​Leadership Bios

​Kathy Joseph, President
Kathy works for Medtronic as a Principal Supplier Quality Engineer, working with 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 has served the Calvin University SWE Section as their professional Counselor. She is a life-long learner who enjoys hiking, diverse-but-not-adventurous foods, quilting, gardening, gentle yoga, cats and dogs.

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Angela Kimber, Vice President
Angela works as a product design engineer in the aerospace industry. She is currently employed at Woodward Industries. She is a mom and she mentors collegiate engineers. Angela holds a BSChE from University of Washington and MSE from University of Michigan in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. 
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​Andrea Vedrody, Secretary
Andrea works as a product development engineer at Herman Miller, focusing on seating products. She's on the employee sustainability team focusing on increasing grassroots sustainable initiatives within her company. Her BSME is from Michigan State University where she was involved with the Society of Women Engineers and worked as a Fabrication Student Teacher in the Manufacturing Teaching Lab. She is passionate about sustainability and people, and using engineering to bring more harmony between the constructed and natural environments. 
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​Kate Cicchino, Treasurer
Kate works as a project manager at Beumer Corporation. She holds a BSME from Kettering University and PMP from the Project Management Institute. Kate has been and officer with Grand Rapids SWE for the past several years, served as President of her Kettering University SWE section and has seved as a SWE Senator to Region E.  
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Jocelyne Denhof, Awards & Recognition Committee Co-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 Stryker as a Senior Staff Software R&D Engineer in Orthopaedic Instruments, working on guided surgical instruments. She formerly spent 11 years in the aviation industry. Amy has her BS from Michigan Tech in Computer Engineering. She 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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Jenna Klaus, Communications Chair
​Jenna works for Nestlé Nutrition as a Supply Chain Manager. She is responsible for warehousing, material planning, production scheduling, inventory management and capacity planning. 
Jenna received her BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her Master of Business Administration from Arizona State University. Jenna recently moved to the West Michigan area but was involved in the Baltimore-Washington SWE Section. She was previously a Collegiate Liaison for Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. and involved in the Corporate SWE Membership Committee. 
​In her free time she enjoys running, yoga, traveling, biking, breweries and social sports leagues.

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FY22 Grand Rapids SWE Officers

President: Kathy Joseph
Vice President: Angela Kimber
Secretary: Andrea Vedrody
Treasurer: Kate Cicchino
Outreach Chairs: Amy Rokos and Pamela Seibert
Awards & Recognition Co Chairs: Jocelyne Denhof & Jacquie Geda
Communications Chair: Jocelyne Denhof Jenna Klaus
Meeting Planning: Saurabhi Punhani
Social Media/Website: Bashayer Alhanini

​Collegiate Counselors
Calvin College: Amy Rokos
Ferris State University: Pamela Seibert
Grand Valley State University: Jacquie Geda
Hope College: Jenna Klaus
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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
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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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