[Updated 02/19/2021]
Section Nominations Committee
Section Nomination Committee Chair: nominations.swesandiego@gmail.com
FY22 Executive Council Elections
Thank you to everyone who submitted FY22 SWE-San Diego nominations! The new FY22 fiscal year will begin July 1, 2021 and end June 30, 2022. The process of nominating candidates for officer positions helps ensure that qualified candidates are placed on the ballot, are given an opportunity to develop and grow as leaders, and are tasked with growing our section and the Society’s mission. Without further ado, here are our candidates:
- President: Kelly Hon
- Vice President: Candace Gray, Kirsten Petersen
- Treasurer: Kirsten Petersen
- Recording Secretary: Kirsten Petersen
- Corresponding Secretary: Kiara Breadmore
Their statements can be found below.
Voting is Now Open!
It is time to vote on our FY22 Executive Council candidates! Thank you to all of you who submitted nominations! Voting is tracked and limited to one response per person.
Polls close May 1st.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US TO IDENTIFY CANDIDATES WHO CAN PROVIDE LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE FOR SWE - SAN DIEGO IN THE COMING FISCAL YEAR!
SWE-San Diego Nominating Committee
nominations.swesandiego@gmail.com
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SWE-San Diego Nominating Committee
nominations.swesandiego@gmail.com
P.S. - Know someone (including yourself!) who's ready to get involved with SWE-SD and not quite ready for an officer position? They can join one of our committees by signing up here. Committee descriptions are posted on our website. We're always looking for help with pulling events together, being a SWE champion at your company, engaging kids through hands-on outreach, mentoring collegiate sections, and more.
FY22 Candidate Statements
Kelly Hon
An active SWE member since her college days, Kelly personifies the role of a SWE ambassador: helping students develop a passion for STEM, equipping women in industry, as well as demonstrating the value of inclusion and diversity. She has a solid track record of leadership through work experience, SWE, and in the community. Kelly wants to continue her presidential leadership role in the Executive Council this coming fiscal year to continue to strengthen the SWE-SD community while also bridging our SWE, K-16, and business partners.
Kelly’s SWE journey began in Atlanta, Georgia where she was actively involved on the board in the collegiate and professional SWE sections as Treasurer and VP of Outreach respectively. Since moving to San Diego in 2016, Kelly has been involved with the Outreach and Professional Development committees before joining the board last year. In this role she has grown the membership significantly with over 110 new members, increased SWE-SD outreach events from the previous year by over 3-fold, added new sponsorship partners, and filled every committee chair position.
Within Becton Dickinson (BD), a global medical technology company, Kelly is currently an Associate Staff Engineer leading global teams on the design, development, and launch of new gravity infusion intravenous therapy sets. Kelly is also the STEM lead in the San Diego Women’s Initiative Network. She has grown BD’s SWE membership globally, represents BD at SWE Corporate Partnership Council meetings, and hosts associate-led events around professional development. Her efforts have been recognized at the Annual and WELocal conferences with awards.
Kelly looks forward to driving positive change in her community and hopes to do so again this coming year as SWE-SD President.
An active SWE member since her college days, Kelly personifies the role of a SWE ambassador: helping students develop a passion for STEM, equipping women in industry, as well as demonstrating the value of inclusion and diversity. She has a solid track record of leadership through work experience, SWE, and in the community. Kelly wants to continue her presidential leadership role in the Executive Council this coming fiscal year to continue to strengthen the SWE-SD community while also bridging our SWE, K-16, and business partners.
Kelly’s SWE journey began in Atlanta, Georgia where she was actively involved on the board in the collegiate and professional SWE sections as Treasurer and VP of Outreach respectively. Since moving to San Diego in 2016, Kelly has been involved with the Outreach and Professional Development committees before joining the board last year. In this role she has grown the membership significantly with over 110 new members, increased SWE-SD outreach events from the previous year by over 3-fold, added new sponsorship partners, and filled every committee chair position.
Within Becton Dickinson (BD), a global medical technology company, Kelly is currently an Associate Staff Engineer leading global teams on the design, development, and launch of new gravity infusion intravenous therapy sets. Kelly is also the STEM lead in the San Diego Women’s Initiative Network. She has grown BD’s SWE membership globally, represents BD at SWE Corporate Partnership Council meetings, and hosts associate-led events around professional development. Her efforts have been recognized at the Annual and WELocal conferences with awards.
Kelly looks forward to driving positive change in her community and hopes to do so again this coming year as SWE-SD President.
Candace Gray
Candace Gray was inspired by the Jetsons cartoon to play engineer at a very young age, taking apart clocks to see how they worked in the hopes of building her very own ‘Rosey the Robot’. Now Candace wants to be a conduit of ideas and examples of imaginative science and engineering that may serve to spark young girls’ interest in STEM. You will find her throughout the local STEM community volunteering, organizing, and being a role model. She is especially fond of working outreach events such as the SWE Exploring Technology, the San Diego Festival of Science and Engineering Expo Day, and the Girl Scouts San Diego Spring into STEM workshops, among others.
Candace joined the SWE-SD Professional Development committee, selecting Wine & Webinar topics, co-hosted a book club session, and will serve as the FY21 Banquet Chair. She wants to join the Executive Council so that she can make an even larger contribution to the organization. Her goal is to help women grow professionally and to increase the number of K-12 STEM programs. Candace’s desire to be a more effective leader and to develop women in leadership, inspired her to obtain a master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Point Loma Nazarene University. She plans to use her education to help other women cultivate their leadership skills.
Candace has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University and 16 years of experience in design, test, and manufacturing. Currently, she is a manufacturing leader at the General Atomics Energy Group where she leads a team of skilled technicians in a production environment. Candace would love the opportunity to share her knowledge and experience as a member of the SWE-SD Executive Council. She is a member of both NSBE and SWE.
Candace Gray was inspired by the Jetsons cartoon to play engineer at a very young age, taking apart clocks to see how they worked in the hopes of building her very own ‘Rosey the Robot’. Now Candace wants to be a conduit of ideas and examples of imaginative science and engineering that may serve to spark young girls’ interest in STEM. You will find her throughout the local STEM community volunteering, organizing, and being a role model. She is especially fond of working outreach events such as the SWE Exploring Technology, the San Diego Festival of Science and Engineering Expo Day, and the Girl Scouts San Diego Spring into STEM workshops, among others.
Candace joined the SWE-SD Professional Development committee, selecting Wine & Webinar topics, co-hosted a book club session, and will serve as the FY21 Banquet Chair. She wants to join the Executive Council so that she can make an even larger contribution to the organization. Her goal is to help women grow professionally and to increase the number of K-12 STEM programs. Candace’s desire to be a more effective leader and to develop women in leadership, inspired her to obtain a master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Point Loma Nazarene University. She plans to use her education to help other women cultivate their leadership skills.
Candace has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University and 16 years of experience in design, test, and manufacturing. Currently, she is a manufacturing leader at the General Atomics Energy Group where she leads a team of skilled technicians in a production environment. Candace would love the opportunity to share her knowledge and experience as a member of the SWE-SD Executive Council. She is a member of both NSBE and SWE.
Kirsten Petersen
Kirsten Petersen, in her first year on the SWE SD executive council, would like to continue expanding her SWE and leadership experiences into FY22. To build upon what was started this year, Kirsten is most looking forward to establishing industry connections across San Diego, creating meaningful programming as we increase the ability to meet face to face, and identifying what SWE can do to add value for its members, sponsors, and supporters!
As the FY21 treasurer, Kirsten was able to benchmark other SWE section best practices, approve the budget within the first quarter, and create an online reimbursement form. Currently she is completing a standardized treasurer update for executive committee meetings to automate the spending tracking and increase transparency. She supported the Public Relations Committee, expanding community outreach, and the Scholarships committee, developing the remote application starting the endowed scholarship process.
Kirsten joined SWE in her freshman year at Santa Clara University where she completed her bachelor’s and master’s in Electrical Engineering. Her SWE leadership roles included collegiate section Secretary, Vice President, President, and Alternate Collegiate Senator. In 2013 she was awarded the Region A Outstanding Collegiate Leader.
Kirsten Petersen is the Distribution Strategy team lead in SDG&E’s Electric System Hardening group where the company’s data-driven methodology is applied to scoping, prioritization, and alignment of distribution projects ranging from reliability to wildfire mitigation. Kirsten is also engaged in the STEM community though her company’s #BeThatGirl initiative, speaking on engineering careers at student events.
Kirsten Petersen, in her first year on the SWE SD executive council, would like to continue expanding her SWE and leadership experiences into FY22. To build upon what was started this year, Kirsten is most looking forward to establishing industry connections across San Diego, creating meaningful programming as we increase the ability to meet face to face, and identifying what SWE can do to add value for its members, sponsors, and supporters!
As the FY21 treasurer, Kirsten was able to benchmark other SWE section best practices, approve the budget within the first quarter, and create an online reimbursement form. Currently she is completing a standardized treasurer update for executive committee meetings to automate the spending tracking and increase transparency. She supported the Public Relations Committee, expanding community outreach, and the Scholarships committee, developing the remote application starting the endowed scholarship process.
Kirsten joined SWE in her freshman year at Santa Clara University where she completed her bachelor’s and master’s in Electrical Engineering. Her SWE leadership roles included collegiate section Secretary, Vice President, President, and Alternate Collegiate Senator. In 2013 she was awarded the Region A Outstanding Collegiate Leader.
Kirsten Petersen is the Distribution Strategy team lead in SDG&E’s Electric System Hardening group where the company’s data-driven methodology is applied to scoping, prioritization, and alignment of distribution projects ranging from reliability to wildfire mitigation. Kirsten is also engaged in the STEM community though her company’s #BeThatGirl initiative, speaking on engineering careers at student events.
Kiara Breadmore
Kiara Breadmore, a hardworking 2018 graduate from UC Davis with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. Kiara currently works for Solar Turbines in a Mechanical Design role.
Kiara is always finding ways to contribute. In college, she held several volunteer positions while in the UC Davis Cross Country and Track Club. Most notably she was the club President in her final year managing the 100 plus member sport club, overseeing all logistics involved with meets, fundraising events, and volunteer opportunities. She emphasized on creating an inclusive environment.
After Kiara attended her first National SWE Conference in 2018, it inspired her to make more accessible opportunities for women engineers. She got involved in the Solar Women Engineers Employee Resource Group (ERG) at Solar Turbines by accepting the position of University Connections Chair. Kiara was especially passionate about this role within the ERG because she wanted to provide opportunities for incoming interns and other college students. Some of the highlights of her role in the ERG so far include running a completely virtual SWE Intern-Mentorship program which gave female interns a mentor during their time at Solar. This program also included events to learn more on the opportunities available for engineers, engineers at Solar Turbines and allowed them time to network.
Kiara has great experience when it comes to event planning, organizing tasks and information, and is an excellent communicator. She has a passion for giving back to her community, whether it be her running community, or her fellow engineers. Kiara is still very early in her career and in her leadership journey, but her experience thus far and drive for inclusion make her an excellent candidate for any position she goes into.
Kiara Breadmore, a hardworking 2018 graduate from UC Davis with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. Kiara currently works for Solar Turbines in a Mechanical Design role.
Kiara is always finding ways to contribute. In college, she held several volunteer positions while in the UC Davis Cross Country and Track Club. Most notably she was the club President in her final year managing the 100 plus member sport club, overseeing all logistics involved with meets, fundraising events, and volunteer opportunities. She emphasized on creating an inclusive environment.
After Kiara attended her first National SWE Conference in 2018, it inspired her to make more accessible opportunities for women engineers. She got involved in the Solar Women Engineers Employee Resource Group (ERG) at Solar Turbines by accepting the position of University Connections Chair. Kiara was especially passionate about this role within the ERG because she wanted to provide opportunities for incoming interns and other college students. Some of the highlights of her role in the ERG so far include running a completely virtual SWE Intern-Mentorship program which gave female interns a mentor during their time at Solar. This program also included events to learn more on the opportunities available for engineers, engineers at Solar Turbines and allowed them time to network.
Kiara has great experience when it comes to event planning, organizing tasks and information, and is an excellent communicator. She has a passion for giving back to her community, whether it be her running community, or her fellow engineers. Kiara is still very early in her career and in her leadership journey, but her experience thus far and drive for inclusion make her an excellent candidate for any position she goes into.
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