Who are the top women in technology?

Women in Technology has name the finalists for the organization’s 17^th annual Leadership Awards.

The Women in Technology Leadership Awards aim to identify, recognize, and celebrate female professionals who are leaders in the technology field.

The 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 Co.)
• 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 – U.S. 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 – U.S. 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 Leadership

• 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 Hamilton
  
• 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

WIT will announce the winners at the Leadership Awards Banquet on May 19, 2016, at the Hyatt
Regency Hotel in Reston, Va.