Tricia Berry
Director
Tricia Berry, 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, connecting Texas organizations, companies and individuals working to advance gender equity in science, technology, engineering and math fields in coordination with the National Girls Collaborative Project. Berry is also Executive Vice President of 825 Basics, LLC, providing knowledge and tools to help employees enhance their workplace and career success, and co-author of the book Exceeds Expectations: Take Control of Your Performance Review. She came to the Cockrell School of Engineering as Director in July 1999 after six years at The Dow Chemical Company in Freeport, Texas where she worked as a Process Engineer and a Product Development Engineer.
Berry received her BS Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Texas at Austin in May 1993 and her MBA from the University of Houston – Clear Lake in May 1999. Berry is a Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Life Member and is currently serving on the SWE - Assessing Women and Men in Engineering (AWE) Project Advisory Council. She has been a member of the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) since 2001, most recently serving on the WEPAN Board as President Elect, President and Past President from 2007-2010.
Contact Tricia: tsberry@mail.utexas.edu
Ana Dison
Senior Program Coordinator
Ana Dison is a Senior Program Coordinator for Student Success in the Women in Engineering Program and works will all current student programs. Ana earned her bachelor's degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 1992 in Kinesiology and a master's degree in College Student Services Administration from Oregon State University in 1994. After working for two years at the University of Maryland in Recreation Services, Ana returned to the University in 1996 and was Assistant Director in the Division of Recreational Sports, coordinating Membership Services and Satellite Facilities. After joining the Cockrell School in 2000, Ana served as an academic advisor in the Student Affairs Office for six years, advising thousands of students and coordinating a wide variety of student programs. Additionally, she served as the degree evaluator for the Cockrell School for four years. Ana has served on many committee across campus, was President of the Academic Counselor's Association and served for three years in the inaugural Staff Council. In 2011, Ana received the Cockrell School of Engineering Staff Excellence Award. After serving 20 years as a high school volleyball official in the central Texas area, Ana recently retired from the Texas Association of Sports Officials. She continues to be actively involved by evaluating officials for the Chapter.
Contact Ana: anaraley@mail.utexas.edu
Didey Muniz
Recruitment and Outreach Program Coordinator
Didey is the outreach program coordinator. While in high school, she became interested in engineering after attending a week-long residential camp at The University of Texas at Austin. She decided to major in Mechanical Engineering at the university and became immediately involved with WEP's future student outreach efforts. During her freshman year in college, she was a program assistant for WEP's summer camp, Careers in Engineering for Women (CEW), for middle school students. Didey continued working for WEP the rest of her college career. She helped develop curriculum for WEP's outreach events, as well as their Web site, Engineering is COOL. Didey graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 2004 and joined WEP full-time in 2006.
Contact Didey: dideymuniz@mail.utexas.edu
Amy Caillavet
Program Coordinator & Office Manager
Amy Caillavet is a Program Coordinator in the Women in Engineering Program. Amy comes to us from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas where she served for two years as an Academic Advisor in the College of Engineering, earning a 2010 nomination for University Staff Advisor of the Year. Amy earned her bachelor’s degree from Loyola University Chicago in 2006, majoring in Communication with a minor in Graphic Design. She joined the University of Texas at Austin in 2011, and looks forward to combining her prior experience as an Engineering advisor with her desire to support the development of students within the Cockrell School.
Contact Amy: amy.caillavet@austin.utexas.edu
