Students and Young Professionals

Are you a Student or Young Professional?
Have you been looking for a way to get involved in WEF or PNCWA?
Do you want to meet other students and young professionals in your field?

If you answered yes to the above questions, you should volunteer for the Students and Young Professionals Committee. There are several opportunities for you to gain leadership experience and network with other students and young professionals.  

We are now beginning to organize the S&YP committee for PNCWA in 2011.  Our goals for 2011 are:
•    Start up section networking groups (Portland & Seattle) and set up succession plans for leadership of these groups (see below for additional information)
•    Visit one university or college without a student chapter to introduce PNCWA and determine feasibility of student chapter.
•    Support the newly formed WSU student chapter.
•    Develop SY&P program (Technical and/or Social Activities) at Annual Conference.
•    Revise committee description and goals in Policies and Procedures.
•    Develop an online networking communication page for the S&YP committee (through Google Groups, LinkedIn or Facebook)


We want to hear from YOU!  If you are interested in participating in the S&YP Committee, please e-mail Steven Drangsholt at Steven.Drangsholt@hdrinc.com to obtain the information for our next conference call, which are currently scheduled for the 2nd Wednesday of every month.
Student and Young Professional Committee Members

Steven Drangsholt, Committee Chair
HDR Engineering
Steven.Drangsholt@hdrinc.com
425-423-3732

Priya Dhanapal
Kennedy/Jenks
PriyaDhanapal@KennedyJenks.com   
503-423-4057
    
Terry Chan
CH2M HILL
Terry.Chan@CH2M.com
503-736-4117

Ben Scrace
Whitney Equipment Company
bscrace@weci.com
425-486-9499
    
Anna Zaklikowski
HDR Engineering
Anna.Zaklikowski@hdrinc.com
503-423-3822
    
Ellie Key
USKH
ekey@uskh.com
509-328-5139

Verena Winter
HDR Engineering
Verena.Winter@hdrinc.com
503-423-3822
    
David Seymour
Kennedy/Jenks
DavidSeymour@KennedyJenks.com
253-874-0555
    
Haley Falconer
HDR Engineering
haley.falconer@hdrinc.com
406-459-4484

Kristi Nelson
HDR Engineering
Kristi.Nelson@hdrinc.com
503-423-3732


Lower Columbia S&YP Group
Calling all Portland Metro Area students and young professionals!  The LCS S&YP networking group is planning several social and educational networking events for 2009.  If you are interested in attending these events (or helping to plan them), please contact one of the co-chairs listed below.

Anna Zaklikowski
HDR Engineering
Anna.Zaklikowski@hdrinc.com
503-423-3822
    
Terry Chan, Committee Co-chair
CH2M HILL
Terry.Chan@CH2M.com
503-736-4117

 
Puget Sound Section S&YP Group
If you are a student or young professional in the Puget Sound, we are beginning to form a committee to plan social and educational networking events.  If you are interested in attending these events (or helping to plan them), please contact Matt at the e-mail listed below.

Steven Drangsholt
HDR Engineering
Steven.Drangsholt@hdrinc.com
425-423-3732
 
Eastern Washington/Northern Idaho S&YP Group
If you are a student or young professional in the Spokane, Pullman, Coeur d’Alene or Moscow metro areas, we are beginning to form a committee to plan social and educational networking events.  If you are interested in attending these events (or helping to plan them), please contact Ellie at the e-mail listed below.

Ellie Key
USKH
ekey@uskh.com
509-328-5139
 
Want to get involved at the National Level?
The YP Connections Subcommittee is looking for volunteers to help with the YP Connections newsletter.  They need people to come up with ideas for, recruit authors for, and write new articles, and we need someone to take the lead on pulling it together.  They generally only have one conference call once a quarter; the rest is done by email.  If you’re interested, please e-mail Sarah Hubbell at Sarah.Hubbell@EntexInc.com