President: Stephanie Busch
Stephanie Busch has spent over 14 years working in various roles at Intel. She is currently a Lithography Equipment Development Engineer in the Supply Chain organization and also held roles as a Construction Project Manager, Process Engineer, Engineering Manager, Technical Program Manager, and Scrum Master. She graduated from the University of Southern California in 2009 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering (Building Science) and an M.S. in Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering). Stephanie has two daughters, aged 6 and 4, who will hopefully become engineers someday. She was the FY24 SWE Phoenix Vice President and is thrilled to be your FY25 President!
Vice President: Megan Lowrance
Megan Lowrance is a Mechanical Design Engineer at Honeywell working on mechanical components. She moved to Phoenix after graduating from the University of Alabama in Huntsville with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in May 2022. She has been an active SWE member since joining her collegiate section and presented at the national conference in Los Angeles in 2023. Megan is excited to become more involved as VP and is looking forward to the upcoming year!
Treasurer: Maira Garcia
Maira Garcia graduated from the University of Arizona (Go Wildcats!) in 2014 with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering. After graduating she began working at Honeywell and has worked on flight controls, flight management systems, and currently works on engine controls. Outside of her engineering role, Maira is the Program Manager for the SHPE recruiting team at Honeywell and has also participated in regional and national SWE conferences to recruit on behalf of Honeywell. At SWE Phoenix, Maira held the position of Collegiate Counselor for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Prescott) for several years and in 2019 was recognized at the national level by SWE with the Outstanding SWE Counselor Award. Maira also supported Stephanie with the SWE Phoenix book club in 2022 and last year served as SWE Phoenix Secretary. She is excited to continue her involvement as your treasurer!
Secretary: Kate Todd
Kate Todd is a Value Engineering Project Engineer in the Cost Performance Engineering team at Honeywell Aerospace. Kate moved from South Korea at the age of 14 and lived in Florida for over ten years until she graduated from the University of Florida with a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering. Kate had attended WE23 in Los Angeles and also had successfully presented to an audience of approximately 150 people about her transitioning experience both personal and professional. Kate is very excited to be SWE Phoenix FY25 Secretary!
Additional Leadershipcia
- Section Coach: Emilie Steinhoff
- Newsletter Chair: Maira Garcia
- Webmaster Chair: Neethu Elizabeth Simon
- Social Media Chair: Cassie Weissert
- SWE Awards Chair: **Open**
- Scholarship Chair: Danielle Horstman
- Professional Development Chair: Reema
- Community Outreach Chair: Maddy Suellentrop
- End of Year Celebration Chair: **Open**
- Family and Parents Chair: Stephanie Busch
- Family and Parents Chair: Emilie Steinhoff
- Family and Parents Chair: Suzanna Olsen
- Nominating Chair(s): **Open**
- Book Club: Lillie Akins
College Liaisons
- ASU Liaison: Kylee Arndt
- NAU Liaison: **Open**
- GCU Liaison: **Open**
- Embry-Riddle Liaison: Victoria (Vee) Glessner
Corporate Liaisons
- Intel: Stephanie Busch
- Intel: Danielle Horstman
- Honeywell: Maira Garcia
- Northrup Grumman: Cassie Weissert
- Medtronic: **Open**
- American Express: **Open**
- Boeing: **Open**
- NXP: **Open**
- General Motors: **Open**
