Outgoing Officers

Outgoing Officers (FY22)

Lee Danielle Young - Vice President

Lee Danielle Young earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM) in December 2020. Since participating in her high school’s FIRST robotics team, she spent her undergraduate career exploring various mechanical, aerospace, and civil engineering projects while interning at the Hawaiʻi Space Flight Laboratory, Canada-France-Hawaiʻi Telescope, and an engineering consulting firm. During her studies, she also held various leadership roles in the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and was the Project Manager for her senior capstone project to design the 1U CubeSat, Ke Ao. Danielle is currently contributing to the development of the Artemis CubeSat Kit lab modules and activities as an educational accessibility intern working with Dr. Frankie Zhu at UHM. In her free time, she enjoys relaxing with her pet lovebirds, dog & cat sitting, rock climbing, traveling, and volunteering in the SWE/K-12 STEM community.

Danielle previously served as Vice President FY22.

Outgoing Officers (FY21)

Andrea Mansfeld - Treasurer

Andrea graduated with BS degrees in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from the University of Idaho. She is currently a Materials Engineer at Oceanit Laboratories. She is passionate about STEM outreach to K12 and college students.

Andrea previously served as Vice President FY20 and Treasurer FY21.

Outgoing Officers (FY20)

Dian Nguyen - President

Dian has been the SWE HI President FY19, FY20. She graduated with a BS from the University of Hawaii Manoa and a MS from Arizona State University, both in Electrical Engineering. She is currently Senior RF Design Engineer at QORVO.

Outgoing Officers (F19)

Tiffany Au - Vice President

Tiffany has been the SWE HI Secretary FY16, Vice President FY17, FY18, University of Hawaii VP of Membership and other collegiate section roles during FY11, FY12. She graduated from UH Manoa with a BS in Electrical Engineering and currently works at Hawaiian Electric Company.

Outgoing Officers (FY18)

Chancy Hopper - President

Chancy was the SWE HI Vice President and was SWE President at Swarthmore College. She also graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder (MS Electrical) and UH Manoa (MBA). She would like to help SWE reach more engineers in Hawaii and build a solid network to help our women engineers with career and professional development. This in turn will help students see strong role models in technology fields.

Anita Lenk - Treasurer

Anita is an active SWE HI member on Maui coordinating facility tours and meeting speakers. She has worked with the SWE HI members on Maui to build up a group of fellow engineers looking to share, learn and give back to others on our islands.

Outgoing Officer (FY17)

Rena Chock - Section Rep

Rena has been a SWE President and member of the Santa Clara Collegiate section and has been a strong member of SWE-HI throughout its chartering and first years of existence. She is currently the SWE-HI Section Rep and attended meetings and traveled for conferences.

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