Conference Leadership

Confirmed Committee Members

General Chair
Heidi Kvinge, Intel

Program Chair
Tracy Camp, Colorado School of Mines

Local/Volunteer Chair
Suzanne Westbrook, University of Arizona

Scholarship Committee
Nancy Amato, Texas A & M, Chair
Kim McLeod, Anita Borg Institute
Lydia Tapia, Texas A & M
Shawna Thomas, Texas A & M
Jennifer Walter, Vassar College
A special thanks to the 201 reviewers who reviewed all the applications.

Event Producer
Ruth Stergiou, Planning Dynamics
Thank you Lilis Bumgardner who makes all the details possible.

Industry Advisory Committee
Linda Apsley, Microsoft, Chair
Dawn Carter, Amazon
Gaby Silberman, CA
Bill Jennings, Cisco
Lauren Haworth, Genentech
Raquel Romano, Google
Jhilmil Jain, HP
Valentina Salapura, IBM
Ramune Nagisetty, Intel
Karin Meyer, Intuit
Kesha Hill, Lockheed Martin
Joanna Karwowska, NetApp
Carola Thompson, SAP
Gilda Garreton, Sun
Wei Lin, Symantec
Joanne Ordille, Avaya (CRA-W representative)

Academic Advisory Committee
Lori Pollock, University of Delaware, Chair
Gloria Childress Townsend, DePauw University
Gillian Hayes, University of California, Irvine
Barbara Boucher Owens, Southwestern University
Valerie Barr, Union College
Chandra Krintz, University of California, Santa Barbara
Nayda G. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

Panels and Workshops Committee
Teresa Dahlberg, UNC, Charlotte, Co-Chair
Kathleen Naughton, Hewlett-Packard, Co-Chair
Tiffany Barnes, UNC Charlotte
Nina Bhatti, HP Labs
Chutima Boonthum, Hampton University
Anne Bracy, Intel
Mala Devlin, Cisco
Parker Foley, Wachovia and P/T Faculty at UNC Charlotte
Paula Gabbert, Furman University
Heather Lipford, UNC Charlotte
Vandana Mallempati, IBM
Ira Pramanick, Google
Katie Siek, University of Colorado, Boulder
Shannon Steinfadt, Kent State

Invited Technical Speakers Committee
S. Revi Sterling, University of Colorado ATLAS Institute, Co-Chair
Carole Dulong, Google, Co-Chair

New Investigators Committee
Radha Nandkumar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Co-Chair
Tessa Lau, IBM Research, Co-Chair
Debra L. Cook, IDA Center for Computing Sciences
Dilma M. da Silva, IBM Research
Christine L. Lisetti, Florida International University
Beth Plale, Indiana University
Shobna Vasudevan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Birds of a Feather Committee (BOFS)
Mary Anne Egan, Siena College, Co-Chair
Patty Lopez, Intel, Co-Chair
Claris Castillo, IBM
Jennifer Goodall, State University of New York, Albany
Brianna Havlik, HP
Johanna Horowitz, Siena College
Huong Nguyen, HP

PhD Forum Committee
Susanne Hambrusch, Purdue University, Co-Chair
Ellen Zegura, Georgia Institute of Technology, Co-Chair

Posters Committee
Bettina Bair, Ohio State University, Co-Chair
Laura Dillon, Michigan State University, Co-Chair

Web 2.0 Committee
Kimberly Blessing, Consultant, Chair

Global Advisory Committee
Annemieke Craig, Deakin University, Australia, Chair
Diane McCarthy, Christchurch Polytechnic, Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Dorcas Muthoni, Open World, Ltd, Kenya
Gayatri Buragohain, Feminist Approach to Technology, India
Reyyan Ayfer, Bilkent University, Turkey
Zahara Khan, Sehat First, Pakistan

Change Agent Awards
S. Revi Sterling, University of Colorado ATLAS Institute, Chair
Zahara Khan, Sehat First, Pakistan (2008 Winner)
Beth Kolko, University of Washington

Anita Borg Social Impact Award
Claudia Morrell, MDWIT, Chair
Jehan Ara, Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT & ITE
Sonja Bernhardt, Thoughtware Australia, Pty
Cecilia Constantano, University of Valencia
Gill Kirkup, Research, Data, Policy, UKRC
Jennifer Radloff, APC Women’s Network
Gabrela Marin Raventos, University of Costa Rica

Anita Borg Technical Leadership Award
Kathy Richardson, Chair
Tracy Camp, Colorado School of Mines
Jennifer Chayes, Microsoft Research New England Lab
Eileen Kraemer, University of Georgia
Wendy Hall, University of Southampton
Robin Hunicke, Electronic Arts
Mary Jane Irwin, Penn State
Margaret Martonosi, Princeton University
Monika Henzinger, Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland and Google

Denice Denton Emerging Leader Award
Reza Ghodssi, Herbert Rabin Distinguished Professor at the University of Maryland, Chair
Leslie Field, SmallTech Consulting, LLC
Susan Joclyn, University of Washington
Amy E. Wendt, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Scholarship Reviewers - Thank you for your participation!
Aidymar Abigio, Google Inc
Neven Abou Gazala, Intel Corporation
Sally Ahnger, Yahoo!
Christine Alvarado, Harvey Mudd College
Nina Amenta, University of California, Davis
Ken Anderson, Intel Corporation
Ruth Anderson, University of Washington, Seattle
Linda Apsley, Microsoft
Poorva Arankalle, Google Inc
Pam Arya, Applied Minds, Inc.
Hagit Attiya, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Bev Bachmayer, Intel Corporation
Tiffany Barnes, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Lewis Barnett, University of Richmond
Dana Barsan, Sun Microsystems
Juthika Basak, Intel Corporation
Jennifer Beckmann, Microsoft
Barbara Bernal, Southern Polytechnic State Univerisity
Maria Bezaitis, Intel Corporation
Anasua Bhowmik, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Sucharita Biswas, Sun Microsystems
Elaheh Bozorgzadeh, University of California, Irvine
Anne Bracy, Intel Corporation
Frances Buontempo,ACCU
Debra Burhans, Canisius College
Denise Byrnes, The College of Wooster
Yuanfang Cai, Drexel University
Shelagh Callahan, Intel Corporation
Tracy Camp, Colorado School of Mines
Dawn Carter, Amazon
Sheila Castaneda, Clarke College
Marsha Chechik, University of Toronto
Jenny Chen, Amazon
Tzu-Yi Chen, Pomona College
Yi Chen, Arizona State University
Ann Chervenak, USC Information Sciences Institute
Sarah Cosentino, Amazon
Dilma Da Silva, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Lucia Dale, Sewanee: The University of the South
Andrea Danyluk, Williams College
Galina Datskovsky, CA, Inc.
Janet Davis, Grinnell College
Katy Dickinson, Sun Microsystems
Jennifer Donaldson, University of Missouri - Columbia
Felicia Doswell, Norfolk State University
Carole Dulong, Google Inc
Whitney Dunn, University of Arizona
Haimonti Dutta, Columbia University
Faith Ellen, University of Toronto
Tom Ellman, Vassar College
Margaux Eng, Amazon
Magdalena Espelien, PacketVideo Corp
Mary Feeley, CA, Inc.
Kathleen Fisher, AT&T Labs Research
Mary Fletcher, National Instruments
Joan Francioni, Winona State University
Judy Franklin, Smith College
Paula Gabbert, Furman University
Gilda Garreton, Sun Microsystems
Carrie Gates, CA, Inc.
Maria Gini, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Campus
Melissa Goldman, Goldman Sachs
Jean Graham, Eli Lilly and Company
Cindy Grimm, Washington University in St. Louis
Tracy Hammond, Texas A&M University
Emily Hamner, Carnegie Mellon University
Li Han, Clark University
Qi Han, Colorado School of Mines
Joanne Hannaford, Goldman Sachs
Nancy Harkins, Vanguard
Lauren Haworth, Genentech, Inc.
Wendi Heinzelman, University of Rochester
Lisa Hellerstein, Polytechnic Institute of NYU
MaryLou HinesFritts, University of Missouri - Kansas City
Susan Hohenberger, Johns Hopkins University
Sheila Humphreys, University of California, Berkeley
Nancy Ide, Vassar College
Susan Imberman, College of Staten Island, CUNY
Kathleen Jenks, Sun Microsystems
Liz Jessup, University of Colorado at Boulder
Hongxia Jin, IBM Almaden Research Center
Patricia Johann, University of Strathclyde
Elizabeth Johnson, Xavier University
Jaeyeon Jung, Intel Corporation
Roxanne Kallman, CA, Inc.
Sunghee Kim, Gettysburg College
Savita Kini, Cisco Systems
Rob Knauerhase, Intel Corporation
Divya Kolar Sunder, Intel Corporation
Birgitta Konig-Ries, Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena
Theresa Kratschmer, IBM Rational
Joan Krone, Denison University
Madhuwati Lagu, Google Inc
Keith Lang,Virginia Tech
Lynn Langit, Microsoft Irvine CA
Linda Lankewicz, Sewanee: The University of the South
Andrea LaPaugh, Princeton University
Mary Last, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
David Laurence, Vanguard
Barbara Lerner, Mount Holyoke College
Gary Lewandowski, Xavier University
Clayton Lewis, University of Colorado at Boulder
Hong Li, Intel Corporation
Barbara Li Santi, Mills College
Dawn Lindberg, Vanguard
Dian Lopez, University of Minnesota - Morris
Simone Ludwig, University of Saskatchewan
Xiaosong Ma, North Carolina State University
Julie Madayag, Avanade
Liz Marai, University of Pittsburgh
Radek Marik, CA Labs
Catherine McGeoch, Amherst College
Kathryn McKinley, University of Texas at Austin
Bilha Mendelson, IBM Research Lab in Haifa
Suzanne Menzel, Indiana University at Bloomington
Jessica Mitchell, Cisco Systems
Sara Miner More, McDaniel College
Briana Morrison, Southern Polytechnic State Univerisity
Monique Morrow, Cisco Systems
Eliot Moss, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Sekhar Muddana, CA Labs
Robin Murphy, Texas A&M University
Eni Mustafaraj, Wellesley College
Kathleen Naughton, Hewlett-Packard
Emily Navarro, University of California, Irvine
Ani Nenkova, University of Pennsylvania
Dianne O’Leary, University of Maryland at College Park
Nilufer Onder, Michigan Technological University
Lilia Paradis, Microsoft
Sarah Peck, IBM
Svetlana Peltsverger, Southern Polytechnic State Univerisity
Doina Precup, McGill University
Barbara Price, Georgia Southern University
Judy Priest, Cisco Systems
Neerja Raman, Stanford University
Samuel Rebelsky, Grinnell College
Dheeraj Reddy, Intel Corporation
Stuart Reges, University of Washington, Seattle
Elizabeth Reid, Google Inc
Margaret Reid-Miller, Carnegie Mellon University
Brad Richards, University of Puget Sound
Heather Richter Lipford, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Susan Rodger, Duke University
Carla Romero, Computing Research Association
Nikki Rosard, Vassar College
Mary Roth, IBM Silicon Valley Lab
Daniela Rus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Valentina Salapura, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Nagiza Samatova, North Carolina State University
Kelly Shaw, University of Richmond
Suzanne Shontz, Pennsylvania State University
Tatiana Shpeisman, Intel Corporation
Gabriel Silberman, CA Labs
Karen Sleeth, CA, Inc.
Connie Smallwood, CA, Inc.
Marc Smith, Vassar College
Laurie Smith King, College of the Holy Cross
Lydia So, Sun Microsystems
Ellen Spertus, Google Inc
Sara Sprenkle, Washington and Lee University
Manjula Sridhar, Aujas Networks
Sinead Strain, Goldman Sachs
Michelle Strout, Colorado State University
Tiki Suarez-Brown, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Shivani Sud, Intel Corporation
Suresh Sugumar, Intel Corporation
Tamara Sumner, University of Colorado at Boulder
Elizabeth Sweedyk, Harvey Mudd College
Deborah Tatar,Virginia Tech
Anita Taucher, CA, Inc.
Michela Taufer, University of Delaware
Lisa Tealer, Genentech, Inc.
Jessica Thrasher, Cisco Systems
Murli Tirumala, Intel Corporation
Stefanie Tomko, Microsoft
Amy Toth, Vanguard
Gloria Townsend, DePauw University
Deborah Trytten, University of Oklahoma
Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland
Susan VandeVen, Southern Polytechnic State Univerisity
Claire Vishik, Intel Corporation
Ellen Walker, Hiram College
Jenny Walter, Vassar College
Susan Wang, Mills College
Karen Ward, University of Portland
Shirley Watkins, LGS Innovations
Jennifer Welch, Texas A&M University
John Welder, Cisco Systems
Carola Wenk, University of Texas at San Antonio
Suzanne Westbrook, University of Arizona
Suzan Westmoreland, CA, Inc.
Cathleen Wharton, Sun Microsystems
Chris Wilkerson, Intel Corporation
Laurie Williams, North Carolina State University
Nancy Wong, Cisco Systems
Huanmei Wu, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Jean Wu, Microsoft
Anne Wulffraat, IBM
Carol Zander, University of Washington, Bothell
Pin Zhou, IBM Almaden Research Center