Technology Woman of the Year
Past Recipients
2023
Technology Woman of the Year:
Julie Myers
Vice-President of IT & Chief Information Officer, University of Rochester
Emerging Technology Woman of the Year:
Lindsay Connelly
Owner, Linden Digital Marketing
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
2 LEGENDARY AWARDS
1 AMAZING ROC COMMUNITY
“Having an award type like this, I think it’s very useful for women to know that they can make a big impact.”
GREESHMA JOHNSON – 2022 EMERGING TECHNOLOGY WOMAN OF THE YEAR RECIPIENT