Shelley Welke

Beaverton/Hillsboro Coordinator

Ann Simmons

Gresham Coordinator

Ann Simmons is currently a Manufacturing Engineering Lead at The Boeing Company in Gresham, OR.  She has previously held engineering positions at Intel, Wacker Siltronic, AET Packaging Films (Terre Haute, IN) and GE Plastics (Mt Vernon, IN).  As a SWE life member for 8 years and SWE member for over 25 years, Ann has served SWE as the VP of Professional Development, Girl Scout Liaison, Gresham Meet & Greet coordinator for 13 years now, and on several Regional Conference & WE Local committees.  Ann grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio as the oldest child of a chemical engineer (mom) and mechanical engineer (dad), graduated with BS in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University, and has a MS in Management in Science and Technology from the Oregon Graduate Institute (now part of OHSU).  Outside of work, Ann is a Girl Scout leader, plays French horn in two community orchestras (is treasurer for one), enjoys travel (especially Iceland 4x & in 2019 the Galapagos), and just hanging out with her husband, 7th grade daughter and Devon Rex cat.

Melinda Holtzman

Downtown Portland Coordinator

Laura Kramer

South I-5 Coordinator

Jennifer Kootstra

Vancouver Coordinator

​Jennifer Kootstra is a retired Mechanical Engineer, a UC Berkeley grad. She spent most of her career at Hewlett-Packard in McMinnville, OR and Roseville, CA. While in Roseville she was very active in the local SWE section. She served as Section Treasurer from 1998 thru 2008, as well as Newsletter Editor from 1998 to 2002 and Communication Committee Chair in 2001 & 2002. Because of all this she was awarded the Region A Service Award in its inaugural year. She had a one year stint as Region A Treasurer as well. In 2011 she moved from California to Clark County, WA, and in 2012 she took over as Region J Treasurer. She held that position until 2018 when the Regions dissolved. She is currently the Meet and Greet Coordinator for the Vancouver area, and has been since 2017.  Jennifer splits her volunteer time between SWE-CRS, Girl Scouts in Roseville, the Clark County Master Gardeners and Master Food Preservers. She lives on 2.5 acres in Battle Ground, WA with her retired Electrical Engineer husband, growing food to enjoy and can. Her daughter, Zoe, is a Chemical Engineer from UW working at Intel in Aloha, OR and living in downtown Portland.