Sue Webster, President

Sue Webster was elected as the FEW Foundation for Education and Training President for the 2024-2026 term. Sue also served as Vice President (2020-2022, 2022-2024) and an Advisor (2018-2020).

Sue served as the National President of Federally Employed Women (FEW) (2008-2010, 2010-2012). Other roles with FEW included Regional Manager of the Great Lakes Region, 2001 National Training Program (NTP) Chair, Vice President for Policy and Planning (two terms), and Executive Vice President (two terms), NTP Co-Chair in 2001, Co-Chair for the 2014 National Event, and the 2017 National Training Program Chair. Sue is an active member of the Hoosier Hills Chapter, currently serving as the Corresponding Secretary . She was re-elected as the Great Lakes Regional Treasurer for the 2024-2026 term and has served in this role since 2019.

A Diamond Lifetime member of FEW, she believes in FEW’s purpose of working for the advancement of women in the government. Sue has been recognized for her FEW service having received the Barbara Boardman Tennant award (1995), the Allie Latimer Award (2016), and the National President’s Award (2017).  She received the State of Indiana Women’s Commission Torchbearer Award (Volunteerism) for her work for FEW (2004) and the esteemed 2011 Lifetime Contribution Award from the City of Bloomington‘s Commission on the Status of Women (Indiana).

Sue recently retired after serving 43 years in several roles, including Public Affairs Officer, with the Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Indiana.  Her most recent position was that of a Contracting Officers Representative in the Information Technology Division, Corporate Operations Department, Crane, Indiana. 

Sue resides in Ellettsville, IN with her husband, daughter, and grandchildren.

Vernell Thomas, Vice President

Ms. Thomas began her career at Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in 1991. Since 1991, she has held positions such as Test Engineer, Manager in the In-Service Engineering Branch and Technical Project Manager. Ms. Thomas is active within the Bloomington community, serving as a volunteer and mentor. She has received numerous awards and recognitions for her involvement in the community and at NSWC Crane. Ms. Thomas gives back through mentoring and tutoring.

Vernell is a lifetime member of Federally Employed Women. She is an active member of Blacks In Government, American Society of Naval Engineering (ASNE) and Toastmasters. Vernell holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University.

Marcia McDaniels, Secretary

Marcia served the Federal Government for 40 years in the Department of Defense at TACOM in Warren, Michigan. She has been married to the love of her life, Carl, for 40 years. They have traveled to over 16 countries and 29 states, recently transiting the Panama Canal.

Marcia majored in speech communications and social science for her BA at Dakota State College. She took a course in Parliamentary Procedure. She earned an MBA with concentration in Logistics in 1987 from Florida Institute of Technology. She earned Acquisition Level Three Degree from Defense Acquisition University. She served in Toastmasters International for 35 years, three years as district secretary. In the years 2020-2024 she has added skills in Zoom, Meetings Google, Microsoft Teams, Canva and ChatGPT.

Marcia has 41 years of making a difference serving in FEW. She served the Great Lakes Chapter as recording secretary, corresponding secretary, newsletter editor, vice president and president. She will to continue as president for her fifth term.

Her regional involvement includes participation in over 20 regional trainings and 18 NTPs. She has held regional positions such as Regional Secretary, Bylaws, Ways and Means, and Parliamentarian. She is currently starting her fourth term as Great Lakes Regional Secretary. National positions include duties as staff on 3 NTPs: Registrations/Programs chair, Advertising/Marketing Co-chair and Information Co-Chair.

Being on the NBOD has been a highlight, serving as News & Views Editor 2018-2020 and then as National Secretary 2020-2022, 2022-2024. She enjoys the support role and bonding with the other members. She is as committed to FEW values as ever.

When not on a Zoom or YouTube webinar, she enjoys sewing costumes (Victorian, steampunk and cosplay) and taking classes in blogging, e-book and e-course creation at Tony Robbins events. She has won the November is Novel Writing Month challenge four years in a row. She is devoted to her extended family and claims 2800 relatives in her Ancestry database. 

Jennifer "Suzi" Inman, Treasurer

Suzi is a Neora Brand Partner. Federally Employed Women (FEW) member since 1991 having held different offices, served on several committees at Chapter, Region and National level.  She served as the FEW Foundation for Education and Training Treasurer for the past 4 years.

Her first position was Vice President of Hoosier Hills Chapter and later President. Suzi was Treasurer and Region Manager for Great Lakes Region.  National level she was Nominations Officer, Vice President for Training, Vice President for Membership and Chapter Organization.  She served as National Training Program Chair (NTP), several years and Co-Chair and on several different committees. She was National Credentials Chair under 2 presidents.

Suzi retired from the federal government, Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dec 2017 after 27 years. At time of retirement she was a Contracting Officer Representative.  She started as GS-3 Clerk Typist and moved to Comptroller Budget Assistant and Budget Analyst.  She worked as a Financial Analyst and a Program Analyst doing Marketing for a line department.   She was a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.

Suzi is married to John and they have 2 sons, 1 daughter-in-law and 7 grandchildren and an English Bulldog.  We spend time attending our grandchildren’s sporting events.

Cindy Higgins, Immediate Past President

Cindy joined FEW in 2001 as a member of the Willamette Valley Chapter, which serves members in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. She has held numerous chapter positions, including Secretary, Treasurer, Nominations, and Chapter President.

In 2004, she was asked to join the Pacific Northwest Region’s Board of Officers, where she served as Secretary, Regional Representative, and as Regional Manager (2010-2014). In 2020, she ran for Regional Manager and is completing her second term in office.

She joined the FEW Foundation in 2014 and was elected Treasurer in 2016. In 2020, she was elected Presidential and was re elected in 2022 for a second term.

In 2017, Cindy retired from Bonneville Power Administration in Portland, Oregon, after 28 years of federal service. Her career began in 1983 as a legal secretary, then she joined BPA in 1989 as a personal assistant. She was selected as a Contract Billing Analyst in 2007. In 2016, she filled a Financial Budget Analyst position, where she managed a $120 million budget for the Seattle North Region. Her duties included reviewing and approving over 80 purchase card statements each month.

Cindy has become active in genealogy, and her research has proved useful in tracking her family’s genealogy back to Europe in the 1600’s. She is happily married with 2 children, 4 stepchildren, and 2 fabulous grandchildren!

She will certainly tell you “Life is great!”

Jan Castor, Trustee

Jan is a Diamond member of FEW of which she has been a member since October 1990.  In 2002-2004 she served as the Western Regional Manager.  She is currently serving as Chapter President for her Chapter and as the Western Region Treasurer, a position which she has served in many times in the past. She is also currently serving as the Regions Award Chairperson.

In past years and currently, she has served in various positions in her Chapter, Region, as RTP chair, on NTP committees, on committees for various National VP’s. Jan served on the 35th FEW Anniversary committee, an event held in Washington, D.C. She served on the banquet committee for the 2013 July Summit and helped the committee with the 2008 anniversary although not actually on the committee (provided storage space for items prior to NTP and delivered to the hotel in Anaheim, CA). She served on the very first Virtual Leadership summit committee for the FEW National July 2020 event.

In September 2009, Jan retired after 32 ½ years working for the Department of Defense (Navy) as a civil service employee. She was in the Comptroller (financial) arena as a Budget Analysis and in later years as a Business Financial Manager. She performed fiscal planning, developed and formulated segments of the Department of the Navy Depot’s annual budget for upcoming fiscal year(s), both at the overall command and department level. She maintained a constant analysis of current execution year according to the budget and financial plan. She made recommendations when execution was out of alignment to the plan. She interacted with all levels of military and civilians, both written and oral, in all financial areas. Jan was responsible for addressing data calls for both manpower and financial, tracing, reconciling budget execution and manpower.

Jan is actively involved in Boy Scouts at the District and Council levels and volunteers in other areas as needed.  She was

2013 – 2014 Chapter Treasurer, National Active and Retired Federal Association (NARFE). Sadly, this Chapter had to close its doors in June.  She is now a member of the San Diego Chapter # 4.

For over 23 years, served on the Board of the North Island Association (NIA), an organization that lobbied throughout congress to ensure outstanding performance was noticed and our importance to the war fighter. This was known as “military value” in the BRAC evaluations and it was the most important factor. In May 2014, this organization had to also close its doors.

From July 2012 - present, Jan has been a member of the FEW Foundation, Council of Trustee’s. As a member of this Board, she has served as the Nomination/Election Chair, a committee member of the Scholarship Committee and the Bylaws, Policy & Procedures Handbook and Articles of Incorporation Committee.

Jan resides in San Diego, California

Cecelia L. Davis, Trustee

Cecelia has been a member of Federally Employed Women (FEW) since 1995, and has held various positions at the national, region and chapter levels. She has shown and continues to demonstrate her dedication to the organization and its mission.

She currently serves on the FEW Foundation for Education and Training board as a trustee. She also serves as the Bylaws chair, and has been very involved on a number of initiatives important to the FEW Foundation. She served two-terms on FEW’s National Board of Directors as the VP for Congressional Relations and as treasurer for the DC Metro Region. In addition, she served as the LATIMER chapter’s president, treasurer among other offices.

Cecelia has received the Chapter Merit Award from the LATIMER Chapter, the Alice Blackburn Regional Award from the DC Metro Region, and the Barbara Boardman Tenant National award.

Cecelia retired in 2019 with over 36 years of Federal service. She served as a Senior Procurement Analyst in the Office of Government-wide Policy at the General Services Administration and was responsible for writing and revising Government-wide policy for the Federal Acquisition Regulation and served as a Senior Procurement Analyst on the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council.

She holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the College of Charleston, Charleston, SC and a Master of Public Administration from American University, Washington, DC.

Ann Garber, Trustee

Elizabeth “Ann” Garber has been serving the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense for 49+ years, supporting missions in peace and war, on land and sea, and through the transformation from the Defense Mapping Agency to the National Imagery & Mapping Agency, to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).  This includes spending eight years on active duty with the U.S. Navy as a Radioman 2^nd Class and Company Commander at Naval Air Technical Training Command, among her numerous assignments. 

Presently, Ms. Garber is an IT Operations Analyst supporting NGA, as she also continues her legacy of volunteerism and women’s advocacy.  Her activities and achievements include:

·      Diamond Lifetime member of Federally Employed Women “FEW”, having held office at the Chapter, Region and National levels to include Chapter President, Regional Manager, Regional Representative, and Fundraising Chairman
·      Served on the Steering committee for eight National Training Programs (NTP)with 2500+ attendees, more than 150 training sessions, and participation from federal employees world-wide
·      Served as the Leader of the NGA Federal Women’s Program (FWPC), responsible for briefing senior leaders across the agency and developing/presenting programs to support Women’s History Month observances, Women’s Equality Day, etc
·      Lifetime member of the American Legion, serving on numerous committees to include the annual “Tribute to Women’s Veterans” planning committee
·      Active member of Manchester United Methodist Church

o   Member of the Chancel Choir, serving in numerous roles over the years to include President, Vice President, Secretary, Activities Director, and Producer for three annual fundraising concerts

o   Leader of the Altar Guild, responsible for coordination with clergy and staff to plan and implement decorations for Christmas/Advent, Easter/Lent, which requires significant coordination with 30+ volunteers

Whether working to support her agency’s mission to the Warfighter or humanitarian efforts, volunteering to showcase diversity and women’s advocacy, or being an active member of her community---Ms. Garber truly exemplifies what it means to put “service before self”. 

Gloria Sherman, Trustee

Gloria has been a FEW member since May 1999. She was the National Secretary 2014-2018 and national Webmaster 2018-2022. Her region positions have been many including former and current Regional Manager, Webmaster and Secretary.  She is a member of the Nebraska Heartland Chapter.

She retired as the Comptroller for Joint Forces Headquarters, Kansas Army National Guard in Topeka, Kansas in June 2010.  

In 1986, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Business and received her master’s degree in Business Administration in 1992, both from Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.  

Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Sherman began her military career by enlisting as a Teletype Operator on Active Duty in 1974.  In 1982, she graduated from Officer Candidate School as Distinguished Academic Graduate from the Kansas Military Academy at Salina, Kansas.  Her military education includes Finance Officer Basic and Advance Courses,  Combined Armed Services Staff School, Command and General Staff College, Information System Security Officer Course, and Defense Decision Support Course.  She maintains her Certified Defense Financial Manager certification.

She is a lifetime member of the Association of the United States Army, a perpetual member of the Military Order of the World Wars, a life member of the Association of Military Comptrollers, and a diamond lifetime member of Federally Employed Women, where she was recipient of the Military Meritorious Service Award in 2010.