Conference Leadership

Confirmed Committee Members

General Chair
Tracy Camp, Colorado School of Mines

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

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
Mala Devlin, Cisco
Rachel Weinstein, Google
Brianna Havlik, HP
Patty Lopez, Intel
Karen Weiss, Intuit
Kesha 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 (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, Purdue University, Co-Chair
Linda Apsley, Microsoft, Co-Chair
Gaby Aguilera, Google
Valerie Barr, Union College
Maria Gini, University of Minnesota
Liz Haring, Net App
Kesha Harris, Lockheed
Andrea Lawrence, Spelman College
Lisa Marvel, ARL
Ramune Nagisetty, Intel
Lilia Paradis, Microsoft
Susan Roger, Duke University
Dola Saha, University of Colorado at Boulder
Gabriel Silberman, CA Labs
Sara Sprenkle, Washington & Lee University
Eleanor Wynn, Intel

Invited Technical Talks Committee
Padma Raghavan, Penn 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 Castenada, Clark College, Co-Chair
Jhilmil Jain, HP Labs, Co-Chair
Nina Bhatti, HP Labs
Catherine Courage, Citrix Systems
Lisa Landgraf, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Alina Lazar, Youngstown State University
Maria Olson, SAP

PhD Forum Committee
Soha Hussein, Tufts University, Co-Chair
Cecilia Aragon, 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, MDWIT, Chair

Change Agent Awards Committee
Dr. M. Suriya, Annamalai University, India, Chair

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