Pictured left to right are Madison Heaton, Jade Poulson, Kaylee Bishop, Rebecca Whyte, Katie Solorzano, Kaisha Passey (from SHHS), and Rachel Durfee.
On October 9, 2019, 6 girls who attend the ALC were invited to take part in the 12th Annual Women Tech Awards. It was held at the Grand America Hotel. The girls who were in attendance were Madison Heaton, Jade Poulson, Rebecca Whyte, Katie Solorzano, Rachel Durfee, and Kaylee Bishop.
The girls were able to rub shoulders with many of the finalists there, along with the Keynote speaker, Tami Erwin, EVP& Group CEO Verizon Business Group.
Tami leads a $30B+ business and is a passionate advocate for advancing women at all levels in technology. Tami’s experience and work echo the mission of promoting women in tech and further validates the importance of recognizing the women growing the technology industry.
The Women Tech Council (WTC) is a national organization focused on the economic impact of women in driving high growth for the technology sector through developing programs that propel the economic pipeline from high school to the C-suite. WTC offers mentoring, visibility, opportunities and networking to more than 10,000 women and men working in technology.
With this year’s finalists, these awards have now recognized more than 200 technology-focused women who are driving innovation, creating new technologies, impacting tech companies and inspiring the technology community. This recognition accelerates growth for the entire technology sector and helps inspire the next generation of STEM leaders.
This year’s finalists were selected for their professional achievements, personal accomplishments, leadership in business and industry experiences.
The finalists are as follows, listed alphabetically:
Aniza M. Brown Chief of Corporate Transformation and Federal Women's Program Manager, United States Air Force, Ogden Air Logistics Complex, Hill Air Force Base, Utah
Anjul Bhambhri Vice President Platform Engineering, Adobe
Beth Klaumann Chief Engineer, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems
Christie Kent Chief Financial Officer, SirsiDynix
Crystal Valentine Chief Data Strategy Officer, Eventbrite
Emily Smith Director of Strategic Partnerships, Divvy
Erin Valenti Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Tinker
Heather Conlan-Katz Vice President and Senior Engineer, ETO Technology-Client Event Services, Goldman Sachs
Kari Hensien Vice President Product and Brand Experience, RizePoint
Karla Renee Associate Content Manager, Lucid Software
Katie Boyd Analytics Director and Engagement Lead, Health Catalyst
Kristie Rowley Principal Consultant Data Science, Domo
Laura Butler Senior Vice President People & Culture, Workfront
Lina Nilsson Senior Director of Data Science, Recursion Pharmaceuticals
Linda Llewelyn Chief People Officer, Health Catalyst
Marta DeBellis Chief Marketing Officer, Instructure
Maureen Botoman Director of Engineering, Pluralsight
Tina Larson Chief Operating Officer, Recursion Pharmaceuticals
What an awesome experience for this group of girls. Thanks to Ms. Ronda Hair for arranging this and to Mrs. Keetch for taking the girls to this great opportunity of rubbing shoulders with some very intellectual and powerful women.
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