Women in Technology selects finalists for 18th Annual Leadership Awards

Women in Technology has selected the finalists for its 18^th Annual Leadership Awards, which recognize and salute women who make a difference in the technology industry.

Nominees were all women who work in or support the technology industry, located in Northern Virginia, Maryland or Washington, D.C., available to attend a VIP reception and awards banquet and open to press coverage, WIT said in a release.

The finalists, per category, are:

Corporate Large Market Sector

• Teresa Carroll-Childers - CSC
• Lynne Chamberlain – Red Hat
• Nazzic Keene - SAIC
• Kimberly McCabe – Deloitte LLP
• Annette Rippert – Accenture LLP

Corporate Mid-Market Sector

• Lisa Folk – Electronic Systems, Inc.
• Michele Kang – Cognosante
• Naina Leo – Octo Consulting Group
• Lisa Mayr - Blackboard
• Tami Moore – SWIFT

Corporate – Small Market Sector

• Babs Doherty – Eagle Ray
• Rebecca Douglas – Unanet
• Gina Gallagher – AOC Key Solutions
• Meena Krishnan – Inoventures, LLC
• Carmen Radelat – Universal Service Administrative Company

Government

• Afua Bruce - White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
• Ana Harvey – DC Department of Small and Local Business Development
• Ashley Mahan – General Services Administration
• Linda Powell – Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
• Patricia Wolfhope – Department of Homeland Security, Science & Technology Directorate

Rising Star

• Joey Ho – Microsoft Corporation
• Margaret Hurwitz – Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• Priyanka Komala – The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
• Tara Tritt – Fannie Mae
• Gabriella Ziccarelli – Blank Rome LLP

Small Business / Entrepreneur

• Colette Magnant – Sullivan Breast Center
• Jennifer Mellon - Trustify
• Meagan Metzger - Dcode42
• Lisa N. Wolford – Constellation West
• Amy Wright – Macro Solutions

Technical Leadership

• Nicole Carry – Electronic Systems, Inc
• Padma Chitrapu – Neustar
• Meghan Good – Leidos, Inc.
• Anna Levine – SAIC
• Yassi Shayesteh – Cvent

Unsung Hero

• Sara Clark – Microsoft
• Shantrell Collier – U.S. Department of Justice
• Laura Downey, PhD, CIP – Transportation Security Agency
• Heather Harinstein- Microsoft
• Annu Singh – CSC

Women in Defense

• Danelle Barrett – United States Cyber Command
• LT Col Samantha Haberlach – US Air Force
• Patricia Horoho – Accenture Federal Services
• LT Col Nicole Reinhardt – US Army

The Awards Banquet will take place on May 11, 2017, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Reston, Va.