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