About Us
The Southwest Idaho section of the Society of Women Engineers was founded in 1991, by Jude Garzolini (a recent past president of the national SWE organization), Patricia Dion, Yuan-Ling Chou, and Mary Knowles.
Currently, our section has 30 active members, including women representing various engineering fields, such as computer science and information systems, mechanical and electrical engineering, and environmental science. We are part of the Region J section of SWE.
Various opportunities exist to participate in the Southwest Idaho section. Get involved !
2009-2010 Officers
The following officers were recently elected and will begin their roles July. To find out more, check out the officer descriptions.
| President | Sarah Swantner (sarah.swantner@hp.com) |
| Vice President | Marie Stark (mstark@brwncald.com) |
| Treasurer | Hope Bateman (hope.wstn@gmail.com) |
| Section Representative | Anita Tjan (anita.tjan@gmail.com) |
| Collegiate Section Counselor | Pat Pyke (ppyke@boisestate.edu) |
| Scholarship Chair | Tiffany Greyson (tiffany.greyson@hp.com) |
| Communications Chair | Stephanie Baldwin (stephbaldwin37@yahoo.com) |
| Outreach Chair | Christa Budinoff (christa@vpbllc.com) |
| Programs Chair | Mary Capiral (mjoyjmc@gmail.com) |
| Section Vitality Chair | Alonna Scott (alonna@gmail.com) |
| HP-SWE Programs Co-Chairs | Anita Tjan (anita.tjan@hp.com) Breanne Kunz (breanne.kunz@hp.com) |
| Webmaster | Barbara Gaston (barbara.gaston@hp.com) |