WIED Members,
I am pleased to announce that we are accepting nominations for the WIED Executive Board. If you’ve thought about getting involved, now is a great time!!
All WIED members are welcome to participate on the board. The benefits of serving as a board member include:
- Networking
- Visibility in the profession
- Opportunity to engage with a dynamic group of other board members
- Leadership development
- Mentoring
- Developing an understanding of how ASEE works
- Helping to advance women in engineering
The WIED Nominating Committee is seeking candidates for four positions. Members may nominate friends and colleagues (with the friend/colleague’s consent) or may self-nominate. All nominees must be dues-paying ASEE members and must be an active member of ASEE at the time of nomination. The positions and their responsibilities are described below.
To nominate yourself or a colleague for one of these positions, please email Yuchen Huang (yuchen@pdx.edu). The email should indicate the nominee’s name, affiliation and the position in which s/he is interested. Please include a brief bio (150-200 words) to be used on the WIED election page for membership voting purposes.
Questions about the positions and their duties may be directed to Yuchen Huang (yuchen@pdx.edu) or to the person currently filling the position. All nominations and bios must be received by no later than March 15, 2025.
Thanks for considering submitting a nomination.
Yuchen Huang
WIED Director: Positions
Positions:
- Treasurer
- Director: Awards
- Director: Positions
- Director: At Large
Treasurer maintains the financial records of the organization. As such, s/he is responsible for creating and presenting financial reports for the Executive Board throughout the year, and to the general membership at the Annual Business Meeting. The treasurer is responsible for keeping track of all income and expenses for WIED. This position is a 2-year term. CURRENT: Lily Wang (lilywang@unl.edu)
Director: Awards is the Chair of the WIED Awards Committee. As such, s/he is responsible for (1) constituting the awards committee composed of at least 4 WIED members, (2) coordinating the process for selection of the Best Paper Award based on information provided by the Program Chair and providing this information to the Program Chair. This position has a 2-year term. CURRENT: Jessica Perez (joperez@cpp.edu)
Director: Positions forms a Nominating Committee whose responsibility is to: (1) solicit nominations for the open Officer and Director positions from the WIED membership, (2) prepare a ballot to be distributed to WIED members. The Director: Positions conducts the election and notifies the Division Chair and all of the candidates of the results. This position has a 2-year term. CURRENT: Yuchen Huang (yuchen@pdx.edu)
Director: At Large – Those elected to these positions are assigned duties by the Division Chair, usually to work on standing or ad hoc committees of the WIED. This position has a 2-year term. CURRENT: Margaret Pinnell (mpinnell1@udayton.edu)