President, Ashley Kline-Tozzi
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyklinetozzi
Ashley brings professionalism and leadership to everything she does. She is an organized and calm team leader who never gets overwhelmed or distracted by events. With her industry background, Ashley would bring a different perspective to the OCWiC organization that would help it evolve into a more inclusive community support organization.
Nominator’s Statement
Ashley Kline-Tozzi is an Independent IT Consultant. She obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Strayer University and a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science from Bowling Green State University. She began her career as a Web application developer, with a love of learning and a desire to understand business processes to provide the right solutions.
It is that desire to understand and build what the business needs to succeed that led her to shift gears a bit and take on a product owner/manager role. In this role, she worked with senior leadership to build solutions and managed a small team. She has always had a passion for helping people learn and grow. She knew she wanted to manage people just as much, if not more, than she did building software. That led her to her role as an Engineering Manager at Beam Dental, where she is responsible for helping her team continue to strengthen and grow their skills.
In addition to her work experiences, she has been an active participant in the Ohio Celebration of Women in Computing events. She attended as a student and moved to volunteering as an industry professional performing resume reviews, program development, and most recently the role of General Chair and Vice Chair of the OCWiC Chapter. She has thoroughly enjoyed the opportunities to connect with, encourage, and “pull back the curtain” for students to see that there are many opportunities in the world of computing!
Lastly, but most importantly, Ashley has a daughter. They play games, complete puzzles, and build things together. Her daughter loves math and hopefully always will!
Vice President, Natalie Nurse
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalienurse
Natalie Nurse is a passionate advocate for student success who has consistently worked to create supportive, inclusive opportunities for computing students to connect, grow, and engage with the technology community at Cuyahoga Community College. Through her leadership with OCWiC and her dedication to expanding opportunities for women and community college students in computing, she has demonstrated the vision, collaboration, and commitment needed to serve effectively as Vice-President.
Nominator’s Statement
Natalie Nurse is Program Director for the Computer Science department at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) in Cleveland, OH. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in History with a minor in Adolescent/Young Adult Education from Baldwin Wallace College and is currently pursuing an MBA program at Western Governors University.
At Tri-C, Natalie is committed to building a strong sense of community among IT students, creating opportunities for them to connect with one another and engage with the local tech industry. She has led several initiatives to support women computing students, including working with faculty to reinstate Tri-C’s ACM-W chapter, leading panel discussions, and facilitating student participation in regional and national conferences.
Natalie has been actively involved with OCWiC for the past two years. She previously served as the Community College Liaison, focusing on increasing engagement and participation among two-year college students.
Treasurer, Navneet Grant
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/navneet-chattha-grant
Navi brings experience from three different universites CSU, Findlay, and BW that will helpful as we expand OCWiC’s support across Ohio. Her dedication to esuring the logistics for OCIWC ’23 and ’25 were perfectly executed will be invaluable as she deepens her experience in the role of Treasurer.
Nominator’s Statement
Navneet Grant is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Baldwin Wallace University. Prior to joining BW, she served as Associate Professor of Computer Science at Findlay University and as an adjunct professor at Cleveland State University.
Within the OCWIC Chapter, Navi served as Logistics Chair for the Ohio Celebration of Women in Computing (OCWiC ’23 and ’25) and is already working on the logistics for OCWiC ’27.