Mary Juhas named WEPAN President-Elect
In addition to her university role, Juhas is also a clinical associate professor of materials science and engineering in the College of Engineering.
WEPAN is the nation’s leading organization and catalyst for transforming culture in engineering education, and its core purpose is to propel higher education to increase the number and advance the prominence of diverse communities of women in engineering.
As director of strategic partnerships, Juhas led efforts to launch WEPAN’s ACE Initiative, Advancing Culture in Engineering. ACE will align industry and education to create positive academic, social and workforce cultures that retain and graduate many more underrepresented student engineers and meet corporate needs for a diverse, globally competent workforce.
The 2014-2015 WEPAN Officers:
President – Jenna Price Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University
Past President – Karen Zunkel, Iowa State University
President-Elect – Mary Juhas, The Ohio State University
Secretary – Beverly Louie, University of Colorado Boulder
Treasurer – Marca J. Lam, Rochester Institute of Technology
WEPAN is a national not-for-profit organization with over 700 members from engineering schools, small businesses, Fortune 500 corporations, and non-profit organizations.
