Women in Technology (WIT), a not-for-profit, Washington, D.C.-area women’s advancement organization, has announced the finalists for the 17th Annual Leadership Awards. The awards program honors outstanding women working in the Greater D.C. area who have been leaders in the technology industry.
WIT will announce the winners at the Leadership Awards Banquet on May 19, 2016, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Reston, Va. There are still sponsorship opportunities available, for more information please click here.
The 2016 Finalists are:
Corporate Large Market Sector
Mary S. Craft – Leidos, Inc.
Jo A. Decker —General Dynamics Information Technology
Stacey Halota —Graham Holdings (formerly The Washington Post Company)
Kay Kapoor – AT&T Global Business – Public Sector Solutions
Lynn Martin – VMware Public Sector
Corporate Mid-Market Sector
Anne Aakre – Evolver, Inc.
Sonya Jain – eGlobalTech
Tiffany Jones – iSIGHT Partners
Sheryl Lemma – Ellucian
Corporate – Small Market Sector
Rebecca Andino – Highlight Technologies, LLC
Mary-Claire Burick – Rosslyn Business Improvement District
Carolyn Parent – LiveSafe
Alisa Valudes Whyte – Merritt Group
Government
Sonia Kendall – United States Coast Guard
Stephanie O’Sullivan – Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Sophia Paros – Defense Information Service Agency
Linda F. Powell – Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Margaret R. Staubs – United States Coast Guard C4IT Service Center
Rising Star
Ashley Baber – Cvent
Kaylyn Gibilterra – Capital One
Kylie Johnson – Blackboard Inc.
Maria Sasinowski – Microsoft
Camille A. Stewart, Esq. – Department of Homeland Security
Small Business / Entrepreneur
Susan M Evans – Evans Incorporated
Crystal Icenhour, PhD – Aperiomics
Dr. Arti Patel Varanasi – Advancing Synergy
Lisa Wolford – Constellation West
Amy Wright – Macro Solutions
Technical Excellence
Sara Abiusi – Accenture Federal Services
Suzanne Campbell – Vmware Public Sector
Annelise Dubrovsky – Appian
Kimberly C. Smith – Integrity Applications Incorporated
Cathy Tilton – CSRA
Unsung Hero
Margaret Archer – Excella Consulting
Jenny Oh – Booz Allen
Nancy Powell – Dovel Technologies
Michelle Richards – AT&T
Lisa White – Freddie Mac
Women in Defense
Commander Amy Grable – Coast Guard Telecommunications and Information Systems Command
Erin M. Thorpe – U.S. Coast Guard C3CEN Portsmouth
Diane E. Webber, RADM, US Navy (Ret) – National Defense University
Related: Nominations are Open for the Women in Technology’s 17th Annual Leadership Awards
