Women & Hi Tech is pleased to announce the Board of Directors for terms that commenced July 1, 2017. 

Elected officers of the Women & Hi Tech board:

• President:  Audrey Taylor, Founder and CEO,  netlogx
• Vice President:  Darcy Lee, Director of Accounts & Business Development, Metonymy Media
• Treasurer: Bobbie LaFollette, CPA, Accountant, Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS)
• Secretary:  Elizabeth Dick, Senior Project Engineer, Allison Transmission

Elected members of the Women & Hi Tech board:

• Communications Director:  Lori Boyer, Software Applications Developer, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
• Corporate Engagement Director:  Rebecca Bormann, Regional Business Development Manager, Bell Techlogix, Inc.
• Executive Women's Forum Director:  Lauren Riga, Founder, Full Circle Solutions, LLC
• Individual Membership Director:  Wendy Maple, Director of Client Services, Theoris Services
• Leading Light Awards Director:  Ali Hromis, Director, IT,  Project Lead the Way
• Membership Administrator:  Carol Ganz, Director of Client Services, Six Feet Up, Inc. 
• Networking Events Director: Angela B. Freeman, Intellectual Property Associate/Patent Attorney, Barnes & Thornburg LLP 
• Outreach - Collegiate Director: Barb Alder, Director, Office of Engagement for Metropolitan Indianapolis, Purdue University
• Outreach - K - 12  Director: Melissa Lavella, Process Improvement Engineer, Roche Diagnostics
• Past President:  Tiffany White, Chief Project Engineer, U.S. Helicopter Engines, Rolls-Royce
• Technology Director: Elyse Swoverland,  Senior Software Engineer, Sallie Mae
• Volunteer Director:  Karen Harris, Vice President & Information Officer Manufacturing and Quality, Eli Lilly and Company

Board Member Emeritus: 

• Jo Basey, Retired, Kelley School of Business, Indiana UniversitY
• Angie Engel, Account Executive, Sogeti USA
• Gail Farnsley, Senior Executive Partner, Gartner
• Robin Fleming, Senior Vice President, Technology, Angie's List
• Deb Hallberg,  Business Development Manager for Industry Groups, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
• Tonya Hanshew,  Founder & CEO, Write 4 the Win, LLC     
• Rajinder Heir, COO, Information Services Agency, City of Indianapolis | Marion County
• Patsy Lentz, Retired Business Development Professional
• Jayne Merryman, Enterprise Account Executive, Dell EMC
• Jane Richardson, IT Strategy and Corporate Strategic Alignment Leader, Cummins Inc.
• Tiffany Trusty, President, Trusty Applications and Senior Technology Advisor, Eleven Fifty Academy
• Susan Vaughn,  CEO, The Project Authority

"Women & Hi Tech is one of the largest and fastest growing Indiana organizations," said Audrey Taylor, President of Women & Hi Tech.  "The key goals for 2017-18 are to empower women, make Indiana business stronger and close the skilled STEM workers gap. Our all volunteer board has professionals and outstanding women in every STEM field and I look forward to working with the Board and all of our supporters to accelerate progress and achieve our ambitious goals."

To view the biographies of Women & Hi Tech's board members, visit the website at   https://womenandhitech.wildapricot.org/Board