Women of Color magazine in partnership with IBM Corporation are pleased to announce the honorees of the 12th National Women of Color Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Conference.
Never before in the history of these awards has the judging been so difficult. This year's class of nominees was the largest and strongest field we have seen. In fact, nearly half of the awardees in 2007 are managers, directors or vice presidents of major corporations.
We bask in the light of their accomplishments, applaud the example they provide to next generation scientists, technologists and engineers, and offer them our heartiest congratulations.
Technologist of the Year
Chineta K. Davis
Sector Vice President and General Manager
Electronic Systems Operations
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Career Achievement
Joan E. Higginbotham
NASA Astronaut
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
College Level Promotion of Education
Alfreda B. Gibson
Research Biologist
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Corporate Promotion of Education
Veronica L. Nelson
Manager, Professional Development Program
Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Community Service
Tracy A. Yellorday
Senior Systems Engineer
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Managerial Leadership
Lynette Franklin
U-2 Deputy Program Director
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Colette M. Kelly
Manufacturing Manager
Texas Instruments, Inc.
Mavis J. Machniak
Manager, Command and Control Fleet Engineering Division
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center
Department of the Navy
Captain Paz B. Gomez, PE
Civil Engineer Corps, US Navy
Deputy Director, Installations Requirements and Management
Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
Installations and Environment
President’s Award
Rhonda Holt
Vice President of Infrastructure and Operations
Digital Media Technologies
Turner Broadcast Systems
Brenda Stith Finch
Vice President
Global Enterprise Project Management
Verizon
Professional Achievement - Government
Linda A. Dailey
Information Resource Management Department Head
Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast
Professional Achievement - Commercial
Marilyn Crouther
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Electronic Data Systems
Research Leadership
Veena N. Rao, PhD
Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar
and Co-Director, Cancer Biology Program
Morehouse School of Medicine
Angelika Domschke, PhD
Group Head Advanced Polymer Research
CIBA Vision Corporation
Sharon Xiaolan Ling
Electronics Packaging Engineer
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
Dwilette McFarland
Research Biologist
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Student Leadership
Reanna Gallegos
Officer Trainee/Seaman
U.S. Coast Guard
Technical Innovation
Santona Pal, PhD
Manager, Biosurfaces Development
Corning, Inc.
Jennifer Xu, PhD
Electronics Engineer, Sensor & Electronics Branch
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John H. Glenn Research Center
Shu-Li Wang
Senior Radio Frequency System Engineer
Apple, Inc.
Judy S. Chen, PhD
Technical Fellow, Composite Materials & Polymers
Technology Standards and R&D, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
The Boeing Company
Special Recognition
Sandra Aguirre
Department Head, Cyber Analysis & Investigations
The MITRE Corporation
Shala Atashroo
Director, Applications Development
Sprint
Tiffany M. Brown
Program Manager, Engineering Employee Development
Rolls-Royce Corporation
Anita D. Liang, Senior Executive Service
Deputy Director, Facilities and Test Directorate
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John H. Glenn Research Center
Gail L. Meredith
Director, CNO Customer Engagement
Network and Space Systems
The Boeing Company
Mae Murphy
Mission Support Specialist
Department of Homeland Security
Tausha Pruitt
My Account Team Leader
EMBARQ
Geetha Ram
Senior Director
Wireless Terminals Software Development
Texas Instruments, Inc
Camille M.Smith
Associate
Booz Allen Hamilton
Toni Stubbs
Vice President, Information Technology
Cox Communications
Justa A. Trevino
Principal Mechanical Engineer
Network Centric Systems
Raytheon Company
Jian Xu, PhD
Distinguished Engineer
IBM Corporation
