Meet the 2020 - 2021
SWE Atlanta Executive Board
President
Vice President
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Katherine Mooney
Katherine Mooney is a civil engineer with more than six years of experience in transportation, land development, water, and environmental projects for private clients, as well as state and local departments of transportation (DOTs) domestically in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, New York, Puerto Rico, Tennessee and Texas, and internationally in Canada, Egypt, Haiti, and Tchad. |
Outside of the technical realm her professional interests include women and minority issues, professional development and workplace culture. During her time at Arcadis, she branched out of her technical duties to create a local diversity and inclusion chapter and fill some much needed gaps in the organization. Katherine became an engineer to make the world a better place and that can not be accomplished without first equipping and empowering those who seek to achieve those ends.
Treasurer
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Tamara Lozano
Tamara graduated from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Madrid, Spain) with a degree in Chemical Engineering and received her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Villanova University. Tamara was born and raised in Spain and moved to Atlanta almost two years ago, with her husband. She got involved with the Women Chemists Committee of the American Chemical Society and got her first “real job” thanks to their community. |
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It is now her time to give back and serve these organizations by providing the same community support that she received when she first moved here and inspiring the minds of future scientists and engineers. Last December, she became the Chair of the Women Chemists Committee, and she is excited now to join the Atlanta SWE Board.Tamara has been married for two years, has two fur babies (Python and Java, I mean, how nerd are they?). In her free time, she enjoy the occasional hike, cooking, dancing, and hanging out with friends.
Secretary
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Sahithya Reddivari
At graduate school she was a member of the Graduate Society of Women Engineers (GradSWE) officer board. During her tenure as a GradSWE officer, she developed a number of STEM outreach programs in elementary schools around Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. Further, she developed a leadership camp for female engineering students from the University of Liberia and the University of Michigan in collaboration with the Society of Women Engineers (PDG Grant 2015). Sahithya received her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2016. She currently works as an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Georgia State University Perimeter College. At Perimeter college, she helped start and currently advises the Women in Science and Engineering Student organization. |
Vice President - Outreach
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Savanah Smith
Savannah Smith is a recent graduate of Auburn University. She currently works for Newell Brands as an Associate Quality Engineer. |
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Outreach Committee
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Rachel Ford-Fink
Rachel is a native of Houston, TX and completed my undergrad in Civil Engineering at the University of Virginia. Upon discovering what a real winter felt like, she moved back down south for grad school at Georgia Tech. She been a structural engineer in midtown Atlanta for the past three and a half years and is looking to get more involved with the Atlanta engineering community! Outside of work, she enjoys tending to her garden, tutoring math, traveling, and running. |
External Affairs & Professional Development Chair
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Mahati Vavilala
Mahati is a Supply Chain Consultant at Bricz. At Bricz, Mahati is involved with warehouse management system implementations and product management and development. Prior to Bricz, she had professional experiences across defense, financial services, and the retail and e-commerce industries. She graduated in May 2019 with a BS in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech, where she led the SWE section there as President in FY19. Mahati has since continued her involvement in SWE as Social Media Chair for SWE Atlanta and through spearheading and leading Women@Bricz and Bricz's involvement in SWE. In her free time, Mahati enjoys cooking and exploring restaurants, volunteering, and spending time with family and friends. |
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Social Media Chair & Webmaster
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Kim Cook-Boyd
Kim has been a member of SWE for the past 5 years and served on the SWE Atlanta board as Section Representative and the VP of Outreach in the previous year. In addition, she's the SWE collegiate advisor for Spelman College and a SWENext advisor for EmpoHer SWENext club in Decatur, GA. Kim earned her Bachelor degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering and has 30+ years of IT experience with IBM Corporation. As a Senior Software Engineer, Kim is very passionate and actively involve with stimulating enthusiasm and awareness in STEM/STEAM in local communities, churches, organizations and schools. She coordinated IBM's annual participation in the Atlanta Science Festival Expo which drew over 29,000 attendees this year. |
This year, Kim received recognition as Volunteer of the Year from Cobb Schools Foundation for her volunteer services with Kincaid Elementary STEM program.. She has been a Partner in Education coordinator for an elementary school in Cobb county for over 22 years, a STEM leader for APS middle schools for the past 20 years, curriculum coordinator and facilitator for IBM EXITE (Exploring Interests in Technology and Engineering) academy for middle school girls and continue to serve on the school council board in Cobb county. Kim continues to inspire others to volunteer as she was awarded a leadership opportunity to partake in the IBM Corporate Service Corp (CSC), a 6 month program and worked at Matru Sewa Sangh Social Institute in Nagpur, India with college students.
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