Peggy C. Trent – Chapter President – ATW – Ft. Worth

Peggy Trent is highly motivated, a self-starter, and schedule driven with more than 18 years in the aerospace industry.  Her roles as IPT (Integrated Product Team) Lead has been to coordinate scheduled deliverables with the customer at site locations and to write SOW (statement of work) for additional personal, equipment upgrades and new design.

Her background is quite diverse with 3 years as Senior Project/Liaison Engineer for Bell Aerospace Services Inc. and 15 years with Bell Helicopter Textron.  She started as a mechanical designer in 1983 and has moved up in the company to the current position by showing my ability to learn quickly, understand the workflow from start to finish, multi-task, and be willing to tackle any project, large or small. She is not afraid to get her hands dirty in field applications and welcomes any opportunity to work solving problems.

After years of attending college at night, she will receive her BS in Business Management from LeTourneau University in May 2004.  This degree will be added to an AS in Drafting and Design Technology and 128 hours toward a BS in Mechanical Engineering.  She has been AHS (American Helicopter Society) Picnic chairmen for events up to 500 people and President of the Ft. Worth Needlepoint Guild from 1998-2002.

She has been one of the few females in the male dominated field for many years and the opportunity to work with professional women who have been able to break the barriers is a welcome opportunity.  She looks forward to passing on her knowledge of how far women have come, to promote and encourage a brighter future for young women.

Larissa Crane is the Earned Value Manager for Bell Aerospace Services, Inc.  She has 6 years experience in the defense industry, most of which have been in the Earned Value Mangement department.  She is responsible for the department’s policies, procedures, resources, training, and applying earned value to all programs.  Prior to the defense industry, she worked in the software development field and the medical field.

Larissa has her Bachelor in Business from Dallas Baptist University.

She enjoys spending time with her family, any sports-related events, exercising, horses, and reading.

Stacy Dugan works as an R&D Lead within the Research Group at Sabre Holdings, Inc. She has over 7 years of experience in the research and development of software applications to automate and optimize complex planning and operational problems. Throughout her career she has worked on the design and implementation of advanced optimization models and related decision-support systems across a wide range of airline functions, including airport ground resource management, airline crew planning, and real-time aircraft and crew schedule recovery systems.

Stacy received her B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a M.S. in Operations Research from the University of Texas at Austin.

In her spare time, Stacy enjoys hiking, traveling, crafts, reading and dance. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Texas Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue, a non-profit organization, and maintains their website.
 

Mary Everitt – Chapter Mentor Director

Mary Everitt is an accomplished professional with a multi-faceted background in business and technical field operations.   She holds 24 years of viable business and technical experience including skills in Customer service, contract management, Customer relations, project management, integrated logistics support product program management, integrated product team leadership, proposal development, product marketing, product development, contract negotiation, product pricing mixed with administrative support and sales.  Mary has worked for Bell Helicopter Textron for the past 18 years.  During her service time with Bell she has held several leadership positions including V-22 Contracts Specialist for production programs, Chief of integrated logistics support products for CV-22 programs, V-22 Technical Publications Integrated Product Team Lead and VTUAV Integrated Product Team Lead.  Prior to joining Bell she was employed in business positions in sales, financial and service companies.

Mary is a dedicated church member, wife and mother.  She has been married to David Everitt for 10 years.  Her most critical leadership position has been serving as a role model for her son Cody the past 18 years. 

As a former graduate of Dallas Baptist University Mary holds an M.B.A. in Business Administration with a concentration in Management Information Systems (2001) and a B.A. in Business Administration (1997).  Her graduate project was a strategic management assessment of a fortune 500 company.  She has demonstrated her talent and leadership skills through extracurricular activities in several trade associations.  Mary is an officer and a member in the Bell Leadership Club - National Management Association, National Contracts Management Association – Fort Worth Chapter, and the Alliance of Technology and Women. 

Mary Everitt is also a former graduate of Marsha Clark & Associates “The Power of Self” (2003) women’s leadership discovery and development program.  She has been a champion for coordinating a forum to allow the women in her corporate environment to build a communication web in which to connect, support, learn and grow professionally.  She firmly believes in the altruism philosophy of women supporting other women.  Mary believes that by building a communication bridge between women that opportunities appear and roadblocks disappear.  Her hope and goal is for ATW – Fort Worth Chapter to grow and become the catalyst for building an inseparable web of connected women professionals. 

Shay Paul - Logistics Director

A native Texan, Shay grew up Fort Worth.  She worked in customer service for several years then went back to school to finish her degree.  In December 2001 she received a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Since graduating, Shay has been working toward developing a new career in logistics or project management.  She has worked as a contractor for several companies providing documentation and coordinating resources.  Shay’s most recent position as Delivery Coordinator for a small network infrastructure company allowed her to work on projects from the beginning needs analysis and proposals all the way through to the post project analysis.

As a member of ATW, Shay is excited to be a part of building the chapter from the ground up.  She looks forward to the challenge of helping the Fort Worth chapter become a resource for women and girls interested in technology and science careers.

Terri works as a Program Controls Officer in the Information Technology department at Bell Helicopter.  Terri has 6 years experience using the Earned Value Management processes.  Terri has been a part of numerous multi-million dollar programs, including the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), Israel F-16, Greece F-16, and SAP implementations.  Terri has spent her entire career in the Aerospace industry.

Terri received her BS from Hannibal-LaGrange College and her MBA from the University of Phoenix.

In her spare time Terri enjoys traveling, sports, and golf.