2017 Leadership Award Finalists


Corporate: Large Market Sector:

  • Teresa Carroll-Childers - DXC Technology
  • Lynne Chamberlain - Red Hat, Inc.
  • Nazzic Keene - SAIC
  • Kimberly (Kymm) 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, Inc.
  • 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 - U.S. General Services Administration
  • Linda  Powell - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
  • Patricia Wolfhope - Science & Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security


Rising Star:

  • Joey Ho - Microsoft Corporation
  • Margaret (Maggie) 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 Corporation
  • Shantrell Collier - U.S. Department of Justice
  • Laura Downey, Ph.D., CIP - Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • Heather Harinstein - Microsoft Corporation
  • Annu Singh - DXC Technology

   
Women in Defense:

  • RDML Danelle Barrett - U.S. Cyber Command
  • LT Col Samantha Haberlach - U.S. Air Force
  • Patricia Horoho - Accenture Federal Services
  • LTC Nicole Reinhardt - U.S. Army