Congratulations to 2022 WELocal Elite Award Winner V. Prathima Gollapudi!

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The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) strives to recognize the successes of SWE members and individuals who enhance the engineering profession and advocate for women in engineering through contributions to industry, education, and the community. The professional and collegiate awards recognize individuals and groups who support SWE Mission and SWE Core Values.

One such professional award is the WE Local ELiTE (Emerging Leader in Technology & Engineering) Award. It honors SWE members with ten to fifteen years of experiences in an engineering, engineering technology or computer science profession, have demonstrated outstanding leadership skills resulting in significant professional accomplishments, and proactively served SWE, SWE’s partners and the community. A maximum of fifteen (15) awards may be presented annually. The award is presented at a WE Local Conference.

Congratulations to V. Prathima Gollapudi, for winning the 2022 WE Local ELiTE award! This award recognizes her professional leadership achievements, SWE service and leadership, and community involvement & leadership.

V. Prathima Gollapudi is a Value Chain Synchronization Manager at Caterpillar Inc., by profession and is a Diversity & Inclusion Champion by intention. She is SWE Tucson section’s President (FY22) and has been in various volunteer and leadership roles with the society since 2014. Located in Tucson AZ, her community outreach expands to Junior Achievement of Southern Arizona, enabling students in STEM and financial literacy; Women In Workforce, AZ Technology Council, focused on empowering women in the technology industry.

She will be receiving this award at the upcoming WE Local Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico on February 26th, 2022.