WASHINGTON, May 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- DCFemTech, the
coalition of leaders aimed at lowering the barrier to entry for
women in tech and increasing their career opportunities, today
recognized 49 women and nonbinary individuals as 2019
DCFemTech Award recipients. These awards honor Washington's top tech talent who are helping
to build the area's fastest-growing companies and most impactful
nonprofit organizations. On June 17,
the organization and its members will host a reception at The
Hamilton Live to celebrate the recipients and nominees.
Nominations for outstanding women in code, design and data
opened on March 6 at the
organization's annual Inspire event, an evening dedicated to
encouraging women to share and celebrate accomplishments from the
previous year. The organization received a record 704 nominations,
representing a nearly 80 percent increase in nominations from two
years prior.
"These incredible recipients and the hundreds of nominees
represent a vibrant community of talented women in Washington, DC," said DC Government CTO
Lindsey Parker. "While DC is ahead
of the curve with the community and resources available for women
in technology, efforts like this will only continue to make DC a
more welcoming and inclusive environment for future
innovation."
DCFemTech works to support organizations that enable women to
build their skills and create communities while also encouraging
companies to make it a priority to hire talented women coders,
designers, data scientists and other tech leaders.
"Washington, DC continues to
rank as the best city in the nation for women in technology and
DCFemTech has played an instrumental role in fostering our
inclusive tech ecosystem," said Brian
Kenner, Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development.
"We applaud the work of individuals who are focused on ensuring our
tech scene remains vibrant and competitive as this helps foster
economic growth and attract the most innovative companies and top
talent to DC."
Nominations were downselected by a committee of 45 judges
comprised of engineers, designers, data scientists, and executives
for each category and this year's recipients were chosen based on
each individual's impact on the organization they work for, the
complexity of the issue they addressed, and their work with the
community, or open source contributions. The final awardees ranked
in the top 15 percent of their respective categories.
The 2019 recipients are:
CODE
- Eliza Aierstuck, Pivotal
Labs
- Laura Beaufort, Federal Election
Commission
- Stella Rose Biderman,
Booz Allen Hamilton
- Rachel Brown, Capital One
- Linda Chiang, Appian
- Jennifer Doughty, Alarm.com
- Rae Gaines, Threespot
- Paula Gearon, Cisco
- Mary Griffus, Radiant
Solutions
- Nara Kasbergen, NPR
- Jessica Kelly, Urban
Institute
- Lindsey Kopacz , Barquin
Solutions
- Audrey Kubetin, Mariana Tek
- Chloé Powell, Crowdskout
- Summer Rankin , Booz Allen Hamilton
- JC Remick, Social Tables
- Awalin Sopan, FireEye, Inc.
- Rekha Tenjarla, The
Atlantic
- Meg Viar, Megaphone
- Zhuangfang NaNa Yi, Development Seed
DESIGN
- Abby Aker, The Washington
Post
- Marie Claire Andrea,
TEkSystems
- Kimberly Arias, Pew Research
Center
- Ashleigh Axios, Automattic
- Radhika Bhatt, Fjord
- Nina Bianchi, Centers of
Excellence - General Services Administration
- Clarice Chan, Presidential
Innovation Fellow
- Liz Rose Chmela, Made x We
- Meag Doherty, U Group
- Lauryn Fantano, United States
Digital Service
- Shavini Evendri Fernando, OxiWear
- Jessica Hall, 3Pillar
Global
- Wilsar Johnson, US Senate
- Vanessa King, Fjord
- Ramla Mahmood, Vox Media
- Kate McCall-Kiley, US Census
Bureau
- Kim Nguyen, Compass
- T. Annie Nguyen, United States
Digital Service
- Xena Ni , Nava PBC
DATA
- Erica Blom, Urban Institute
- Rosie Cima, E W Scripps
- Madeleine Gleave, Nithio
- Jennifer Golbeck, University of Maryland College Park
- Minkyung Kang, Aquicore
- Sian Lewis, Booz Allen Hamilton
- Brianna McGowan,
ItsHospitality
- Hope McIntyre, Storyblocks
- Kelly O'Briant, RStudio
- Anna Petrone, Mapbox
"In our fifth year of the DCFemTech Awards, we are fueled by the
dozens of success stories we've heard from past recipients who
accomplished impressive feats to earn their award and then moved
their careers forward because of the recognition," said
Shana Glenzer, cofounder of
DCFemTech. "We are overwhelmed by the number of talented women,
trans, and nonbinary individuals nominated this year and thankful
for their bosses, colleagues, and friends who thought to recognize
their hard work."
DCFemTech welcomes the community to join them in the celebration
of 2019 DCFemTech Award recipients.
What: DCFemTech Awards Reception
When: June 17, 6:00 – 8:30
PM
Where: Hamilton Live; 600 14th Street, NW;
Washington, DC 20005
RSVP: Registration link opens for the public next week.
Follow @dcfemtech on Twitter for the latest.
Media can RSVP to Kelly
Miller at KellyFMillerDC@gmail.com
The DCFemTech Awards are made possible through the generous
support of our annual sponsors, The Washington DC Economic
Partnership and Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and
Economic Development, Axios, Booz Allen
Hamilton; gold sponsors, GitHub, Research Innovations, The
Washington Post; and able sponsors, Alarm.com, Arcadia Power,
Axios, Booz Allen Hamilton, Compass,
Morning Consult, Stites & Harbison, Cvent / SocialTables,
Wingate Hughes. The awards are
organized by the dedicated DCFemTech Leadership Team comprised of
Shannon Turner, Ally Palanzi, Zuri
Hunter, and Anika Gupta with
cofounder Shana Glenzer.
About DCFemTech
DCFemTech is a coalition of women leaders aimed at
amplifying the efforts of women in tech organizations, sharing
resources, and bringing leaders together to close the gender
gap. Members are affiliated with organizations with women
attendance that is 50% or higher, who have a focus on technology
and who have a primary focus in the mission statement about gender
or women.
DCFemTech also shares a list of resources for women seeking
places to learn specific skills (development, design, networking,
etc.). For up-to-date information follow @DCFemTech on
Twitter.
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