- Kelly Harman, President of WIT
Last week, Women in Technology (WIT) announced its 2011-2012 board and leadership team. Kelly Harman will lead the organization as this year’s president. WIT is a premier organization contributing to the success of professional women in the Washington technology community.
“It is an honor to be part of such an accomplished group of women and to have an opportunity to lead an organization that has given so much to women in the greater Washington technology community,” said Harman, Vice President of Carousel Industries. “This year, with the help of the leadership team, we will continue to extend WIT’s impact by collaborating with other networking organizations in the area, hosting events in both Maryland and Virginia, and supporting initiatives that advance our vision of helping women in technology from the classroom to the boardroom such as Girls in Technology and the Leadership Foundry.”
WIT will host WIT.Connect: After the Dust Settles – How Smart Technology Speeds Post Disaster Recovery this September 15, 2011 at the Ritz-Carlton in Tyson’s Corner. Award-winning Author and CNN Reporter Kathleen Koch will moderate a blue-ribbon panel of government and industry disaster managers and first responders from 6:00-8:30 p.m.
With over 1,000 members, WIT is a non-profit organization with a mission to advance women in technology by providing leadership development, advocacy, networking and mentoring and technology education. The complete list of this year’s 2011-2012 board and leadership team is below.
2011- 2012 Board:
Kelly Harman – President
Penny Parker – Secretary
Melanie Thomas Armstrong – Treasurer
Nancy Lamberton – President Elect
Nanci Schimizzi – Immediate Past President
Kathryn Harris – General Counsel
Kelly Harman – President
Piper Conrad – Communications Chair
Cynthia Poole – Membership Chair
Phyllis Kolmus – Programs Chair
Kellye Sheehan – Member at Large – Special Events
Karyn Hayes-Ryan – Member at Large -Women in Government
Lisa Dezzutti – Member at Large – Member Development
Kathy Furlong – Member at Large – SIG Liaison
Marguerete Luter – Member at Large – Strategic Alliances
Susan Penfield – Member at Large – WITEF
Colleen Oresky – Sponsorship Chair
2011-2012 Leadership Team:
Neeran Saraf — Advocacy Committee Chair
Esen Akter Tekinel — Advocacy Committee Vice Chair
Jayna Kliner – Communications Committee Vice Chair, PR & Media Relations
Mary Claire Burick Communications Committee Vice Chair, Marketing Communications
April Wiggs — Diversity Outreach SIG Chair
Pauline Healy — Diversity Outreach SIG Vice Chair
Lynn Sheehan — Executive Women SIG Chair
Denise Hart — Executive Women SIG Vice Chair
Kelly Moore — GIT Committee Chair
Barbara Sweet — GIT Committee Vice Chair
Lari Young — Leadership Awards Banquet Committee Chair
Cindy McDowell — Leadership Awards Banquet Committee Vice Chair
Vicki Warker — Leadership Foundry Chair
Denise Hart — Leadership Foundry Vice Chair
Megan Bucelli — Lunch Bunch Committee Chair
Alona Fayer — Lunch Bunch Committee Vice Chair
Sue Butler — Membership Committee Vice Chair
Jean Orr– Mentorship Committee Chair
Kim Dismuke — Mentorship Committee Vice Chair
Traci Robinson-Williams — Nominating Committee Chair
Barbara Alexander Rorer — Nominating Committee Vice Chair
Donna Kilbourn — Programs Vice Chair
Michelle Sullivan — Sales & Marketing SIG Vice Chair
Patricia Mejia — Sales & Marketing SIG Chair
Laura McCarthy — Sponsorship Committee Vice Chair
Louise Peabody — Strategic Alliances Chair
Debra Orbacz — Strategic Alliances Vice Chair
Lisa Larson — Technology SIG Chair
Lisa Bethel — Technology SIG Vice Chair
Jane Maliszewski — Women Business Owners SIG Chair
Lesley Downey — Women Business Owners SIG Vice Chair
Irene Aronian — Workforce Development Chair
Andrea Kallies — Workforce Development Vice Chair
Thao Thompson — Young Professionals Chair
Betsy Kolmus — Young Professionals Vice Chair