Wow! What an event! It’s an amazing feeling to be around 20+ energetic Young Professionals with similar yet diverse background and experiences. There were YP from utility, consulting, manufacturing, local businesses, even small business! Join us for the next YP event in May.
Elisabeth A, (Betty) Tobin is the Senior Manager for Planning, Engineering and Technical Services at Snohomish County PUD #1. Her responsibilities include managerial oversight for engineering related to transmission, distribution, system planning and protection, operational technologies, standards, joint use, plat development, Everett customer engineering, GIS, Maps & Records, and Drafting. Betty has been at Snohomish County PUD #1 for 9 years and, prior to that, spent 27 years in various engineering and management positions at Seattle City Light.
With 7 years in the energy industry, Louis Tibbs is an outstanding early-career contributor to power engineering and the community. He is a Senior Engineer in the Substation Protection group at Puget Sound Energy. At Puget Sound Energy he is a mentor, trainer and recruiter for our industry. He teaches basic electricity to apprentice electricians. Louis is a repeat volunteer on the committee for the regional Future City Competition within the state of Washington which helps middle school students learn about the science and engineering disciplines with real life city design scenarios. He makes technical presentations on utility industry equipment and operations to internal and external organizations such as at the annual Western Protective Relay Conference. He is involved in the Big Brothers Program, mentoring young men to better deal with life and learning challenges. Louis is a leader by example and represents the highest standard of our engineering profession.
We had a successful talk with 19 people in attendance, 17 of which were IEEE members.
The event at Cafe Turk was awesome – great people, great discussions, and amazing food.
The event at Katie Downs in Tacoma was an enjoyable time. We had 8 RSVPs and 6 attendees. All attendees were from Tacoma South. Due to the nice weather Katie Downs had an influx of customers so it was a little loud, and it took them a bit to get our table, but it was enjoyable. The host left at about 9:00pm but we heard that the remaining three or four stayed until after 11pm.
