Organization to Toast Women in Tech
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA central Indiana nonprofit that aims to attract, develop and support women in technology fields has announced nominees for its annual honors. Winners of Women and Hi Tech's Leading Light Awards will be announced Wednesday at a ceremony in Indianapolis. The organization says it has received a record number of nominees.
They categories and nominees are:
Outstanding Achievement in Science Technology or Engineering
The nominee must have positively promoted or provided significant value or innovation in the field of science, technology or engineering. The winner will have made noteworthy contributions in areas that may include but are not limited to research & development, design, operations management, logistics, legal, human resource management, marketing, information technology, or supply chain management.
Nominee Title Company
Anastasia Morrone Associate Vice President Learning Technologies, Office of the Vice President for IT and CIO, Indiana University
Andrea Borucki General Patent Counsel Dow AgroSciences, LLC
Carla Yerkes Senior Research Scientist Dow AgroSciences
Denise Dilworth Senior Content Strategist, Digital Strategy Discipline Fusion Alliance
Lisa Teague Head, Research & Technology Rolls-Royce Corporation
Lori Boyer Software Application Developer Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Sharon Dean Vice President of Quality and Reliability Allison Transmission
You Inspire Us!
The nominee will have demonstrated success in inspiring women and others in science, technology, and/or engineering to look beyond their own horizons and set professional and personal goals that exceed those originally conceived. The nominee need have no connection to those she inspires. Rather, based on her advocacy, leadership, presence, and/or visibility in the community for having advanced the areas of science, technology, or engineering in Indiana, she inspires us all to push the limits.
Nominee Title Company
Anushree Bag Managing Director NextGn
Carol Curran President/CEO Phoenix Data Corporation
Dr. Cheryl Beal Anderson – Senior Director, Regulatory Development Strategy & Registration – Lundbeck
Kathy Koehler President Koehler Partners, Inc.
Sachiko Koyama Associate Research Scientist Indiana University, Bloomington
Tracy Kemp Vice President & CIO Allegion, PLC
Leadership
This award will recognize an individual who has exhibited outstanding leadership in her field and/or in community contributions, thereby increasing the impact of Indiana’s Women, their representation, and/or their effectiveness in the technology community.
Nominee Title Company
Angie Lewis Chief of Staff NSWC Crane
Bev Bitzegaio Director of Outreach and Student Career Support Indiana State University
Cynthia Pizarro President CSpring
Beth Howen Chief Information Officer (CIO) Information Services Agency, City of Indianapolis/Marion County
Erika Redmond IT Regional Services Director, North and South America Rolls-Royce North America
Karen Mangia Sr. Director, Listening Services Center of Excellence & Global Supplier Diversity Business Development Cisco Systems
Laurie Burns McRobbie IU First Lady, IU Foundation Senior Advisor, IU Adjunct Faculty, IU CEWiT Advisory Council Chair Indiana University
Liz Greenamoyer Vice President, Customer Service & Policy Administration UnitedHealthOne
Nitocris Perez Emerging Technology Specialist Indiana University Information Technology Services (UITS)
Shankali Pradhan Graduate Student Purdue University
Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth Professor and Director, Military Family Research Institute Purdue University
Stacy Mill Director of Information Risk KAR Auction Services
Mentor Me!
The individual or organization must be employed by or have an Indiana-based headquarters, subsidiary, or division, and have concentrated their mentoring efforts in Indiana.
The winner will have committed to the encouragement and advancement of women in the science or technology fields and will have demonstrated success in career, leadership, and education opportunities for women. This commitment might be demonstrated in the field of education, or with a non-profit or for-profit corporation.
Nominee Title Company
Abigail Engelberth Assistant Professor Purdue University
Deb Parson Fellowship Coordinator for the Neonatal/Perinatal Program Neonatal/Perinatal Med
Emily Blue Postdoctoral Fellow Riley / Indiana Univeristy School of Medicine
Ayanna Jackson Associate Scientist Dow AgroSciences
Karen Plaut Senior Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs Purdue University College of Agriculture
Linda Hicks Vice President, Global Technology Vertellus Specialties, Inc.
Outstanding Educator in Science, Technology or Engineering
The nominee must be a current educator at a K-12 school or an institution of higher learning in the State of Indiana and must have a primary academic focus in science, technology, or engineering. Public, private, and parochial school nominees will be considered.
The winner will have demonstrated excellence in teaching innovative programs that promote student interest, success, and leadership in science, technology, or engineering. Special consideration will be given to those who have implemented programs to teach these disciplines in a hands-on environment and to those who have demonstrated a commitment to young women in these areas.
Nominee Title Company
Brenda Capobianco Associate Professor, Science Education Purdue University, College of Education
Connie Justice Clinical Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Technology Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Diane Evans Full Professor of Mathematics Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Emily Sprowls Science Teacher Harmony School
Gloria Townsend Professor of Computer Science DePauw University
Haley Oliver Assistant Professor Purdue University
Kara Heichelbech Digital Communications Teacher / Related Arts Departmetn Chair / Yearbook Advisor Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation
Marcy Towns Professor of Chemistry Purdue University
Nicole Otte Director of Curriculum Central Nine Career Center
Risk Taker
The nominee must have demonstrated courage in promoting purposeful change for which success was not guaranteed. The winner will have successfully pursued innovation, whether in pursuit of programs, projects, initiatives, technology adoption/innovation in the public, private, or non-profit sectors.
Nominee Title Company
Alyssa Panitch Leslie A. Geddes Professor of Biomedical Engineering Purdue University
Chrysa Ake Senior Manager, Global Support Operations, CaaS Interactive Intelligence
Denver Hutt Executive Director of The Speak Easy The Speak Easy
Dr. Catalina Lopez Correa VP/CSO Scientifc Affairs Genome Quebec, Canada
Jenny Vance President LeadJen
Mary J. Wirth W. Brooks Fortune Professor of Analytical Chemistry Purdue University
Sue Workman Associate Vice President, Client Services and Support Indiana University Office of Vice President for IT
Rising Star
The nominee will have demonstrated exceptional and substantive achievements early in their technology, science or engineering related career.
Nominee Title Company
Amanda Haapala Ph. D. Candidate Purdue University
Claire Couch Event