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Notable Women in Engineering

BizTimes Milwaukee is proud to present its inaugural showcase of Notable Women in Engineering spotlighting accomplished professionals throughout the region. The engineering professionals profiled on the following pages were nominated by their peers at work and in the community and showcase the diversity of talent in our market. The accomplishments of the individuals profiled here set an example to shape a better future for our region.

METHODOLOGY: The honorees did not pay to be included. Their profiles were drawn from nomination materials. This list features only individuals for whom nominations were submitted and accepted after a review by our editorial team. To qualify for the list, nominees must be based in southeast Wisconsin. They must be currently serving in a senior level role at their firm, must hold a leadership position in their industry outside of their own organization, have made a significant contribution to advancing workplace equality at their own workplace or beyond, and act as a role model or mentor.

Notable Women in Engineering: Baiba Rozite

Baiba Rozite has spent 17 of her more than 25 years as a professional land surveyor with Milwaukee-based The Sigma Group. “She is one of...

Notable Women in Engineering: Carolynn Gellings, P.E.

Carolynn Gellings, owner of Gellings Technical Services LLC, has spent her entire engineering career in the Milwaukee area contributing to a number of notable...

Notable Women in Engineering: Sarah Elger

Sarah Elger is a licensed professional engineer specializing in water reuse and treatment technologies and the impact water treatment has on protecting the environment...

Notable Women in Engineering: Sarah Frecska

Sarah Frecska, principal at Milwaukee-based Pierce Engineers, recently served as the structural engineer on Timber Lofts, Milwaukee’s first cross-laminated timber building.  Timber Lofts was an...

Notable Women in Engineering: Rebecca Tallon

Rebecca Tallon leads Milwaukee-based A. O. Smith Corp.’s global water treatment technology strategy, working to identify potential disruptors and technologies to be converted into...

Notable Women in Engineering: Wilkistar Otieno

Wilkistar Otieno has made many contributions to the engineering community through her research in predictive data analytics, sustainable manufacturing, energy sustainability and reliability analysis...

Notable Women in Engineering: Holly Merson

Holly Merson, senior professional engineer at Pewaukee-based Walbec Group, is a tenured engineer with more than 20 years of experience directing and completing roadway design,...

Notable Women in Engineering: Kim Crawford

Kim Crawford has been a leading pioneer in the development of PartsBadger, starting as the sole design engineer and now serving as “chief xploratory...

Notable Women in Engineering: Mary Piontkowski

In 2010, Mary Piontkowski joined Milwaukee-based Harwood Engineering Consultants as a newly licensed professional engineer and within 10 years rose to the position of...

Notable Women in Engineering: Brooke Mayer

Brooke Mayer, associate professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at the Opus College of Engineering...

Notable Women in Engineering: Violet Razo

Since joining Pewaukee-based Ruekert & Mielke Inc. in 2005, project manager Violet Razo has made a positive impact on her clients, peers, mentees and...

Notable Women in Engineering: Lori Rosenthal

Lori Rosenthal, vice president, principal and group leader at GRAEF’s Milwaukee headquarters, started as a project structural engineer at the firm nearly 30 years...

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