WOI 2010

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Click here to view the .pdf file of the 2010 Women of Innovation January 20, 2010, event program, which includes short bios of the finalists.

This year’s list of finalists includes researchers, educators, managers and entrpreneurs/business owners who work in biotech, pharmaceuticals, software, computer hardware, nanotech, advanced materials, medical devices and IT.

High school, undergraduate and graduate students who have demonstrated extraordinary and unique achievements in their technology studies are also among the finalists. The winner in the Youth Innovation and Leadership category will receive a scholarship from the Connecticut Technology Council.

The 2010 Women of Innovation are, by category:

Academic Innovation and Leadership

Laurel Appel, Adjunct Associate Professor of Biology, Wesleyan, Middletown
Sarah Berke, Director, CURE Bioscience Explorations, New Haven
Carmen Cid, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, Eastern ConnecticutStateUniversity, Willimantic
Michele Dischino, Assistant Professor, CentralConnecticutStateUniversity, New Britain
Marja Hurley, Professor of Medicine, University of ConnecticutHealthCenter, Farmington
Honora Kenney, President, Connecticut Invention Convention, Hartford
Linda Strausbaugh, Professor, University of Connecticut, Storrs

Collegian Innovation and Leadership

Nupur Garg, Medical Student, YaleUniversitySchool of Medicine, New Haven
Jamie Maciaszek, Graduate Assistant, University of Connecticut, Storrs
Eliza McNitt, College Student, NYUTischSchool, Greenwich
Vanessa Rubano, Graduate Student, ColumbiaUniversity, Ridgefield
Emily Tao, College Student, Chemical, Materials and Bio-molecular Engineering Dept., University of Connecticut, Storrs
Claire Weiss, Doctoral Student, Materials Science & Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs

Community Innovation and Leadership

Belinda Monat, Vice Presiden,: Project Management, Computer Sciences Corporation, East Hartford
Noreen Randazzo, Assistant Vice President, IT, The Hartford, Southington
Seema Winsor, Principal Engineer, Pitney Bowes, Stamford

Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership

Phoebe Browning, CFO, YourNurseIsOn.com, New Haven
Kelly Conners, President, KC Healthcare Communications LLC, Norwalk
Heidi Douglas, Founder, MysticMD, Groton
Mary Gawlicki, President, Corporate Translations, Inc., East Hartford
Liddy Karter, Managing Director, Karter Capital Advisors, Old Lyme
Glennis Orloff, President & CEO, Samara Innovations, LLC, New Haven
Teresa Piliouras, President, Albright Associates, Inc., Weston
Kathryn Smith, COO, Synaptic Dynamics, Storrs
Eleanor Tandler, Independent Consultant, University of Connecticut Research and Development Corp, Farmington

Karen Alsante, Research Fellow, Pfizer, Groton
Jennifer Broom, Manager of Collaborative Research, Covidien, North Haven
Kristin Colacchio, Program Manager, CSC (Computer Science Corporation), South Windsor
Susan DiMascio, Program Director, Advanced Technology Development, ATMI, Danbury,
Donna Grossman, Mechanical Engineering Manager, Orion Program, Hamilton Sundstrand, Windsor Locks
Nicole Hade, Manager Engineering Business, Hamilton Sundstrand, Windsor Locks
Sheryl Hildner, IT Director, GE Capital Americas, Danbury
Susan Johnston, Director, Customer Service IT, Priceline.com, Norwalk,
Mary Lombardo, Director, Engineering Director, Carrier Corporation, Farmington
Christine Marsh, Vice President, Business Analysis, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield
Karen McNemar, Director, Office of Project Management, Covidien, North Haven
Darlene Nebinger, Senior R&D Engineer, Covidien, North Haven
Deborah Orosz, Manager, Engineering Effectiveness Aerospace Power Systems, Hamilton Sundstrand, Windsor Locks
Donna Ray, Principal Engineer, Hamilton Sundstrand, Windsor Locks
Jean Roche, Engineering Supervisor, Electric Boat Corporation, Groton

Research Innovation and Leadership

Katherine Ayers, Director of Research, Proton Energy Systems, Inc., Wallingford
Jean Beebe, Executive Director, Pfizer, New London
Dr. Tania Bhatia, Research Engineer, United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford
Baikun Li, Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut, Storrs
Jeanne Magram, Vice President of Immunology and Inflammation, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield
Diana Reeves, Principal Scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield
Agnes Vignery, Associate Professor Orthopedics, Yale University, New Haven
Guiling Wang, Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering and Director, Environmental Engineering Programs, University of Connecticut, Storrs

Small Business Innovation and Leadership

Margaret Bailey, Vice President, Applications Software Development, Sonalysts, Inc., Waterford
Wynne Cerone, VP of Operations/CTO., Imaging Solutions, Inc., Wallingford
Lixia Li, PhD, Senior Technologist, Optics, Dark Field Technologies, Orange
Theresa McSpedon, Vice President, Services, Protegrity, Stamford
Julie Pellegrini, Vice President, Graphlogic Inc., Branford
Linda Stahl, Director, Strategic Products, COCC, Avon

Youth Innovation and Leadership

Yi Feng, High School Student, FarmingtonHigh School, Farmington
Sydney Hofer, High School Student, GHAMAS, Hartford
Neeharika Krothapalli, High School Student, FarmingtonHigh School, Farmington
Jenny Lu, High School Student, PomperaugHigh School, Southbury
Colleen Rock, High School Student, FarmingtonHigh School, Farmington

To view the full list of criteria, please visit CTC’s Web site, www.ct.org. Mike Scricca at (860) 289-0878, ext. 334 or mscricca@ct.org with questions regarding the program or awards dinner.

Finalists were nominated by their peers and selected based on their professional experience, history of innovation, ability to think creatively and solve problems and demonstration of leadership. Students were judged on inventiveness and accomplishment in science and technology and academic achievement.

Large Business Innovation and Leadership