Summer 2005

Volume 45, Number 6

Sippel Elected to STC Board

by Frank Tagader

Martha K. Sippel, a senior member of STC RMC, was recently elected to serve a two-year term on the nominating committee for the Society for Technical Communication at the international level. Martha has served locally on the RMC council as immediate past-president, president, vice president, and a member of the local nominating committee.

The nominating committee is charged with finding candidates for the STC board.

She has championed the chapter's strategic planning sessions, managed the newsletter, as well as performing various judging responsibilities at the local and international level. She has spoken at STC international and regional conferences as well as programs within STC RMC.

Sippel is the principal of her own company, AzuWrite, based in Lone Tree, Colorado. She became a member of STC in 1992.

She holds a bachelor's degree in technical communication from Metropolitan State College of Denver, where she was named outstanding student in technical writing and editing. In addition, she has earned a bachelor's degree in geology from Colorado College. She is also a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

Previously, Sippel was intranet manager at CH2M HILL, where she and her team received the Computerworld Premier 100 award for their effective use of Internet technologies, and a Web Business 50/50 award for designing one of the top 50 Internet and intranet sites.

Congratulations Martha Sippel!