Global Ambassador Program





The Global Ambassador Program is an opportunity for SWE members outside of the USA to serve in leadership positions to advance SWE’s mission. Global Ambassadors promote the SWE brand, grow the SWE community in their region, and contribute their diverse global perspectives to SWE’s global strategy.
“My role as a Global Ambassador has helped me phenomenally, not just as an aid for self-discovery and development, but has ingrained the social sense of collectivity. It has connected me with the brightest, kindest and nicest of women from across the globe who have taken their time out to help me grow so much.”
– Preethi, FY20 Global Ambassador
The application period for the FY23 Global Ambassadors has closed. The next application period will open in April/May 2023. Please contact us at global@swe.org with questions.
Highlights From the Past Year
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Meet the Global Ambassadors
Get to know the FY23 Global Ambassadors who span 26 countries and bring a rich diversity of experiences to SWE.
Name | City | Country | Organization | |
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Andrea Lucas | Mackay | Australia | Cummins Inc. | ea414@cummins.com |
Tutku Kilicaslan | Leuven | Belgium | KU Leuven | tutku.kilicaslan@student.kuleuven.be |
Tassia Tavares | Guarulhos | Brazil | Cummins Inc. | tassia.tavares@cummins.com |
Fabiane Conrad | Horizontina | Brazil | John Deere | conradfabiane@johndeere.com |
Cecilia Breda | Indaiatuba | Brazil | John Deere | mccbreda@gmail.com |
Debora Davanzo | Santo Andre | Brazil | Cummins Inc. | debora_davanzo@hotmail.com |
Deborah Braide | Montreal | Canada | Ecole Polytechnique Montreal | debbiebraide@gmail.com |
Tugce Tuysuz | Montreal | Canada | Permascand AB | tuysuztugce@gmail.com |
Maedeh (May) Marefatallah (Marefat) | Toronto | Canada | Enbridge | president_toronto@swe.org |
Peace Ikpotokin | Toronto | Canada | York University | peaceikpotokin2016@gmail.com |
Tasneem Naheyan | Toronto | Canada | York University | t.naheyan@gmail.com |
Fatemeh Niroomand | Toronto | Canada | Crozier & Associates Consulting | Fnirromand17@gmail.com |
Farokh laqa Kakar | Vancouver | Canada | Brown and Caldwell | Farokhlaqa.kakar@ryerson.ca |
Kathryn Doe | Windsor, Ontario | Canada | Orchid Orthopedic Solutions | kathrynrdoe@gmail.com |
Cynthia Li | Beijing | China | Cummins Inc. | lx606@cummins.com |
Grace Zheng | Beijing | China | Cummins Inc. | kz380@cummins.com |
Juan Zhao | Beijing | China | Cummins Inc. | j.zhao@cummins.com |
Jiayi Wu | Liuzhou | China | Cummins Inc. | jiayi.wu@cummins.com |
Xiange Wang | Shanghai | China | Meta | xiangewang1@gmail.com |
Fiona Han | Wuhan | China | Cummins Inc. | fiona.han@cummins.com |
Yan Dongmei | Wuhan | China | Cummins Inc. | dongmei.yan@cummins.com |
Hainan Zeng | Wuxi | China | Cummins Inc. | hainan.zeng@cummins.com |
Wang Yanping | Wuxi | China | Cummins Inc. | ry081@cummins.com |
Huijing Yang | Xiangyang | China | Cummins Inc. | global@swe.org |
Blanca Navarro | Heredia | Costa Rica | Edwards | brnavarro@swe.org |
Jarmila Musil Novakova | Brno | Czech Republic | Honeywell | jarmila.novakova@honeywell.com |
Liani Toro | Berlin | Germany | Schneider Electric | liani.toro@se.com |
Alicia Bohnsack | Gelsenkirchen | Germany | BP | global@swe.org |
Anca Eisele | Mannheim | Germany | John Deere | eiseleanca@johndeere.com |
Ashwini Darekar | Mannheim | Germany | John Deere | darekarashwini@johndeere.com |
Ghaya Gharsallaoui | Mannheim | Germany | John Deere | gh.ghaya@gmail.com |
Marwa El Hefnawy | Munich | Germany | m.hef22@yahoo.com | |
Paris Amy | Wuerzburg | Germany | Cummins Inc. | paris.amy@cummins.com |
Aratrika Ghose | Bengaluru | India | ExxonMobil | aratrika.ghose@gmail.com |
Dimple | Bengaluru | India | ExxonMobil | dimplemaleri3@gmail.com |
Jothi Sekaran | Bengaluru | India | HP Inc | jothi.sekaran@hp.com |
Manisha Rath | Bengaluru | India | ExxonMobil | rathmanisha123@gmail.com |
Neelu Singh | Bengaluru | India | Caterpillar | neelu42@gmail.com |
Priyanka Mahesh | Bengaluru | India | HP Inc | priyanka.mahesh@hp.com |
Ria Dash | Bengaluru | India | HP Inc | ria.dash@hp.com |
Rosalin Das | Bengaluru | India | Caterpillar | roseinvincible@gmail.com |
Shanu Khandelwal | Bengaluru | India | The Boeing Company | shanu.khandelwal@boeing.com |
Sonali Daksh | Bengaluru | India | ExxonMobil | daksh.sonali@gmail.com |
Swathi Pennapareddy | Bengaluru | India | The Boeing Company | swathi.pennapareddy@gmail.com |
Varsha Govindarajan | Bengaluru | India | ExxonMobil | varshag.gov@gmail.com |
Mandeep Gill | Chandigarh | India | BD | charumandeepgill@gmail.com |
Banoo Jakkirriaah | Chennai | India | Caterpillar | banuabu68@gmail.com |
Sadhana Vashisht | Chennai | India | Caterpillar | vashisht_sadhana@cat.com |
Saranya Somu | Chennai | India | Emerson | saranya.somu@emerson.com |
Sathya Priyaa R | Chennai | India | SSN College of Engineering | sparti11hyaaa@gmail.com |
Vandana Pandey | Chennai | India | Kyndryl Solutions Pvt Ltd | vandana.pandey@kyndryl.com |
Subashini Saravanan | Dindigul | India | Caterpillar | subashini.sesasu@gmail.com |
Eshika Mahajan | Gurugram | India | TCS | global@swe.org |
Suchita Kapoor | Gurugram | India | Keysight Technologies | suchita_kapoor@keysight.com |
Renuka Thota | Hyderabad | India | Cummins Inc. | renuka.thota@cummins.com |
Banisha Prinja | Ludhiana | India | BD | global_ambassador_bp@swe.org |
Twinkle Chirvi | New Delhi | India | Keysight Technologies | twchirvi@gmail.com |
Aishwarya Dubey | Pune | India | Emerson | aishwarya.dubey@emerson.com |
Arpita Dugad | Pune | India | Cummins Inc. | arpitasurana2709@gmail.com |
Chandni Nigam | Pune | India | Cummins Inc. | lb994@cummins.com |
Chetana Gorle | Pune | India | Cummins Inc. | chetana.gorle@gmail.com |
Dipti Bapat | Pune | India | Cummins Inc. | dipti.bapat@cummins.com |
FNU KAUR | Pune | India | John Deere | kaurrajwant@johndeere.com |
Geetu Garg | Pune | India | IBM | geetu.garg@in.ibm.com |
Hemlata Shinde | Pune | India | Cummins Inc. | hemlata.shinde@cummins.com |
Madhu Thorat | Pune | India | IBM | madhu.punjabi@in.ibm.com |
Nidhi Agrawal | Pune | India | Freelance | nnidhi23@gmail.com |
Ophelia Fernandes | Pune | India | John Deere | FernandesOpheliaB@Johndeere.com |
PRANJAL RANDIVE | Pune | India | Air Products | randivp@airproducts.com |
Priti Kulkarni | Pune | India | Air Products | kulkarp5@airproducts.com |
Rajalakshmi Hegde | Pune | India | Rajalakshmi.hegde@outlook.com | |
Rupali Ganesh | Pune | India | Cummins Inc. | rupali.ganesh@cummins.com |
Sameera Shaikh | Pune | India | John Deere | shaikhsameera@johndeere.com |
Saumya Bhalerao | Pune | India | Emerson | saumya.bhalerao.sb@gmail.com |
Snehal Shah | Pune | India | Air Products | shahs4@airproducts.com |
Supriya Bhasme | Pune | India | John Deere | bhasmesupriya@johndeere.com |
Sweety Goyal | Pune | India | Cummins Inc. | sweety.goyal@cummins.com |
Tanmay Vyas | Pune | India | Cummins Inc. | tanmay.vyas@cummins.com |
Tripti Singh | Pune | India | Air Products | tripti1801@gmail.com |
Vaidehi Sinha | Pune | India | MIT World Peace University | vaidehisinha25@gmail.com |
Meenakshi Natarajan | Vadodara | India | Air Products | nataram@airproducts.com |
Pooja Dharmadhikari | Vadodara | India | Air Products | pn_dharmadhikari@yahoo.com |
Thanuja Thota | Vadodara | India | Air Products | THOTAT@airproducts.com |
Davida Gondohusodo | Jakarta | Indonesia | Andala Auto Care | jakarta@swe.org |
Joanne Fitzgerald | Limerick | Ireland | BD | joanne.fitzgerald@bd.com |
Katrina Simpson | Milano | Italy | NHOA Energy S.r.l. | katrina.simpson14@gmail.com |
Caroline Ayieko | Nairobi | Kenya | Multiscope Consulting Engineers Ltd | ayiekocarol39@gmail.com |
Umi Kerre | Nairobi | Kenya | Kenya Civil Aviation Authority | kerreuk@gmail.com |
Lilian Motongori Jamunga | Nakuru | Kenya | Hayili Africa | motongori.lilian@gmail.com |
Elizabeth Mwende | Ruiru | Kenya | Ministry of Agriculture Livestock Fisheries and Cooperatives Kenya | lisalopezx11@gmail.com |
Jiyoung Lee | Seoul | Korea | HP Inc | Jiyoung.lee@hp.com |
Su Ann Lim | Bayan Lepas | Malaysia | Keysight Technologies | astra.luce123@gmail.com |
Seok Yian Chai | Penang | Malaysia | HP Inc | seok.yian.chai@hp.com |
Yesica Santacruz | Juarez | Mexico | Cummins Inc. | yesica.santacruz.robles@cummins.com |
Paola Valdez | Mexicali | Mexico | Honeywell | paola.valdez@honeywell.com |
Fernanda Infante | San Luis Potosà | Mexico | Cummins Inc. | oh928@cummins.com |
Yuriko Tanaka | Torreon | Mexico | John Deere | TANAKAYURIKOCRISTINAC@JOHNDEERE.COM |
Anthea Udo | Abuja | Nigeria | FMWR/Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria Project | antheaela@gmail.com |
Chinyere Igwegbe | Abuja | Nigeria | Krumberg Engineering limited | global@swe.org |
Edith Aja | Abuja | Nigeria | National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure | Sweetahi4dan@gmail.com |
Florence Avosuahi Ibrahim | Abuja | Nigeria | Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited | floibrahim@yahoo.com |
Itohan Otoijamun | Abuja | Nigeria | National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure | itohan10@yahoo.com |
Jessica Yakwo | Abuja | Nigeria | National Assembly Abuja Nigeria | jessyaks@gmail.com |
Loveth Chukwuyem | Abuja | Nigeria | Odyssey Educational Foundation | chukwuyemifeyinwaloveth@gmail.com |
Stella Chukwu | Abuja | Nigeria | Nigerian Airspace Management Agency | stelladin2002@yahoo.ca |
Vera Egwuatu | Abuja | Nigeria | Federal Capital Development Authority | veraegwuatu@yahoo.com |
Vivian Okoli | Abuja | Nigeria | Odyssey Educational Foundation | okolivivian2020@gmail.com |
Eugenia Okeke | FCT | Nigeria | North South Power Company Limited | eugenia91109@yahoo.com |
Queen Chibueze | FCT | Nigeria | Abuja Electricity Distribution Company | queenezechinyere@gmail.com |
Stella Uzochukwu-Denis | FCT | Nigeria | Odyssey Educational Foundation | ifywayne@gmail.com |
Habibat Araga | Lagos | Nigeria | Cummins Inc. | habibat.araga@cummins.com |
Ogochukwu Eleanor Udokwelu | Owerri | Nigeria | Qualcontrust limited | eleanor.udokwelu@yahoo.com |
Catherine Ameh | Victoria Island | Nigeria | Unified Payments | kateomada@yahoo.com |
Mirzi Betasolo | Lae | Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea University of Technology | mirzi.betasolo@pnguot.ac.pg |
Yvonne Cheong | Singapore | Singapore | HP Inc | yvonne.cheong@hp.com |
Inga Urbina | Barcelona | Spain | Keysight Technologies | inga_urbina3@keysight.com |
Ana Gonzalez | Geneva | Switzerland | Caterpillar | gonzalez_ana_m@cat.com |
Hamideh Ahmadloo | Zurich | Switzerland | Dow Europe GmbH | global@swe.org |
Jill Murfin | Taichung | Taiwan | Nike Inc. | jill.murfin@nike.com |
Phoenix Hung | Taipei | Taiwan | HP Inc | phoenix.hung@hp.com |
Elif Hancer | Istanbul | Turkey | Koc University | ehancer17@ku.edu.tr |
Irem Bulut | Istanbul | Turkey | Koc University | ibulut18@ku.edu.tr |
Nilsu Toker | Istanbul | Turkey | Koc University | nilsutoker@gmail.com |
Tugba Bilgili | Istanbul | Turkey | Cummins Inc. | tugba.bilgili@cummins.com |
Zeynep Deniz Lal | Istanbul | Turkey | Koc University | zlal18@ku.edu.tr |
Zeynep Saltak | Istanbul | Turkey | Koc University | zesaltik@gmail.com |
Ozge Senan | Izmir | Turkey | Cummins Inc. | ozge.senan@cummins.com |
Deniz Canim | Sariyer | Turkey | Koc University | dcanim19@ku.edu.tr |
Yasmin Sadriwala | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | Cummins Inc. | yasmin.sadriwala@cummins.com |
Eva Ribes Vilanova | Cambridge | United Kingdom | Keysight Technologies | global_eva@swe.org |
Madhuparna Datta | Cambridge | United Kingdom | Cadence Design Systems | madhuparnadatta@gmail.com |
Karen Medhat | Cambridge | United Kingdom | IBM | karen.medhat@gmail.com |
Rija Ejaz | Daventry | United Kingdom | Cummins Inc. | rija.ejaz@cummins.com |
Anastasia Gondosari | Huddersfield | United Kingdom | Cummins Inc. | anastasia.gondosari@cummins.com |
Jacqueline Torley | Huddersfield | United Kingdom | Cummins Inc. | jacqueline.torley@cummins.com |
Amrapali Amrapali | London | United Kingdom | Keysight Technologies | Amrapali.amrapali@keysight.com |
Arva Patel | Yeovil | United Kingdom | Honeywell | Arva.Patel@honeywell.com |
Enia Kakombu | Lusaka | Zambia | Civil Aviation Authority | ekakombu@gmail.com |
Become a Global Ambassador
SWE Global Ambassadors serve for one year from 1 July to 30 June. Global Ambassadors must reapply each year to ensure they remain up-to-date on SWE activities and pledge their continued commitment. The Global Ambassador Program seeks individuals from diverse backgrounds that would like to serve in a leadership position representing their city, country, region, and the Society.
- Paid SWE member
- Reside outside of the United States
- Commit to the ambassador responsibilities for the full year from 1 July to 30 June
- Commit to being actively involved in campus and/or community activities
This is an unpaid volunteer opportunity. However, ambassadors are eligible for authorized reimbursement funding. If you are not ready to commit an entire year to serve as a Global Ambassador, but you still want to get involved, email global@swe.org to learn about other opportunities.
The next application period will open in May 2023.
Global Ambassador Responsibilities
The Global Ambassador role focuses on representing and promoting SWE while also growing your personal leadership abilities.
SWE Representative:
- Actively promote the SWE brand through various communication tools, i.e., personal social media, current employer forums, speaking at events, authoring a published article, etc.
- Actively recruit and serve as a resource for engineers in your area interested in joining SWE or participating in a SWE activity.
- Stay up-to-date with current membership and SWE network statistics; be knowledgeable about SWE activities in your city and country.
- Be familiar with activities outside your region to provide a general overview of global activities to potential members and partners.
- Promote SWE’s annual conference and, when applicable, regional/local SWE conferences and workshops.
- Assist SWE with the localization of products and services for your region. This could include editing resources and toolkits to reflect the norms in your country, serving as a speaker for a webinar or podcast, or identifying local partnerships that could be mutually beneficial.
- Serve as a resource for Collegiate or Professional Affiliate(s) your area.
- Serve as a resource for teachers and administrators in your area interested in SWE Outreach activities.
- Maintain a record of your activities as SWE Global Ambassador and submit regular reports.
Personal Leadership Development:
- Complete one of the five SWE Leadership Competency eLearning Modules – Communication, Business Knowledge and Management, Self-Management, Leadership Abilities, or Mentoring, Coaching, and Sponsorship – based on interest.
- Create a personal Leadership Development Plan (template provided by SWE) to set measurable, time-sensitive, and realistic goals to support your role as a SWE Global Ambassador. The plan will include:
- Leadership Vision with examples of role models or mentors
- Blind Spots & Learning Agenda
- Personal Mission Statement
- Realignments and coalitions
- Regularly participate in SWE Global Ambassador conference calls, training webinars, and in-person meetings, when applicable.