International Executive Office

President
Trishia Swayne

Trishia Swayne has been providing engineering and consulting services to utilities for 20 years. She has a bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics and an MBA, both from Murray State University in KY. Her goal is to make a positive lasting impact in all that she does, and she is passionate about cultivating interest in STEM-related fields and investing in women within our industry.

Trishia is a registered professional engineer. Her primary expertise is in distribution planning identifying system upgrade needs for system growth, sectionalizing, distributed generation integration, volt/var optimization, and general power quality concerns to help utilities provide safe and reliable power to customers. She is currently a Client Services Manager for Power Centric Solutions, an Enercon Services Company. In this role, she helps manage client relationships and identify new opportunities for her company to help utilities with transmission, substation, and distribution engineering needs.

Trishia joined WiNUP in 2016. She has held Treasurer, Secretary, Vice Chair, and Chair for the Nashville Chapter, prior to becoming the immediate Past Chair this year. She has served as our International Executive Committee Secretary the past two years, prior to her current role as Vice President.

Personally, she loves to volunteer, garden, play guitar and sing, and spend time with her family and friends. Trishia has been married for 17 years and has a 14-year-old son and two golden retrievers.

Immediate Past President
Laura Havis

Since 1994, Laura Havis has been a member of WINUP and the South Texas Chapter where she has been involved on both the international and local level. She has served in all Chapter office positions and has served at the international level as the 2023 International Vice President, 2019 International Secretary, International Board Representative for over six years, member of the Marketing, Chapter Development & Retention, Professional Development and Website international committees, six international conference committees, and 2014 and 2022 International Conference Co-Chairs. Laura was the recipient of the WiNUP Outreach, Accomplishments and Knowledge (OAK) award in 2022.

On a personal level, Laura is currently active in her community with several non-profit organizations and active in her church with multiple women’s organizations. She has been married for almost 35 years and has a son and a daughter-in-law, a daughter and two grandchildren.

Vice President/President Elect
Kristin Duggins

Kristin is a continuous improvement and human performance lead at American Electric Power/Public Service Company of Oklahoma in the Power Generation field. Prior to the ten years with AEP, Kristin’s background was in the finance/accounting field working in a local municipality and prior to that, a local state bank.

Kristin joined WiNUP in 2017 and was a founding member of the Texhoma chapter. She has served as vice chair, chair and IB rep. She currently serves on the chapter social media committee, website committee and fundraising committee. Internationally she has been on three years of conference planning committees with her most proud creation of the New Member/First Time Attendee meet and greet at the annual conference. This year she is co-chairing the mentoring committee.

Servant leadership style and community stewardship are two values Kristin strives for each day. She serves as a board member for Owasso Education Foundation, heavily involved with company and community United Way endeavors and local charity work.

Kristin grew up in Oklahoma City, moving to Lawton, Oklahoma upon marriage and then relocating to the Tulsa, Oklahoma area in 2020. She is married to Jimmy with who she shares three children, Blake, Benjamin and Blair.

Kristin graduated from Cameron University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science degree and a minor in Communications.

Secretary
Jasmine Gilbert

Jasmine Gilbert is an environmental/scientific professional that works in power generation with American Electric Power. Jasmine lives in East Texas and service, as an Environmental Coordinator, all of SWEPCO and PSO's power stations for Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems. She has been with AEP for 8 years, and has worked as a chemist in the power plant and a plant Environmental Coordinator for coal and gas generation plants in northwest Arkansas and East Texas.

Jasmine has a B.S. in Biochemistry from University of Central Arkansas and a minor in Biology. She has an Environmental Management Professional Certification from University of Texas, Arlington. She has two children, Laila and Brenton.

Jasmine has been with WiNUP ArkLaTex chapter for seven years. She has served as the chapter secretary for three years and the International Board Rep for two years.

Jasmine works as an Environmental Coordinator with SWEPCO and PSO’s power stations for Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems. She has been with AEP for eight years, and has worked as a chemist in the power plant and a plant Environmental Coordinator for coal and gas generation plants in northwest Arkansas and East Texas.

She has a BS in Biochemistry from University of Central Arkansas and a minor in Biology and have an Environmental Management Professional Certification from University of Texas, Arlington.

Jasmine has been with WiNUP, in the ArkLaTex chapter for eight years. She has served as the ArkLaTex chapter secretary for three years, and International Board Rep for two years. She is currently Vice Chair of the chapter. She also joined the Texhoma chapter this year. Jasmine serves on the STEM committee for both local chapters. She participated on the Little Rock conference planning committee, Niagara conference planning committee (with subcommittee participation as well), co-chair of the International STEM committee, and have served on the Finance and Budget committee for two years. Jasmine is currently serves as secretary on the 2024 Executive Committee.

Jasmine has two children, Laila and Brenton, 19 and 15 years old and lives in East Texas.

Treasurer
Judy Hurd
 

Judy has been employed by American Electric Power since July 1989 and has held a variety of positions in Marketing and Customer Services. She is currently a Business Services Account Manager Senior for Appalachian Power Company and serves as the Net Metering/Solar Lead for her state. In her current role, Judy assists medium demand commercial and industrial customers throughout a seven-county territory in West Virginia. She enjoys meeting new customers and collaborating with her team members and other stakeholders. In her spare time, she enjoys volunteering, traveling, gardening, and playing with her dogs.

Judy received an Associate in Applied Science/Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Management with a minor in Spanish from West Virginia State University. She received her Master of Industrial Relations from West Virginia University College of Graduate Studies.

She currently chairs WiNUP WV Community Outreach, Social/Networking, and Membership Committees. She also is a member of her chapter’s Fundraising, and Professional Development Committees, and Co-Chair for the 2025 Conference in Pittsurgh, PA. She has served as Vice- Chair, Chair, and Immediate Past Chair for her chapter. She is now serving as International Board Rep from the WV Chapter and Chair of WiNUP’s Professional Development Committee.

Judy also serves on WiNUP’s International’s Ways and Means, Membership Development/Retention, and Nominations Committees and served as Co-Chair of the Charities Committee for the 100th Year Conference.

Judy lives in Charleston, West Virginia with her two dogs Noka and Daisy and one cat Honey Dew.

Parliamentarian
Dorothy Stoler

Dorothy Stoler has held the position of Parliamentarian for WiNUP since 2015. She is responsible for helping facilitate the transaction of business and promoting harmony and cooperation within the WiNUP meetings. Dorothy's knowledge of and experience with parliamentary procedures along with her knowledge of the WiNUP organization contributes to the success of her position. Stoler has been a WiNUP member since 1993, and continues to be active in the Indiana Chapter. Dorothy served as Chapter Chair for the Indiana Chapter for five years and was the International Board Representative for three years. She retired from NIPSCO, one of the largest fully regulated utility companies in the United States, based in Merrillville, Indiana, after 42 years in the position of gas and electric distribution engineer. Other jobs included engineering supervisor, gas street supervisor, and scheduling supervisor. Stoler earned an Associate and Bachelor in the School of Technology and in 2001, a Masters of Business Administration from Purdue University. In 2002, she presented her Master's paper in Paris, France, on the deregulation of the utility industry. She is an active member of the Michigan City American Association of University women (AAUW) since 1999, and is currently secretary and treasurer of the AAUW, and has served as its president from 2013-2017. For twelve years Stoler has coordinated the Reading is Fundamental (RIF) program, which distributes 3 books a year to the second and third graders in the Michigan City School District.

Executive Director
Lisa Morinini

Lisa Morinini has over 30 years of experience in management, communications and marketing. Prior to establishing her own consulting firm, she held management positions at small, medium and large professional services companies in the water, energy and environment industries.  In this capacity, she led the development and implementation of strategic plans, managed internal and external communication plans, and managed public relations and marketing initiatives.
 
Lisa served as the Executive Director of The Association of Women in Water, Energy and Environment in which she provided day-to-day oversight of all of the Association’s activities and was responsible for the Association’s consistent achievement of its mission and financial objectives. Prior to being appointed the Executive Director, Lisa was one of seven women that founded the Association which was established to promote the success of women in the fields of water, energy and environment by providing members with multiple venues for learning, sharing and growth.  She also held the role of Treasurer/Secretary of the Board where she was responsible for finances, budgets and fiscal oversight.
 
Lisa is a California native and lives in Folsom, California.