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Women in Technology names 2011 leadership award finalists

Organization will announce winners in May

By Nick Wakeman
Mar 31, 2011

Women in Technology has named 40 finalists in 12 categories for its annual Women in Technology Leadership Awards.

Science Applications International Corp. grabbed the most nominations with seven.

Other companies represented with multiple nominations were Computer Sciences Corp. with three and Northrop Grumman and Deloitte with two nominations each.

The finalists are being recognized for their contributions to the technology industry over the course of the past year. The winners will be announced May 19 during a banquet at the Ritz-Carlton in McLean, Va.

The finalists are:

Corporate Commercial Large Business

Jill Bruning, NJVC
Kathy A. Miller, American Red Cross
Mary Jo Morris, CSC
Beverly Seay, SAIC

Corporate Commercial Small Business

Homaira Akbari, SkyBitz Inc.
Lisa Dezzutti, Market Connections Inc.
Lynne Hamilton-Jones, Executec Strategic Consulting
Fran Maier, TRUSTe

Corporate Public Sector Large Business

Kristine Martin Anderson, Booz Allen Hamilton
Kristine Beale, SAIC
Cheryl Campbell, CGI
Linda A. Mills, Northrop Grumman Information Systems

Corporate Public Sector Small Business

Marty Engle, The Engle Group
Gazelle Hashemian, Paragon Technology Group Inc.
Jeri Lassiter, ASM Research Inc.
Elma Levy, Dovel Technologies

Entrepreneur

Dr. Nicole Close, EmpiriStat Inc.
Victoria Ransom, Wildfire Interactive
Latanyua Robinson, Latrobe LLC
Mary Beth Romani, Integrity Management Consulting Inc.

Government

Wanda Gibson, Fairfax County, Va.
Theresa Grafenstine, inspector general, U.S. House of Representatives
Stephanie Rowe, The Clearing Inc.
Ann Speyer, Smithsonian Institution

Education IT

Linda Dozier, ePals Inc.
Kamalika Sandell, American University
Veronica Wendt, iCollege, National Defense University

Health IT

Sherry Charles, AT&T
Rose Crane, Epocrates Inc.
Lori Davis, 2020 Company LLC
Katrina Firlik, HealthPrize Technologies

Global Impact

Dr. JoGayle Howard, Smithsonian National Zoological Park
Blanca Trevino, Softtek

Green IT

Mile Corrigan, Noblis
Ann-Marie Johnson, CSC

Unsung Hero

Amanda Anderson, Northrop Grumman
Sarah Hyder, FEMA
Lara Rivera López, CSC
Denise Lucero, Deloitte
Elizabeth Sheehan, SAIC

Rising Star

Emily Blanchette, SAIC
Sandra Martinez, SAIC
Charity Nowling, SAIC
Rachelle Palmer, Deloitte
Jennifer Snyder, SAIC
Kate Wolf, Centuria Corp.


The program also include Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour, the Marine Corps’ first African-American female combat pilot, as the keynote speaker.