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June 2024 President's Message
Hello ASCE Houston Members!
I can’t believe it is June! They say time flies when you’re having fun, so that explains why this year is passing so quickly.
At the beginning of May every year, the Branch hosts a dinner during the Offshore Technology Conference that gives our volunteers the opportunity to eat, meet, and mingle with our Society Leadership. This year, the Houston Branch had the pleasure of hosting the ASCE President Marsia Geldert-Murphy (Shown in the vertical photo with yours truly) and the ASCE Executive Director, Tom Smith. We had a good time showing them some of the best food that Houston has to offer (Tex-Mex, of course!) and some of the best volunteers in the entire ASCE organization. I know that I say this a lot, but the ASCE Houston organization is only successful because of the hard work of all of it’s volunteers. The photo below shows some of our many volunteers and student leaders in the Houston area. Can you believe that this room full of people doesn’t even include all of our volunteers? I think I can speak for the whole Board when I say thanks to our Branch volunteers for your hard work, we truly appreciate it and couldn’t do it without you.
Special thanks to Johnny Kim, our current President-Elect, who did a great job planning this event!
Our May Branch meeting included Harris County Precinct Commissioner Adrian Garcia giving the Branch a progress update on the projects funded from the recent bond election. Our Technical speaker, Ron Reichert, gave us a lesson on real world Ethics. Thanks to both of these interesting speakers, this Branch Meeting had one of the highest attendance rates of any the Houston Branch has ever hosted with nearly 200 people!
For the Branch Meeting in June, I look forward to hearing about what is going on in Waller County from Precinct 3 Commissioner Kendric Jones. I also look forward to sitting in the crowd during the June Meeting, since our Younger Member (YM) forum will be leading this meeting!
I am incredibly excited to be hosting our inaugural International Women in Engineering Day Dinner and Panel Discussion International Women in Engineering Day Dinner and Panel Discussion on June 24th. This should be an interesting event where we discover more about our panelists and their careers.
Thanks,
Alexa Nichols, P.E., CFM, ENV SP
President
