2010 WEPAN Board of Directors

Tricia S. Berry

Tricia Berry is the Director of the Women in Engineering Program (WEP) at the University of Texas at Austin, is responsible for leading the efforts on recruitment and retention of women in the Cockrell School of Engineering.  She concurrently serves as Director of the Texas Girls Collaborative Project, an initiative aimed at connecting Texas organizations, companies and individuals working to increase gender equity in STEM fields.  Berry is also Executive Vice President of 825 Basics, LLC, a professional training company with the mission to help develop healthy, fit and full of energy careers.  Berry previously worked as a Process Engineer and a Product Development Engineer at The Dow Chemical Company.

Berry has been a WEPAN member since 2001, serving in such roles as the 2006-2007 Professional Development Committee Chair, 2006 WEPAN National Conference Publicity and Marketing Chair, and 2004 WEPAN National Conference Co-Chair.  She is a Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Life Member and is currently serving on the SWE-AWE Advisory Council.  Tricia received her BS Chemical Engineering degree from UT in May 1993 and her MBA from the University of Houston - Clear Lake in May 1999.