2023 Technology Woman of the Year
Wednesday, April 26, 2022 | 7:30 am – 10:30 am | Monroe Golf Club

Past Recipients
2022
Technology Woman of the Year:
Annette Warren
President, Isecure
Emerging Technology Woman of the Year:
Greeshma Johnson
Technical Project Manager, Avangrid
2021
Technology Woman of the Year:
Sheila Herbert
Chief Product Officer
Measures for Justice
Emerging Technology Woman of the Year:
Kathleen Fear
Director of Data & Analytics
UR Health Lab
2020
Technology Woman of the Year:
Sharon Samjitsingh
Co-Founder
Health Originals
Emerging Technology Woman of the Year:
Yasmin Mattox
Founder/CEO
Arkatecht
2019
Technology Woman of the Year:
Gabrielle Bedewi
Chief Analytics Officer
Butler/Till Media Services
Emerging Technology Woman of the Year:
Christina Halladay
Interaction Designer
ITX
2018
Technology Woman of the Year:
Dhireesha Kudithipudi
Professor, Graduate Program Chair, and Director of the NanoComputing Research Lab
Rochester Institute of Technology
Emerging Technology Woman of the Year:
Kristen Seversky
Co-Chapter Leader for Rochester’s Chapter
Girl Develop IT
2017
Garland J. Nichols
Vice President of Information Security
Xerox Corp.
2016
Ewa Pigna
CTO
Lenel
2015
Sandra Roberts
Senior VP & CIO
Canandaigua National Bank & Trust
2014
Anne Bell
VP Global Services and Applications
Xerox Corporation
2013
Amy Carey
Director of Customer Service
RGH
2012
Jennifer Kruschwitz
Principal Engineer
JK Consulting
2011
Victoria Van Voorhis
Founder and CEO
Second Avenue Software, Inc.
2010
Jeanne Casares
Chief Information Officer
Rochester Institute of Technology
2009
Mary Piehler
VP of Sales
ServerWare Corp
2008
Sharon Martinez
Director of Web Technology
University of Rochester
2007
Christine Scheible
CEO
Quantum Technology Associates
2006
Kathryn Angelidis
Senior IT Analyst
Paychex, Inc.
2005
Sue Chichester
Director
Computing & Information Technology
SUNY Geneseo
2004
Karen Benjamin
VP and Upstate NY Director
Ciber
2003
Eydie Lawson
Professor and Chair, Department of Information Technology
RIT
2002
Juli Klie
President and Managing Partner
Veritor Executive Advisors
2001
Barbara Kunkel
IT Director
Nixon Peabody LLP
2000
Award given in honor of all women in IT