SWE-KC Leadership - Kansas City

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.

Vice President

Tsion Yohannes

Tsion is an Assistant Electrical Engineer at Burns & McDonnell, dedicated to supporting women in engineering, advancing women in STEM, and making a positive impact on society. Her involvement with the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) began during her college years, where she was an active member and a proud recipient of the SWE Scholarship in 2022. Since then, she has remained engaged with the organization by attending SWE conferences annually and volunteering as a scholarship reviewer.

As President-Elect, she hopes to foster a stronger, more connected SWE community by encouraging mentorship, supporting student involvement, and promoting inclusive professional development opportunities. She is excited to give back to the organization that has supported her and to help empower the next generation of women engineers.

Treasurer

Ragan Gum

Ragan 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 Cerner (now Oracle Health) 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-FY18 and FY24-FY26, 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 -2023.

Ragan loves a good spreadsheet and financial traceability. In her free time, she enjoys reading, playing board games, and chasing dogs around the Waldo neighborhood of Kansas City.

Secretary

Tenley Propst

Tenley is a Nebraska native and Iowa State University alum with a background in Environmental Engineering and a Master of Science in Sustainable Energy Engineering from Reykjavik University’s Iceland School of Energy. She currently works in the Power Department at Burns & McDonnell in Kansas City as an Assistant Civil Engineer and has been involved in SWE KC for the past 3 years.