council meetings (once a month) and report findings back to executive board
- Attend Women in Science and Engineering general meetings and SWE meetings and create a communication line between the two organizations
- Plan social events with other College of Engineering organizations
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Wil Tushaus, Co-Lead
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Team Tech Lead - Executive Position
isusweteamtech@gmail.com
Purpose: To create, direct, and manage the ISU Team Tech Team
- Find hard working, dedicated volunteers
- Contact a company and maintain communication with this company throughout the project
- Asses the project and the work timeline of the team
- Make sure that all necessary reports are submitted on time
- Double check the Team Tech account balance
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Steve Mueller, Co-Lead
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John Dunham
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Minister of Food Recommendation - Cabinet Position
ministeroffood@gmail.com
Purpose: To order food for GM's and special events.
- Plan, order, and manage payment for all the food and drink for GM's
- Communicate with Publicity about the food selection
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The following are cabinet positions that will be slated for 2011.
Purpose: To plan the Halloween Village for faculty/staff children and area students to have a little holiday fun and learn about engineering/science at the same time
Purpose: Plan event during spring semester to integrate industry representatives, college of engineering deans and faculty to a dinner and discussion event