Conference Leadership

General Chair
Tracy Camp, Colorado School of Mines

Program Co-Chairs
Lori Pollock, University of Delaware
Wendy Rannenberg, Microlan Systems

Confirmed Committee Members



Local/Volunteer Co-Chairs
Mary Hudachek-Buswell, Clayton State University
Stefanie Markham, Georgia State University

Scholarship Committee
Nancy Amato, Texas A & M University, Co-Chair
Jennifer Walter, Vassar College, Co-Chair
Lydia Tapia, University of Texas at Austin

Event Producer
Elaine Dagen, MeetingsPlus
Marisa Roberge, MeetingsPlus

Industry Advisory Board
Wei Lin, Symantec, Co-Chair
Valentina Salapura, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, Co-Chair
Dawn Carter, Amazon
Romea Smith, CA Technologies
Mala Devlin, Cisco
Rachel Weinstein, Google
Brianna Havlik, Hewlett-Packard
Patty Lopez, Intel
Karen Weiss, Intuit
Kesha Lashan Hill, Lockheed Martin
Lisa Anderson, Microsoft
Jan Roberts, NetApp
Lynne Miller, Raytheon
Carola Thompson, SAP Labs
Gilda Garreton, Oracle
Elizabeth Psihos, Thomson Reuters
Joann Ordille, Avaya (CRA-W representative)

Academic Advisory Board
Joan Francioni, Winona State University, Chair
Sarita Adve, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nancy Amato, Texas A&M University (CRA-W representative)
Cindy Hood, Illinois Institute of Technology (ACM-W representative)
Fillia Makedon, University of Texas at Arlington
Tia Newhall, Swarthmore College
Beth Plale, Indiana University Bloomington
Sara Sprenkle, Washington and Lee University
Susan Williams, Georgia Southern University

Global Advisory Board
Annemieke Craig, Deakin University, Australia, Chair
Diane McCarthy, Christchurch Polytechnic, Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Jenine Beekhuyzen, Griffith University, Australia
Hilde G. Corneliussen, University of Bergen, Norway
Behjat Al Yousuf, Dubai Women’s College, United Arab Emirates

Panels and Workshops Committee
Susanne Hambrusch, NSF and Purdue University, Co-Chair
Linda Apsley, Microsoft, Co-Chair
Gaby Aguilera, Google
Valerie Barr, Union College
Maria Gini, University of Minnesota
Jennifer Goodall, University at Albany
Liz Haring, NetApp
Kesha Lashan Hill, Lockheed Martin
Andrea Lawrence, Spelman College
Lisa Marvel, Army Rresearch Laboratory
Ramune Nagisetty, Intel
Kathleen Naughton, Hewlett-Packard
Lilia Paradis, Microsoft
Ira Pramanick, Google
Susan Rodger, Duke University
Dola Saha, University of Colorado at Boulder
Gabriel Silberman, CA Technologies Labs
Sara Sprenkle, Washington & Lee University
Eleanor Wynn, Intel

Invited Technical Talks Committee
Padma Raghavan, Pennsylvania State University, Co-Chair
Dilma Da Silva, IBM, Co-Chair

New Investigators Committee
Maria Gini, University of Minnesota, Co-Chair
Nancy Cam Winget, Cisco, Co-Chair
Xiaoli Fern, Oregon State University
Lise Getoor, University of Maryland
Michelle Gong, Intel
Caitlin Kelleher, Washington University in St. Louis
Beth O’Mullan, Google
Lynne Parker, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Nancy Reed, University of Hawaii

Birds of a Feather Committee
Sheila Castaneda, Clarke College, Co-Chair
Jhilmil Jain, HP Labs, Co-Chair
Jeannie Albrecht, Williams College
Nina Bhatti, HP Labs
Catherine Courage, Citrix Systems
Janaki Mythily Kumar, SAP Labs
Lisa Landgraf, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Alina Lazar, Youngstown State University
Maria Olson, SAP
Raquel Romano, Google
Cheryl Seals, Auburn University
Ann Smith, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

PhD Forum Committee
Soha Hussein, Tufts University, Co-Chair
Cecilia Aragon, University of Washington and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Co-Chair

Posters Committee
Paula Gabbert, Furman University, Co-Chair
Patty Lopez, Intel, Co-Chair

Technical Research Papers Committee
Claris Castillo, IBM, Co-Chair
Violet Syrotiuk, Arizona State University, Co-Chair

Anita Borg Social Impact & Technical Leadership Awards Committee
Claudia Morrell, Multinational Development for Women in Tehcnology (MDWIT), Chair

Social Impact Award Committee
Janet Anchora, Information Sharing and Networking, Wougnet
Jehan Ara, Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT & ITE
Eva Fabry, European Centre for Women and Technology
Gill Kirkup, Open University
Jennifer Radloff, APC Women’s Network

Technical Leadership Award Committee
Ruzena Bajcsy, University of California, Berkeley
Sonja Bernhardt, Thoughtware Australia, Pty
Claudia Medeiros, UNICAMP Instituto de Computação
Elaine Weyuker, AT&T Labs
Behjat Al Yousuf, Dubai Women’s College

Change Agent Awards Committee
Dr. M. Suriya, Annamalai University, India, Chair
Sangeeta Gad, University of Houston
Zahara Khan, Sehat First
Dorcas Muthoni, OPENWORLD LTD

Denice Denton Emerging Leader Award Committee
Reza Ghodssi, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, Chair
Leslie Field, SmallTech Consulting, LLC.
Viola Vogel, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich)
Amy Wendt, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Communities Committee
Ashley Myers, Microsoft, Co-Chair
Erin ‘Ed’ Donahue, Lockheed Martin, Co-Chair
Gail Carmichael, Carleton University
Kate Tsoukalas, Microsoft
Valerie Bubb Fenwick, Oracle

Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Staff
Telle Whitney, President and GHC Co-Founder
Deanna Kosaraju, VP of Programs
Jody Mahoney, VP of Business Development
Caroline Simard, VP of Research and Executive Programs
Jerri Barrett, VP of Marketing
Kirk Ross, Director of Finance
Kathy Gee, Director of Operations
Kim McLeod, Leadership Development & Academic Initiatives Program Manager
Rachelle Siskin, Program Logistics Manager
BJ Wishinsky, Communities Program Manager
Christine Chiu, Program Content Manager
Tina Pratt, Program Manager
Linda Bohn, Office Manager
Anusha Bagchi, Intern

Scholarship Reviewers – Thank you for your participation!
Eric Aaron, Wesleyan University
Elizabeth Adams, James Madison University
Sally Ahnger, Retired
Christine Alvarado, Harvey Mudd College
Ken Anderson, Intel
Ruth Anderson, University of Washington
Linda Apsley, Microsoft
Pam Arya, Harris Corporation
Bev Bachmayer, Intel
Lewis Barnett, University of Richmond
Aysun Bascetincelik, Amazon
Jennifer Beckmann, Microsoft
Barbara Bernal, Southern Polytechnic State Univerisity
Anasua Bhowmik, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Maureen Biggers, Indiana University at Bloomington
Sucharita Biswas, Oracle
Elaheh Bozorgzadeh, University of California, Irvine
Monica Brockmeyer, Wayne State University
Laura Brown, Michigan Technological University
Debra Burhans, Canisius College
Denise Byrnes, College of Wooster
Yuanfang Cai, Drexel University
Shelagh Callahan, Intel
Tracy Camp, Colorado School of Mines
Dawn Carter, Amazon
Sheila Castaneda, Clarke College
Marsha Chechik, University of Toronto
Jenny Chen, Amazon
Alexis Chontos, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh – Online Division
Clare Congdon, University of Southern Maine
Lenore Cowen, Tufts University
Dilma Da Silva, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Andrea Danyluk, Williams College
Galina Datskovsky, CA Technologies
Janet Davis, Grinnell College
Seema Degwekar, Amazon
Lucia Dettori, DePaul University
Carole Dulong, Google
Whitney Dunn, University of Arizona
Haimonti Dutta, Columbia University
Rosa Enciso, Microsoft
Margaux Eng, Amazon
Natalie Enright Jerger, University of Toronto
Magdalena Espelien, PacketVideo Corp
Joan Francioni, Winona State University
Judy Franklin, Smith College
Gilda Garreton, Oracle
Carrie Gates, CA Labs, CA Technologies
Natalie Gil, Goldman Sachs
Maria Gini, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities Campus
Jean Graham, Eli Lilly and Company
Rachel Greenstadt, Drexel University
Cindy Grimm, Washington University in St. Louis
Laura Grit, Amazon
Mary Hall, University of Utah
Tracy Hammond, Texas A&M University
Li Han, Clark University
Qi Han, Colorado School of Mines
Deniz Hastorun, Amazon
Jackie Head, United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
Wendi Heinzelman, University of Rochester
Lisa Hellerstein, Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Lourdes Herling, Wayne State College
MaryLou HinesFritts, University of Missouri – Kansas City
David Hovemeyer, York College of Pennsylvania
Nancy Ide, Vassar College
Susan Imberman, College of Staten Island, CUNY
Germaine Irwin, Nova Southeastern University
Liz Jessup, University of Colorado at Boulder
Hongxia Jin, IBM Almaden Research Center
Patricia Johann, University of Strathclyde
Jaeyeon Jung, Intel
Gerda Kamberova, Hofstra University
Vidya Kannan, Amazon
Rama Karve, Amazon
EJ Kim, Texas A&M University
Sunghee Kim, Gettysburg College
Savita Kini, Cisco Systems
Rob Knauerhase, Intel
Birgitta Koenig-Ries, Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena
Joan Krone, Denison University
Alan Labouseur, Marist College
Madhuwati Lagu, Google
Lynn Langit, Microsoft
Linda Lankewicz, Sewanee: The University of the South
Andrea LaPaugh, Princeton University
David Laurence, Vanguard
Hyunyoung Lee, Texas A&M University
Sohie Lee, Wellesley College
Barbara Lerner, Mount Holyoke College
Gary Lewandowski, Xavier University
Clayton Lewis, University of Colorado at Boulder
Hong Li, Intel
Sonia Lopez Alarcon, Rochester Institute of Technology
Simone Ludwig, University of Saskatchewan
Xiaosong Ma, North Carolina State University
Liz Marai, University of Pittsburgh
Anne Marshall, Amazon
Monica McGill, Bradley University
Kathryn McKinley, University of Texas at Austin
Paige Meeker, Presbyterian College
Lori Meiskey, Google
Bilha Mendelson, IBM Research Lab in Haifa
Suzanne Menzel, Indiana University at Bloomington
Stephanie Moon, Amazon
Sara Miner More, McDaniel College
Briana Morrison, Southern Polytechnic State Univerisity
Monique Morrow, Cisco Systems
Eliot Moss, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Anne Mulhern, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Robin Murphy, Texas A&M University
Eni Mustafaraj, Wellesley College
Paul Myers, Trinity University
Krish Narayanan, Eastern Michigan University
Chitra Natarajan, Intel
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
Graciela Perera, Youngstown State University
Barbara Poblete, Yahoo! Research Latin-America
Irene Polycarpou, Colorado School of Mines
Haripriya Prakasam, Intel
Doina Precup, McGill University
Barbara Price, Georgia Southern University
Judy Priest, Cisco Systems
Madhura Purnaprajna, Universität Paderborn
Yanjun Qi, Carnegie Mellon University
Cyndi Rader, Colorado School of Mines
Neerja Raman, Stanford University
Samuel Rebelsky, Grinnell College
Dheeraj Reddy, Intel
Stuart Reges, University of Washington
Elizabeth Reid, Google
Brad Richards, University of Puget Sound
Vanessa Richter
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
Lori Scarlatos, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Kelly Shaw, University of Richmond
Suzanne Shontz, Pennsylvania State University
Tatiana Shpeisman, Intel
Gabriel Silberman, CA Labs, CA Technologies
Karen Sleeth, CA Technologies
Connie Smallwood, CA Technologies
Marc Smith, Vassar College
Laurie Smith King, College of the Holy Cross
Ellen Spertus, Google
Sara Sprenkle, Washington and Lee University
Sinead Strain, Goldman Sachs
Michelle Strout, Colorado State University
Sara Su, Tufts University
Tiki Suarez-Brown, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Shivani Sud, Intel
Suresh Sugumar, Intel
Elizabeth Sweedyk, Harvey Mudd College
Lydia Tapia, University of Texas at Austin
Anita Taucher, CA Technologies
Tara Thiara, Amazon
Jessica Thrasher, Cisco Systems
Murli Tirumala, Intel
Amy Toth, Vanguard
Gloria Townsend, DePauw University
Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland
Vidhya Vinay, Cisco Systems
Claire Vishik, Intel
Ellen Walker, Hiram College
Susan Wang, Mills College
Karen Ward, University of Portland
Carolyn Wei, Google
Jennifer Welch, Texas A&M University
Carola Wenk, University of Texas at San Antonio
Suzanne Westbrook, University of Arizona
Suzan Westmoreland, CA Technologies
Laurie Williams, North Carolina State University
Tiffani Williams, Texas A&M University
Nancy Wong, Cisco Systems
Huanmei Wu, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Anne Wulffraat, IBM
Annette York, United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
Carol Zander, University of Washington, Bothell
Yu Zhang, Trinity University