Board of Directors

Ciara Ginyard
Board President

Ciara is a graduate of the Zeta Chapter, Syracuse University where she majored in Environmental Engineering. During her collegiate experience, she held a number of committee roles from philanthropy, historian and sisterhood to executive board positions Vice-President to Membership Educator. Ciara has continued to serve and remain engaged with A.O.E. in several capacities which has included the Founding Chapter Advisor for the Chi Chapter, The George Washington University, participating in Iota Chapter (University of Michigan-Dearborn) activities, and volunteering on the E.D.I. Committee, Volunteer Coordination, Merchandise, Social Media, and Newsletter groups while serving on the Board of Directors as the Director of Communications. Ciara also volunteered for the A.O.E. National Foundation in roles as the Alumna Director and Director of Development.

Ciara currently works in a budding FinTech company to provide financial support to national municipalities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Detroit, St. Louis, Newark and Birmingham to name a few. When not on her grind with work and volunteering, she enjoys oceanic conservation work as a licensed diver.

IMPORTANT NOTE: She is your go-to critic for the best cupcake in any city, state and county.

BoardPres@alphaomegaepsilon.org

Jenna Klobucar
Board Vice President

Jenna is a 2020 graduate of the Alpha Chapter, Marquette University where she majored in Electrical Engineering. During her collegiate experience she held many roles including historian, philanthropy, formal, sisterhood, and risk reduction chairs. She also served on the executive board as membership educator. Jenna has remained involved with the sorority since graduating through volunteering most recently as chair for the volunteer coordination and history committees. Jenna is also a member of the Alpha Alumni Chapter. She is very excited to be a part of the Board of Directors as the new Board Secretary. Outside of A.O.E Jenna currently lives and works in Milwaukee, WI as an Electrical Engineer. She enjoys spending her time doing all things water related, baking, spending time with friends & family, and educating herself on anything that might be asked during a trivia game.

BoardVP@alphaomegaepsilon.org

Brenda Herold
Interim Board Treasurer

Brenda is a founding member of A.O.E and the Alpha Chapter, Marquette University where she majored in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

During these years she held a number of positions in establishing this organization. While early in her software engineering career, she completed a Computer Engineering degree from University of Illinois. Brenda contributed to Chapter Advising, Judiciary committee and most recently with the Strategic Planning committee. Brenda has volunteer activities beyond A.O.E that focus on promoting STEM from Middle School age students through graduate students. Brenda currently works for a software company that is focused on transforming the software defined AI first world. This provides the ability to be a part of transforming society and the economy across aerospace, defense, telecommunications, automotive, industrial and medical fields with a growth mindset. Brenda’s passion is driven by experiences and travel is an amble pallet for that painting. These experiences have ranged from living abroad, short and long trips and having spent time on all 7 continents (connect and ask about all the ways to embrace and learn and grow).

BoardTreas@alphaomegaepsilon.org

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Sonya Tankersley
Board Secretary

Sonya joined the Gamma Chapter at NC State University in Fall of 1993. She graduated in Fall of 1994 with a B.S. in Textile Engineering. She separated from the school but came back to earn a second B.S. in Environmental Engineering in the Fall of 1996. She was an Alumnae Advisor for the Zeta Chapter in 1997 until early 2000.

Her first appointment to the International Executive Board was for the 2002 to
2004 term as Secretary. Her second appointment came in 2011 when she was appointed by the International Executive Board due to a vacancy. She remained on the Board until 2016. She has served as Chair on numerous committees over the years. She is currently Elections Chair. She is a practicing Professional Engineer in the State of North Carolina.

Her favorite part of being an Alumna of Alpha Omega Epsilon is going to Convention to see where the Sorority is headed, to meet new Alumnae and Actives, and visit with old friends and catching a baseball game. But none of this holds a candle to watching her kids grow up and supporting them through their teenage years. You can find her at a baseball field in her spare time watching her son play baseball or watching her daughter’s track meet.

She is excited to join the Board of Directors and Executive Committee.

BoardSec@alphaomegaepsilon.org

Katie Falcone
Director of Chapter Services

Katie graduated from Drexel University in 2016 with her BS in Biomedical Engineering and from the University of Pennsylvania with her MSE in Bioengineering. As an undergrad, Katie was a Beta Mu Chapter Founder and served as President, Secretary, and Sisterhood chair. As an alumna, Katie continued to volunteer with A.O.E. as the Beta Mu Chapter Advisor for 3 years before then serving as the East Regional Advisor and on the Board of Directors as Secretary. Katie is grateful to A.O.E. for everything it has helped her to accomplish and the friendships it allowed her to forge. She is very excited to continue her volunteer work at the Board level in her new role as Director of Chapter Services.

Katie currently works at Datwyler as a Scientific Support Manager. She provides technical support and guidance for pharmaceutical companies using Datwyler parenteral packaging components to ultimately ensure life saving medications get to the patients that need them. Katie lives in the Philadelphia suburbs. In her spare time, she enjoys running, playing volleyball, watching horror movies, and spending time with friends & family.

BoardDCS@alphaomegaepsilon.org

Meaghan Martin
Director of Alumni Relations

Meaghan graduated from The University of Alabama in 2018 with her BS in Computer Science. During her time in undergrad, she was a Beta Rho Chapter Founder and served as Recruitment and Greek Relations chairs as well as Chapter President. Meaghan started volunteering with the sorority just after graduating. She served as the Beta Omicron Chapter Advisor for 5 years and the Gamma Beta Chapter Advisor for 2 years while also being active on the Alumni Association, Website, and Strategic Planning Committees. Meaghan is excited for the future of A.O.E.'s alumni relations! She is grateful for all of the friends, connections, and memories she's made as a volunteer and is excited to expand on the sorority's programming so that all A.O.E. alumni can have the same opportunity.

Meaghan currently lives in New York City with her partner and their two cats. She works as a Software Engineer in the Sports Industry. In her free time, she loves reading, photography, and exploring new farmers markets and coffee shops in the Hudson Valley.

BoardDAR@alphaomegaepsilon.org

Elaine Houha
Director of Expansion

Elaine graduated from University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign as part of the Theta chapter in December 2019, serving many positions during my undergrad tenure including but not limited to PHC rep, sisterhood, and Membership Education Director. When she is not volunteering for the sorority she is working as a Software Engineer at Microsoft on the Windows Network Security team, playing with her corgis (Azula and Spud - Azula is the one pictured), or quilting. She is excited to join the board as Director of Expansion and looking forward to expanding to several new schools and bring new ideas to how we expand giving prospective chapters a more personal experience during the chapter founding stage.

BoardDOE@alphaomegaepsilon.org

Riley Dowdle
Director of Communications

Riley is a graduate of the Alpha Chapter, Marquette University where she double majored in Biomedical (Biocomputing) Engineering & Theology and Religious Studies, as well as completed a certificate in Engineering Leadership. During her collegiate experience, she held a few committee roles including formal and chaplain, to the executive board position of President. Riley has continued to serve and remain engaged with A.O.E. in several capacities which has included serving on the executive board of the Alpha Alumni Chapter in the roles of Treasurer and now President, and volunteering on the Merchandise, Social Media, and Newsletter groups before serving on the Board of Directors as the Director of Communications.

Riley currently works as a software engineer for Beckman Coulter, Dx where she writes automated tests for immunoassay machines. She is also a part-time graduate school student at GeorgiaTech where she is pursuing a Master's of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering. When not on her grind with work, school, and volunteering, she enjoys weightlifting & getting out to hike in her local MN state parks. She lives with the new assistant to the Director of Communications - a very large, very fluffy, orange kitty named Larry.

BoardDOC@alphaomegaepsilon.org

Aileen Morey
Director of Volunteer Relations

Aileen graduated from the Gamma Chapter in December of 2014 where she completed her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. She is from Houston, Texas and returned to her roots after graduation for work! She currently works in the construction industry for an engineering consulting firm, and recently acquired her Professional Engineering license.

She lives in Houston, TX with her dog Tuck and horse Nari. She is a woman with many passions including woodworking, carpentry, gardening, archery, leather working, welding, dog training, and horse training!

In the DoVR role, she hopes to focus on building community amongst volunteers and support collaboration between committees and board members.

BoardDVR@alphaomegaepsilon.org

Jessica Roy
A.O.E. Foundation Chair (Ex-Officio)

Jessica graduated from Syracuse University in 1999 with a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering. As an undergrad, Jessica was a founder of the Zeta Chapter, and held office roles as Membership Educator, Secretary, and President. After graduation, Jessica was the first Alumnae Relations Officer for the Board of Directors, and now serves as the Chair of the Alpha Omega Epsilon National Foundation, after starting as Secretary.

Jessica currently works at Waymo as Technical Program Manager, Software Integrations. She is working with software and hardware teams to build the "World's Most Experienced Driver" to improve access to mobility and make transportation safer. Jessica lives in Campbell, CA with her husband, two children, and dog, Lexie. She enjoys collecting and playing old school arcade and video games, watching her son's soccer club, traveling, and wine.

Jessica@aoefoundation.org