FY21 SWE-LA Executive Council
President
Jasmine Naseri
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Jasmine Naseri is the FY21 SWE-LA President, going into her third year of presidency and previously serving as the FY17-18 Vice President. She has been an active member of SWE for over eight years since her freshman year of college where she held several leadership positions. Jasmine looks forward to another productive and fun year of K-12 STEM outreach, professional development events and collegiate outreach through SWE-LA's scholarship program.
Jasmine has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California '16 and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles '18. She currently works for Northrop Grumman as a Communications Systems Engineer in Redondo Beach. Fun fact: Jasmine loves to travel, and can often be found at an airport or on a plane. |
Vice President of Professional Development
Mariel Cisneros
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Mariel Cisneros is the FY21 SWE-LA VP of Professional Development. She has been a member of SWE since 2014. Mariel has been supporting SWE’s mission through her leadership roles at Northrop Grumman’s Women’s ERG. She organizes career development and employee retention events for Northrop Grumman and participates in K-12 STEM outreach events in the local community to encourage the growth of women in engineering. In 2019, the NGWIN South bay ERG was awarded the WELocal Outstanding Outreach Event for their work on the Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day event which hosts over 1400 kids.
Mariel has a BS in Electrical Engineering from California State University, Long Beach (2013) and a Masters of Advanced Study in Architecture-Enterprise Systems Engineering from University of California, San Diego (2018). She is a technical leader in systems architecture engineering and manager at Northrop Grumman Corporation. |
Vice President of Outreach
Katrina Barhouse
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Katrina Barhouse is the FY21 SWE - LA Vice President of Outreach. She joined SWE as a student member in 2005. Katrina received her B.S in Electrical Engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering and M.S in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University. She is currently working as a Ride Control Systems Engineer with Walt Disney Imagineering. Katrina has been an active mentor and advocate for STEM education since 2010.
Fun Fact: In her free time, Katrina enjoys reading about local sustainability, playing tennis, and watercolor painting. |
Secretary
Arshitha Vaidhyanathan
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Arshitha Vaidhyanathan is the FY21 SWE - LA Secretary. She has been a member of SWE since 2009. She is looking forward to serving the SWE board in her new role as secretary and participate in various events.
Arshitha received her B.S in Aerospace Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. She currently works as a Systems Engineer at Raytheon Technologies. Fun Fact: Arshitha is a dancer, loves to travel, and looks for new eateries. |
Treasurer
Elizabeth San Miguel
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Liz San Miguel is the FY21 SWE-LA Treasurer, continuing in her position from the past year. Liz San Miguel has been actively involved with the Los Angeles Section since 2009. She has served Los Angeles in various section leadership roles over the years. These include president, vice president, treasurer, representative to Region B, collegiate liaison, and Professional Development Conference chair. In 2018, Liz received the SWE Emerging Leader Award at WELocal in Phoenix. Liz San Miguel has a B.S. in Computer Engineering from University of California, Irvine and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Southern California. She is a Survivability Engineer and manager at Northrop Grumman Corporation. |
Professional Development Conference Chair
Krista Galloway
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Krista Galloway is the FY21 SWE-LA Professional Development Conference (PDC) Chair. She became involved with SWE-LA after moving to the area and has served on the PDC Planning Committee since 2018. Krista also organized last year’s Advocacy Event, hosting four speakers with around 30 online attendees.
Krista earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering/B.S. in Renewable Energy Engineering with a minor in Applied Mathematics from the Oregon Institute of Technology in 2017. She currently works as an RF Microwave Design Engineer at Northrop Grumman in the Strategic Space Systems Division. Krista is also a Lieutenant in the Oregon Air National Guard, serving as the Operations Officer-in-Charge for the 173rd Communications Flight at Kingsley Field, ANGB. |
K-12 STEM Outreach Chair
Shawné Raiford
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Shawné Raiford is the FY21 K-12 Outreach Chair. Shawné is dedicated and committed to providing opportunities for students to be more involved in STEM, as well as encouraging students to become innovative and creative thinkers.
Shawné has a B.A. in Sociology from California Baptist University in Riverside, CA. She currently works for The Aerospace Corporation as an Administrative Specialist IV in El Segundo, CA. Fun Fact: Shawné loves to play basketball and workout throughout the week. Her favorite genre of movies are horror/ thrillers, romance films and comedy. |
Collegiate Outreach Chair
Kiyomi Takemoto
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Kiyomi Takemoto is the FY21 SWE-LA Collegiate Outreach Chair, previously serving on the Collegiate Outreach and PDC committees. She has been an active member of SWE for over 5 years since her freshman year of college where she served as multiple leadership roles. Kiyomi is thankful for all the friendships and learning she has gained through SWE and looks forward to being able to pay it forward through mentoring SWE’s collegiate members this year.
Kiyomi earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from UCI, and currently works as a Systems Engineer at Northrop Grumman. Fun Fact: In her free time she enjoys finding new places to eat around LA and staying involved in the Japanese American Community. |
Social Media Ambassador
Shajeeah Mumtaz
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Shajeeah Mumtaz is the FY21 Social Media Ambassador. She has been an active member of SWE for over eight years since her freshman year of college. She is excited for a ~ virtual ~ year of STEM outreach and professional development events, and of course, meeting other bright women engineers!
Shajeeah graduated from the University of Southern California (Fight on!!!) in May 2016 with a B.S. in Astronautical Engineering, the only female in her year to do so. She currently works as a Systems Engineer at Northrop Grumman on the James Webb Space Telescope. Fun fact: Shajeeah wants to be an astronaut when she grows up. In her free time, she loves pursuing her passions in photography, traveling to new places, and exploring LA's finest ice cream shops. |
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