Current Leadership

Xiaomei Wang, PhD

HFE WOMAN President

University of Louisville

xiaomei.wang@louisville.edu

Shraddha Swaroop, MS

HFE WOMAN Events Chair

UC of San Francisco

shraddha.swaroop@csulb.edu

Viviana Dos Santos, MS

HFE WOMAN Web Content Chair

Texas Tech University

hfewomensgroup@gmail.com

vdossant@ttu.edu

Vickie Nguyen, Ph.D.

Volunteer Coordinator
UX Researcher & Biomedical Informatician

Past Leadership

2023 Leadership

Heather C. Lum, Ph.D.

HFE WOMAN President

Arizona State University

 Mengyao Li, Ph.D

HFE WOMAN Events Chair
University of Wisconsin, Madison 

Lindsey Brenner

HFE WOMAN Web Content Chair
Texas A&M University


Vickie Nguyen, Ph.D.

Volunteer Coordinator
UX Researcher & Biomedical Informatician

2022 Leadership

Christy Harper, MA

HFE WOMAN President 2022
End to End User Research

Missie Smith, Ph.D.

Events Chair 2022
Reality Labs, Meta

Oshin Tyagi, MS

HFE WOMAN Web Content Chair 2022
Texas A&M University

Vickie Nguyen, Ph.D.

Volunteer Coordinator 2022
UX Researcher & Biomedical Informatician

2021 Leadership

Ranjana Mehta, Ph.D.

HFE WOMAN President 2021
Texas A&M University

Heather C. Lum, Pf.D.

Events Chair 2021
lumh@erau.edu
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Jennifer F. Louie, Ph.D.

HFE WOMAN Sponsorship Chair 2021
jennifer.f.louie@gmail.com
Naval Surface Warfare Center - Panama City Division (NSWC PCD)

Vickie Nguyen, Ph.D.

Volunteer Coordinator 2021
UX Researcher & Biomedical Informatician

Julia L. Wright, Ph.D. 

Awards Committee Chair 2021
Julia.l.wright8.civ@mail.mil
U.S. Army Research Laboratory



Nadia Doutcheva, MS

Web Content Chair 2021
doutcheva@wisc.edu
Newell Brands; University of Wisconsin-Madison

Advisory Committee

 Ashley M. Hughes, Ph.D. 

Co-Founder & Administrative Advisor
amhughes@uic.edu
University of Illinois, Chicago

Beth Blickensderfer, Ph.D.

Co-Founder & Advisor
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University  

Gabriella Hancock, Ph.D.

Administrative Advisor
Gabriella.Hancock@csulb.edu
California State University, Long Beach


Haydee M. Cuevas, Ph.D.

Advisor
haydee.maria.cuevas@gmail.com
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Tracy Sanders, Ph.D.

Advisor
tlsanders@mitre.org
The MITRE Corporation