​Leadership Bios

​Kathy Joseph, President
Kathy works for Medtronic as a Principal Product Engineer, working with CM/OEM suppliers to qualify premarket components and devices. She has her BS from MSU in Engineering Mechanics with minors in Biomedical engineering and math. She’s a mother of four and has been married for 30-something years. Kathy has served our SWE section as Section Rep and Secretary and serves the Calvin University SWE Section as their professional Counselor. She is a life-long learner who enjoys hiking, diverse-but-not-adventurous foods, quilting, gentle yoga, cats and dogs.

 

​Jacquie Geda, Vice President
Jacquie works for Steelcase as a Senior Design Engineer in the Turnstone Group. She designs many products including tables, storage cases, lounge furniture, and privacy screens. Jacquie received her BSE and MSE Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Jacquie has recently moved to the Grand Rapids SWE area but was previous involved in the Southwest Michigan SWE Section. There she held positions of Secretary, Section Representative, Vice President, and President. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her two sons, cooking, baking, and origami. ​
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Bethany Goodrich, Secretary
​Bethany works for AECOM as a Bridge Engineer. She mainly designs standard or complex highway bridges within Michigan but has worked on a couple projects out of state. Bethany received her BS in Engineering with a concentration in Civil Engineering from Calvin College. This is her first year working with SWE. In her free time, Bethany enjoys hiking along the lakeshore, eating a good meal with friends, playing the drums, or mowing her yard. 

Jocelyne Denhof, Fundraising Committee Chair
Jocelyne works for Kenona Industries as a Quality Engineer and Lead Auditor, working as the main contact for casting, component, and external service related issues as well as coordinating the company’s quality management system. She is also actively involved in evaluating gauging strategies and scrap reduction. She graduated from Michigan Technological University in 2018 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering with minors in Spanish and manufacturing. After being actively involved with MTU SWE for 5 years, she jumped right into involvement with GR SWE, serving as an outreach chair last year. She loves traveling, hiking, baking, and participating in social sporting leagues.
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​Amy Rokos, Outreach Chair
Amy works for Performance Software as a Principle Software Engineer in the aviation industry, leading groups and writing platform software for aircrafts such as the Boeing 787 and Boeing 777X. She has her BS from Michigan Tech in Computer and Electrical Engineering. Amy has served SWE at the local level as president, secretary, counselor, and various committee roles throughout her collegiate and professional time as a SWE member. In her spare time, Amy enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband and 3 school-aged kids. She also enjoys board games, various crafts, and racing triathlons.

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Pamela Seibert, Outreach Chair
Pamela has professional experience estimating and managing subcontractors with a large heavy-civil firm spanning North America; as well as providing professional services for civil site development throughout the midwest. Most recently, she has started her own travel agency.  Taking the knowledge of scheduling and budgeting construction projects to clients personal vacations, learning marketing strategies, gaining repeat customers and strong proposal development.    She has her BS from Michigan Tech in Civil Engineering and currently is on the Industrial Advisory Board for their construction management degree. Pamela has served SWE at the local level as vice-president, secretary, and counseling a number of university chapters throughout her collegiate and professional time. In her spare time, Pamela enjoys home renovation projects, sewing and is an award winning pie baker.  She also enjoys traveling with her husband as much as possible, whether it's by plane, snowmobile or having their camper in tow. 

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FY21 Grand Rapids SWE Officers

President: Kathy Joseph
Vice President: Jacquie Geda
Secretary: Bethany Goodrich
Treasurer: Kate Cicchino
Outreach Chairs: Amy Rokos and Pamela Seibert
Social Media: Bashayer Alhanini
Fundraising Chair: Jocelyne Denhof

​Collegiate Counselors
Calvin College: Kathy Joseph
Ferris State University: Pamela Seibert
Grand Valley State University: Bashayer Alhanini
Hope College: Audrey Hendon

FY20 Grand Rapids SWE Officers

President: Kathy Joseph
Vice President: Jacquie Geda
Secretary: Jocelyne Denhof
Treasurer: Kate Cicchino
Outreach Chairs: Amy Rokos and Pamela Seibert
Social Media: Bashayer Alhanini

​Collegiate Counselors
Calvin College: Kathy Joseph
Ferris State University: Pamela Seibert
Grand Valley State University: Bashayer Alhanini
Hope College: Audrey Hendon

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FY19 Western Michigan SWE Officers
​(Grand Rapids SWE as of January 2019!)

President - Amy Rokos
Vice President - Pamela Seibert
Treasurer - Kate Cicchino
Secretary - Kathy Joseph
Communications Chair - Shivani Mishra
Outreach Co-Chairs - Vanessa Decker and Jocelyne Denhof

Collegiate Counselors
Calvin College: Kathy Joseph
Ferris State University: Vanessa Decker
Grand Valley State University: Pamela Seibert
Hope College: Audrey Hendon

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Email: grandrapids@swe.org

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