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Nikki (Guevarra) Boesiger
Board President

A self-proclaimed nerd, wife of a software engineer, mother to two energetic boys, and a fur-mom to two dogs. Nikki received her Bachelor in Science in Chemistry from the Mu Chapter at Northern Illinois University. She currently works as a Project Manager for a medical device company. A very active member of the organization, Nikki had served her chapter in various capacities from a committee chair to serving as the Chapter Vice President. Soon after graduation, Nikki started volunteering in the International organization in various roles, including chapter advisor, Board Treasurer, and EDI Co-Chair, and several committees like the Volunteer Coordination, Documentation, Convention, Member Relations, and Database Committees. During her time as Board Treasurer, she has led multiple projects including reviving the Finance Committee, ensuring Chapters have Tax Exempt Statuses, and creating the EDI Committee. She was also awarded the Sorority's Inaugural Excellence in Leadership award in 2022. In addition to that, Nikki is also involved in her professional community in cultivating an environment of inclusive and equitable workplace by being an employee resource group chapter chair. For self-care, Nikki enjoys listening to music, reading books, listening to podcasts, and doing arts and crafts, including bullet journaling, painting, scrapbooking, and sewing. Next time you see her, ask her about Star Wars, best types of pens, stand-up comics & cartoons, such as Paw Patrol & Bluey.
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Jenna Klobucar
Board Vice President

Jenna is a 2020 graduate of the Alpha Chapter at Marquette University where she majored in Electrical Engineering. Jenna has been volunteering since 2020 first as a member of the volunteer coordination committee and then on the history, chapter audits, and insurance committees. She served as the Board Secretary in 2022, Board VP in 2023, and recently took on the role of interim president in 2024. Outside of A.O.E Jenna currently lives and works in Milwaukee, WI. She enjoys spending her time going to sporting events, baking, spending time with friends & family, and educating herself on anything that might be asked during a trivia game.

BoardVP@alphaomegaepsilon.org

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Brenda Herold
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).

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Nanee Enciso
Board Secretary

Nanee is a proud 2021 graduate of the Beta Gamma chapter at San Diego State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. During her undergraduate years, Nanee was deeply involved in her chapter, serving on the executive board for three years as Secretary and Vice President, as well as holding multiple chair positions. Her dedication to the sorority continued post-graduation, as she began volunteering on the chapter audits committee. Now, she is thrilled to take her passion for service and leadership to the next level as a member of the sorority's Board of Directors.

Professionally, Nanee works in San Diego, California, as a Laboratory Specialist in the R&D Lab Management Group at Illumina. Her role focuses on Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement, with additional responsibilities including pipette calibration support.

Outside of work and her sorority commitments, Nanee enjoys spending her free time cross-stitching, reading on her Kindle, going on motorcycle rides with her husband (and their stuffed platypus Petunia), and building botanical Lego sets.

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Natalie Gorensek
Director of Chapter Services

Natalie graduated from North Carolina State University in 2018 with her BS in Chemical Engineering. Natalie was a member of the Gamma Chapter for four years and served as Recruitment, Semi-Formal, Service, and E-Week chair. As an alumna, Natalie continued to volunteer as the Gamma Chapter Advisor for 3 years, as a member of the Chapter Audit Committee for 3 years, and as the Central Regional Advisor for 2 years.  Natalie is grateful to A.O.E. for the professionalism it helped her develop and all the lifelong friendships that she found. She is so excited to continue her volunteer work at the Board level in her new role as Director of Chapter Services. Natalie lives in North Carolina with her partner and currently works at the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality as an Engineer. In her free time, she enjoys knitting (and all crafts), reading, going for walks, and snuggling with her cats.

BoardDCS@alphaomegaepsilon.org

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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.

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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.

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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

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Jessica Vestal
Director of Sustainable Operations

Jessica graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2015 with her B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering. As an undergraduate in the Theta Chapter, she served as fundraising co-chair, social co-chair, president, alumni relations co-chair, and philanthropy chair. She started volunteering as an alumna shortly after graduating as a chapter advisor and has continued to stay involved in various committees. Jessica currently lives near Raleigh, NC, where she works as a traffic engineer. In her free time, she enjoys playing board and video games, reading, and getting outside and enjoying nature. She is looking forward to her term as Director of Sustainable Operations and influencing the future direction of the Sorority, ensuring that the supportive environment and enjoyable experience continues for all members.

BoardDSO@alphaomegaepsilon.org

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Aileen Morey
Director of Volunteer Relations

Aileen is a graduate of the Gamma Chapter at North Carolina State University, where she graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in December 2014. 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 as a licensed professional engineer and commissioning agent.

She recently moved to Dallas, TX with her dog (Tuck) and horse (Nari) to lead the department there. Aileen also volunteers with a committee for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, which raises more than $20M every year for education scholarships. She is a woman with many passions including woodworking, gardening, archery, leather working, welding, dog training, and horse training!

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

BoardDVR@alphaomegaepsilon.org

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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