President
Sereena Balid
Sereena Balid is a Supplier Quality Surveillance Engineer at Kiewit Corporation. She has about 2 years of industrial experience in EPC working on Solar, OGC and Water Reclamation Projects. Sereena majored in Mechanical Engineering at LeTourneau University graduating in 2022. She has served as SWE-KC Vice President in FY24 and has been a part of SWE since her collegiate years.
Vice President
Audrey Powell
Missouri S&T Architectural Engineering graduate Audrey Powell is currently working as an Assistant Engineer for Turner Construction on the Panasonic EV Battery Plant project in De Soto, KS. Her love for volunteering, combined with her passion for advocating for the advancement of women in the engineering and construction industries, make her involvement with SWE the perfect fit. Throughout her six years of involvement with the organization she has served as Assistant Lock-In Chair, Treasurer, and VP-External for the Missouri S&T chapter and as both Membership and Outreach chair for the Kansas City chapter. When not working or volunteering, Audrey resides in the Longfellow neighborhood of Kansas City and enjoys hanging out with her dogs and cats, exploring new coffee shops, and marathoning Netflix shows.
Treasurer
Ragan Gum
Ragan (she/they) is a Senior Software Engineer with Microsoft Corporation. Her work accelerates Microsoft’s partners to drive big impact with cloud technologies. Prior to joining Microsoft, Ragan was a software leader at Oracle Cerner where she led teams and built software to help ensure safe blood transfusions, automate the flow of blood products around the world, and track body parts from scalpel to microscope.
Ragan is a lifetime member of the Society of Women Engineers. She joined while attending Purdue University in the early 2000s. Ragan served as SWE-KC Treasurer in FY17 and FY18, and as SWE-KC President in FY19. Ragan has led and had many roles within SWE-KC’s Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (IGED) programs. She has also made large contributions to the SWE Finance Committee with her participation from 2018 through to the present.
Ragan loves a good spreadsheet and financial traceability. In her free time, she enjoys reading, playing board games, and chasing her two dogs around the Waldo neighborhood of Kansas City.
Secretary
Pravallika Reddy Lankapothu
Pravallika is working as an electrical engineer at Kiewit Corporation, where her role involves contract management, designing one-lines/schematics, and performing engineering calculations. With two years of industry experience up to March 2024, she is passionate about power systems and finds immense satisfaction in her profession.
In her free time, she reads novels, with a special preference for romantic comedies, and plays board games. Watching sunsets is also a treasured pastime for Pravallika.
Pravallika is thrilled to join the SWE Community and eagerly look forward to contributing and serving wherever possible.
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