Leadership Coaching

The Collegiate Leadership Coaching Committee coaches sections on how to maximize their potential. It was created to help prevent membership problems in struggling sections, but it can help healthy sections too!

Leadership Coaches can travel to your school, for free, to hold workshops in any of 14 areas! They want to visit your section! Check out the list of modules HERE. Some are geared specifically for officers, while others can be used to train your entire section. They can also customize modules to your needs!

Leadership Coaches can help you with is collaborating with nearby sections to share ideas. If you’re close to another SWE section, let the coach know and she’ll help set up a collaboration!

You can contact the CLCC for consultation on your problems. They want to reach out to every single collegiate section, every year, to make sure they’re doing ok.

Modules Available

  • Building Membership
  • Building Teams
  • College to Career Transition
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Event Planning
  • Fundraising
  • Leadership
  • Leadership Burnout
  • Managing Meetings
  • Officer Training
  • Personal Communication
  • Strategic Planning
  • Women In Engineering (about the workforce)
  • You’re In SWE, Now What?

Download more information about the modules here!

About the Coaches

Our region has eight collegiate leadership coaches.

  • Melissa Zaczek (RIT ‘06)
  • Maddie Smith (Purdue @West Lafayette ‘08)
  • Molly Johnson (U of Wisconsin ‘09)
  • Kelly Foster (Wayne State ‘10)
  • Sherri Aimable (Minnesota State @Mankato ‘09)
  • Emily Rice (U of Iowa ‘09)
  • Sarah Ashton-Szabo (U of Illinois ‘09)
  • Jennifer Sciullo (Florida State)

Become a Leadership Coach

Any SWE member can become a Leadership Coach!
You can even be a leadership coach while you’re still in college!

Becoming a coach is a multi-year commitment, because of the training involved. But don’t worry, you can be a Leadership Coach even after you graduate! The best plus to being a Leadership Coach is that you get to travel to different sections and present at conferences! For more information, contact Melissa Zaczek.