Bonnie Johnson

College and degree: University of Minnesota, B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics / Wichita State University, MBA, MSAE, MECI

Years involved in SWE: Chartered SWE Wichita in 1982

Current role in SWE: Chapter Counselor to WSU Student Section

What simple thing still blows your mind?

Sunrises and sunsets

What color describes your personality?

Purple - it’s a mix of blue, which I love to wear, and red, a power color

If you could live anywhere in the world for a year, where would it be?

In my FINISHED house

When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I wanted to be President of the United States

 What’s a quote you choose to live by?

Go where your passion takes you

What do you like to do in your spare time?

Spare time? I am retired so - Piano lessons, Book Club, Bridge Club, Pickleball, Photography Club, One Woman Shows, Flying, KS 99s, AEBM Board of Trustees, Christ Lutheran Church Activities, and oh yeah, SWE!

Who is someone you look up to and why?

The ladies (Pioneering Aviatrices, Suffragettes, Pioneering Women Engineers) that went before us - so I can fly, so I can vote, so I can have a voice.