Get to know our new FY19 SWE RMS Officers! Each of our new officers shares a bit about herself and her background below.
Kaitlyn Bunker, President
Kaitlyn is a Manager with Rocky Mountain Institute in Boulder and has been a SWE member for 12 years. The EC is excited to welcome Kaitlyn back as President for her second year. She has B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University. She enjoys frequent travel for work to the Caribbean, where her team partners with island governments and electric utility companies to advance renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Kaitlyn Bunker, President
Kaitlyn is a Manager with Rocky Mountain Institute in Boulder and has been a SWE member for 12 years. The EC is excited to welcome Kaitlyn back as President for her second year. She has B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University. She enjoys frequent travel for work to the Caribbean, where her team partners with island governments and electric utility companies to advance renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Kaitlyn (center) at Saint Lucia’s groundbreaking ceremony for their first utility-scale solar PV project
Lisa Woodward, Vice President
Lisa has served our section as Vice President for the last few years and has been a SWE member for 10 years. She studied Chemical & Environmental Engineering and Pharmacy & Pharmacogenomics at Colorado School of Mines and the University of Colorado Boulder. She works with the EPA in Denver, and love horses. Lisa has served as the Parent Teacher Student Association president for Bear Creek High School and she enjoys working with students.
Lisa at Wild Animal Kingdom
Madalene Fetsch, Treasurer
Madalene works at Polycom in Westminster, and has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of Colorado and an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis. She has been a SWE member for over 20 years and has served our section as Treasurer and in various other roles. She runs a Maker Space in her free time, where artists and craftspeople share space and figure out things together while growing their own businesses and artistic pursuits. Her Maker Space, Phoenix Asylum, even hosted our first Lightning Talk series! Madalene is riding her bike across Iowa this summer, in an event called RAGBRAI that has 15,000 cyclists participate
Madalene (center) having fun between bike rides
Sarah Green, Secretary
Sarah has been a SWE member for 11 years. Sarah has a B.S. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering focused on Food Processing from Purdue University. She is Regional Technical Support Manager for Dr Pepper Snapple Group. Sarah served as Co-Chair for the FY18 Spring Summit, and she is now welcomed to the EC as Secretary. Sarah home brews beers with her husband, where she leads the planning, sanitizing, and brewing. Her most recent brews were a Belgian-Wit and Belgian-Wit with Pomegranate. She is also a cross-country skier, learning from her parents while growing up in MN.
Sarah cross country skiing at YMCA of the Rockies
Ashley Kreuder, Vice President of Outreach
Ashley is a Senior Consultant with Ramboll Environ in Denver. She studied Industrial Engineering at Florida State University, and has a Masters degree in Sustainable Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology. Ashley is excited to be the Vice President of Outreach after serving as the Secretary last year. Ashley loves being outdoors for hiking and skiing. Ashley joined SWE RMS as a member of the GESTEM committee when she moved to Denver over 5 years ago. Through her work on the GESTEM committee, she’s discovered her passion for outreach - sounds like a perfect fit for VP of Outreach!
Ashley having fun at GESTEM
Alya Elhawary, Vice President of Professional Development
Alya joins the EC as Vice President of Professional Development and has been a SWE member for 8 years. Alya is a Battery Design Engineer at Lockheed Martin. She has her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from UC Santa Barbara and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from San Jose State University. RMS is exited to see the Women in “Industry” events expand. Alya loves exploring the Unites States, especially visiting the national parks, and hopes to visit all 58 one day! Recently, she was able to visit 5 national parks in 4 days, including Yosemite, Death Valley and the Grand Canyon.
Alya at the Grand Canyon
Christi Wisleder, Vice President of Professional Enrichment
Christi joins the EC as Vice President of Professional Enrichment after serving as co-chair of various committees in RMS. Christi has her M.S. from Oklahoma State University and currently works at Merrick & Company as a Civil Project Engineer leading major drainage design projects. Christi is left-eye dominant and right-hand dominant - this cross-dominance is common in women but adds additional challenge to shooting sports. Christi recently took up sporting clays and is introducing others to the sport while continuing to improve her game.
Christi sport shooting
Heather Munoz, Vice President of Membership
Heather has been a SWE member for 7 years and has her B.S. and M.S. in Civil and Structural Engineering from the University of Michigan. She is Vice President of Engineering for i1 Energy working in solar energy. Heather’s looking forward to bringing the RMS more membership events this year as Vice President of Membership. Last year, Heather coordinated the first Lightening Tech Talk, the member appreciation brunch and the holiday cookie exchange (cookies may be one of Heather’s weaknesses). One of her hobbies is riding her motorcycle through the mountains (with Kaitlyn!).
Heather on a motorcycle trip thru southwest CO
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