A huge THANK YOU to everyone who donated to support your community during North Texas Giving Day on September 17! Even though our $1,775 is a small percentage of the total amount raised (Over $33 MILLION!), we are extremely grateful for each and every cent from the 11 generous donors who contributed to further the mission of Dallas SWE! Your donations help us support local K-12 outreach events, sponsor scholarships to local high school students, and fund professional development programs throughout the year. We’d call our first #NTXGivingDay a huge success, save the date for next year – September 22, 2016!
On September 16, Dallas SWE joined Light Reading at the NFV Everywhere Americas event at the Westin Galleria in Dallas for the Women in Comms breakfast! We enjoyed tasty food and compelling discussion from panelist members Nancy Green (Healthcare Global Lead, Verizon Enterprise Solutions), Brooks McCorcle (President, AT&T Partner Solutions), Monique Hayward (Director, Outbound Marketing, Network Platforms Group, Intel Corporation), and Bita Milanian (Senior Vice President, Marketing Communications, Genband) moderated by Sarah Thomas (Editorial Operations Director, Light Reading).
The group highlighted the expected need for STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) workers in the next decade, the importance of including women in those technical and leadership roles, and their passion for encouraging the next generation of girls to develop their interests in these fields despite societal pressure to move away from STEAM as they enter middle school and high school. Communications technology has changed our societies and cultures around the globe so it’s important for teams designing the devices that connect us to mirror those societies and cultures!
Thanks again to Light Reading for inviting Dallas SWE to this event! Enjoy some photos from the event below.
(left to right) Women in Comms Panelists Bita Milanian, Nancy Green, Brooks McCorcle, and Monique Hayward with moderator Sarah Thomas
Great venue for the Women in Comms breakfast!
(left to right) Dallas SWE Members Lynn Mortensen, Shelley Stracener, Kitty Elshot, and Tram Trinh
If you haven’t heard, registration for our November 14 Design Your World – STEM Conference for Girls at SMU is NOW OPEN! Visit the Design Your World website for more information and instructions on how to register. Reserve your spot soon: our first student group has already sold out!
Stay tuned for details on volunteer registration coming soon!
This year, Dallas SWE is participating in North Texas Giving Day to raise funds for FY16 activities. Give $25 or more to via the Dallas SWE North Texas Giving Day site on September 17th between 6am and midnight and your donations will be multiplied from a pool of $2 MM of bonus funds and prizes! We appreciate your support!
Dallas SWE Members are cordially invited to Light Reading’s Women in Comms Breakfast on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 from 7:15am – 8:30am at The Westin Galleria Dallas.
Light Reading’s Women in Comms breakfast will take a practical look at how to get more women into the STEM field, starting at a young age. We will hear from Brooks McCorcle, president of AT&T Partner Solutions in addition to other top female executives from Verizon, Genband, Intel and Light Reading. Join us for a lively panel discussion on how they are making a difference for women in the industry and strategies for others to do the same.
Co-located at Light Reading’s NFV Everywhere Americas Event in Dallas, TX, Light Reading’s Women in Comms breakfast is free for all women to attend! Additionally, as a member of the Society of Women Engineers you can attend Light Reading’s NFV Everywhere Americas as a VIP attendee. Light Reading’s NFV Everywhere Americas provides complimentary admission for verified employees of service providers, operators, financial & educational institutions, utilities, and government agencies. All other attendees will receive a 30% discount.
Enter discount code VIPSWE on the payment page. Please note: Registration for Light Reading’s Women in Comms breakfast takes place on the NFV Everywhere Americas registration page. Check off Women in Comms breakfast on page 3 of registration.
On August 31, several members of our Dallas SWE Leadership Team met with employees at Lennox International in Carrollton to present “The Benefits of SWE” and help their employees sign up for new memberships sponsored by Lennox. As a result of this event, we are excited to welcome 24 new members to SWE! Thanks to Dallas SWE President Barbara Read, Executive Vice President Cherrie Fisher, Vice President of Membership Zaineb Ahmad, and Anique Cooley for representing Dallas SWE at this event. Read below for a recap from Andrea Murtaugh, Communications Specialist at Lennox International.
From left to right: Prakesh Bedapudi (Executive VP and CTO – Lennox International); Amanda Widell (Director Technical Support – Lennox International); Barbara Read (Dallas SWE President); Cherrie Fisher (Dallas SWE Vice President); Jamie Son (Human Resource Business Partner – Lennox International); Denise Gorde (VP Global Talent Management & Corporate HR – Lennox International); Manuel Molera (VP Human Resources – Lennox International)
On August 31, Lenox International celebrated its new corporate membership with the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) with a breakfast, information session and a membership drive at our global engineering center in Carrollton, TX. There was great interest and participation with more than 40 people attending the event.
Amanda Widell, Director of Technical Support, and the executive champion for the LII SWE initiative, opened the event with her own personal story of how SWE played a role in her career, “The Society of Women Engineers’ tag line is Aspire, Advance and Achieve. Their goals are not only for students in college, but also for working professionals to help them achieve their full potential in careers as engineers and leaders. I am incredibly excited that our Lennox team is getting involved with SWE.”
Barbara Read, Dallas SWE President and Cherrie Fisher, Dallas SWE Vice President, attended the launch event and shared their personal experiences with SWE and how it has influenced them both professionally and personally.
SWE is an inclusive organization focused on issues of interest to women specializing in engineering and technical careers. The organization assists companies to advance their women engineers and technologists, achieve their diversity recruitment and retention goals and support their leadership training initiatives.
To learn how you can get involved with SWE please contact either Amanda Widell or Jamie Son, HR Business Partner (and SWE relationship manager). Click here for the SWE website.
~ Andrea Murtaugh, Communications Specialist – Lennox International
Amanda Widell, Director Technical Support Lennox International
Dallas SWE Executive Vice President Cherrie Fisher shares the benefits of SWE membership.
What a great group!
Dallas SWE President Barbara Read tells attendees about our local professional development activities and outreach events.
From left to right: Rosa Leal (Commercial Product Specialist & Leader of Let’s Connect); Barbara Read (Dallas SWE President); Cherrie Fisher (Dallas SWE Vice President); Kasia Moore (Law Director & LWBC President), Sweta Hari (Director Product Management, Residential Heating); Laura Gram (Manager Commercial Distribution & Managing Director LYPA)
