SWE Blast June
Virtual Happy Hour - Elections - Membership Renewal
SWE June Virtual Happy Hour
Join us for a Social as we Social Distance each in our own place!
Grab a drink and some snacks and plan on joining us as we host a Virtual Happy Hour to Get Back to "Normal".
If you have trouble with Zoom, please call or text the President, Janis Pfingsten, at 402-672-3482.
Click the link below. You may be prompted to download and run Zoom if you haven't used it before on your computer.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5218044395
Meeting ID: 521 804 4395
Monday, Jun 8, 2020, 07:00 PM
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All current members of the Eastern Nebraska section of SWE are asked to vote for the FY21 Officers. Open the link below and cast your vote by marking your choice for each of the officer positions listed. All voting should be completed by June 15, 2020.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/M25KQSK
Nominee for President
Janis Pfingsten is a retired civil engineer living in Omaha, Nebraska. She earned her B.S. in Civil Engineering, specializing in Environmental studies, from the University of Nebraska. She worked for Kiewit for ten years while pursuing her engineering degree. Upon graduation she took a job with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Omaha and worked in the geotechnical section. Her main focus was foundations, bank stabilization and landfill design.
Janis and her husband Craig have two grown daughters. They keep busy with lots of traveling.
Janis has been a SWE member for almost 30 years and is involved with the Eastern Nebraska’s outreach program. She has served as a Society Leadership Coach since 2008.
Nominee for Vice President
Roye Schwab earned a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. She spent the early years of her career working in large production facilities as a capital project engineer working on the design and implementation of projects which aimed to increase production and efficiency, replacements of critical plant equipment, as well as safety and hazard analysis solutions.
Just over a year ago, Roye transitioned to a new role as a construction project manager with Jacobs Engineering Group, where she currently works on the 2018 Omaha Public Schools bond issue which aims to increase the school district’s capacity with multiple new buildings, and to renovate existing buildings within the district. Roye has had the opportunity to work on both renovation and addition projects and is currently working on a new elementary school project within the OPS district.
Roye’s experience has focused on design and construction with special emphasis in process engineering, HVAC design, and mechanical systems design and implementation.
Roye has been a member of SWE since her college years and has previously served the Eastern Nebraska section as membership chair. Roye and her fiancé live in West Omaha with their two dogs, Luna and Hank. Roye enjoys travelling in her spare time and being outdoors as much as she can!
Nominee for Secretary
Laura Knapp Leiferman’s background is in Mathematics and Philosophy, graduating with a double major in 2008. Not knowing what she wanted to do for a career, she began teaching abroad. Laura returned to school to pursue civil engineering and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Nebraska in 2013.
Laura currently work as a Hydraulic Engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, typically working on open channel hydraulic studies for managing flood risk. However, since joining the Corps in late 2018 she has also worked on several levee rehab projects, 408 reviews, and outreach activities. Before joining the Corps, Laura worked in consulting for both Ehrhart Griffin & Associates and Fellsburg Holt & Ullevig.
She and her husband Tim have been married for 3 years and have a lovely cat named Amelia.
Nominee for Treasurer
Elizabeth Hunter graduated from Iowa State University with a bachelor’s degrees in Civil Engineering and Environmental Studies. While starting her engineering career she attended the University of Nebraska for her master’s degrees in Civil Engineering and Community & Regional Planning. She is a professional engineer registered in 5 states, a certified planner and a LEED AP. She has over 22 years’ experience as an engineer and has been in her current role as the Senior Civil Engineer at Snyder & Associates for almost 3 years. The main focus of Elizabeth’s work is municipal work for the City of Council Bluffs and permitting for wind turbine fields in 10 states around the Midwest.
Elizabeth has been a member of SWE since 1992 and a part of the Eastern NE section since 2000, holding a board position within a student or professional section for this entire time! Elizabeth & her husband Shawn live in Council Bluffs, Iowa with their 3 cats.
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If you are not already a member, please consider joining and if you are a member, it’s renewal time!
I have been a member of SWE- Eastern Nebraska since shortly after I started my first job following college graduation. For me, membership in SWE has many benefits. I find it to be a likewise-minded group that acknowledges that each individual’s professional path and life path is just that- individual, and that we traverse these paths better with the proper support and encouragement whether it is from each other or the Society. SWE and the Eastern Nebraska Section offer our members many professional development, networking, and outreach opportunities throughout the year.
Karen Wilson, Membership Chair, SWE-Eastern Nebraska
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