June WIT.Connect — Government Leaders at the Helm

Join us for WIT's 6th Annual "Government Leaders at the Helm" program.

The panel of senior government executives includes:

• Linda Cureton, Chief Information Officer, NASA Goddard
• Mary Davie, Assistant Commissioner, Assisted Acquisition Services, General Services Administration
• Jackie Patillo, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Department of Transportation
• Molly Wilkinson, Chief of Staff, Small Business Administration
  
  Moderator: Diana Gowen, Senior VP, Qwest Government Services

These thought leaders will discuss the key issues and challenges they face within their agencies, given the current budget climate and rapid advances in technology in a year of change driven by the upcoming election in November.

Join us for this must-attend program!

Elections of the 2008-2009 WIT Board of Directors

Please join us at the Hilton McLean at the June WIT.Connect to cast your vote for the new WIT Board of Directors, and meet our new leadership. 

Ballots available at 6:00 pm.  Payment for the WIT.Connect is not required in order to vote.

Meet The Company — Cisco Systems, Inc.

WIT’s Meet the Company Series provides an intimate setting in which to facilitate the relationship between WIT members and large technology companies that have significant presence in the DC Metro area. This series is designed to provide WIT members with potential career opportunities and a general understanding of companies’ businesses, strategies, and culture.

Meet Cisco:

Cisco enables people to make powerful connections-whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible-providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 63,050 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies such as unified communications, data center, video, mobility, and security.

Speakers:
Wendy Bahr,Vice President, Channels US/Canada Theater;
Bruce Klein, Area Vice President, Federal Sales;
Cathy Skahan, HR Manager, US/Canada

Pre-registration for this event will close at 5:00 pm on June 20, 2008. No one registering after this date will be permitted to attend. Non-members can only register for this event as a guest of a current WIT member. Notice of cancellation is due to the WIT office no later than 48 business hours in advance of the event.

Lunch Bunch Technology Update: Merging of Data and Telecommunications

Join Microsoft to hear about the latest trends in data and telecommunications. How will they impact us as individuals? As organizations? Gain some technical and business insight on this important intersection in technology.

Speaker: Susie Adams, Manager, Microsoft’s Reston Technology Center

Please bring your colleagues and customers. This is sure to be an interesting event!

This Lunch Bunch is underwritten by Opportunity International. For more information please visit www.opportunity.org

Meet The Company SRA International, Inc.

WIT’s Meet the Company Series provides an intimate setting to facilitate the relationship between WIT members and large technology companies that have significant presence in the DC Metro area. This Series is designed to provide WIT members with potential career opportunities and a general understanding of companies’ businesses, strategies, and culture.

Pre-registration for this event will close at 5:00 pm on July 25, 2008. No one registering after this date will be permitted to attend. Non-members can only register for this event as a guest of a current WIT member. Notice of cancellation is due to the WIT office no later than 48 business hours in advance of the event.

WIT Mentor-Protégé Program XXI — GIT Mentors Needed

The WIT Mentor-Protégé program is the 21^st century place for women who want dynamic personal growth and a platform for professional success. Working women aspire to be enriched through mentoring and networking in this unparalleled program in the Washington, DC area. The program’s mission is to encourage dynamic personal and career growth for women in technology through a series of guided quality discussions in a community with other professional women.

Once again, WIT is opening this program to a small number of rising 11^th and 12^th grade girls to be mentored alongside the professional Protégés.

The Girls in Technology Committee is looking for Mentors who would be working with the girls during the entire program.

The program consists of five 2- ½ hour evening sessions over the course of five months. Each session includes networking, a light meal, a short talk on a topic of interest, and an hour of one-on-one mentoring with women from the technology field (please see attached announcement for more details about the program). The dates for the upcoming program are:

Orientation: June 10, 2008
Session 1 – July 8, 2008
Session 2 – September 9, 2008
Session 3 – October 14, 2008
Session 4 – November 11, 2008

The sessions are hosted by technology firms located within the Northern Virginia area. If you would like to volunteer as a Mentor, please contact Felicja Syska (fsyska@anystream.com).

Heroines in Technology Call for Nominations

Do you know a woman who works in the technology industry and exemplifies volunteer service in the community?  If so, you can nominate her to become a "Heroine in Technology" and be honored at an upcoming gala.  Since 2001, March of Dimes and Women in Technology have partnered to present Heroines in Technology®, a gala to recognize and honor women in the field of technology for their dedication to community service. Heroines in Technology is a black-tie gala, which includes a cocktail reception, entertainment, dancing, dinner, and silent and live auctions.  At the gala, we will honor the finalists and announce the award winners in the following categories: individual, corporate and Lifetime Achievement.  Click here to view a video of last year's finalists.  Heroines in Technology will be held on Friday, November 14 at the Hyatt Regency Reston.

We invite you to submit a nomination or post the opportunity on your company intranet, newsletters, or bulletin boards.  Click here to view the nomination criteria and form.  Thank you for your consideration and we hope to receive a nomination from your company!  For more information about the event, please visit www.marchofdimes.com/metrodc.  If you have additional questions, please feel free to contact Tina Solomita at csolomita@marchofdimes.com.

Heroines in Technology Call for Volunteers

The March of Dimes and Women in Technology are issuing a call for volunteers interested in serving on a planning committee for Heroines in Technology.

This year's event chairs are Gayle Sweeney of North Highland and Sandy Scearce of Grant Thornton. If you are interested in serving on a planning committee, please email the following information to Tina Solomita at csolomita@marchofdimes.com.

• Committee of Interest (Sponsorship & Table Sales, Auction, Communications or Nominations)
• Name, title and company
• Mailing address, email address and phone number

The planning committees will meet monthly until the event.

New WIT.Word Column: Sponsors in the Spotlight

Are you a WIT Sponsor? Do you have news you'd like to share with other WIT Members? Send text for consideration (75 – 100 words max) to joannelozarglenn@verizon.net. WIT reserves the right to edit submissions for length and in accordance with WIT in-house editorial style.

Call for WIT.Word Volunteers!
 
WIT.Word needs you!  Volunteers are needed to be reporters, writers, and graphic web designers! Volunteers for these positions should be self-starters who are able to adhere to deadlines. Workload would generally be light depending on how many volunteers respond to our call for help.  
 
We welcome reporters/writers with previous experience, as well
as those willing to learn. General assignments that might be assigned to reporters/writers include profiles of executive women in technology, interviews with technology leaders, coverage of WIT events, and feature articles. Graphic web designers need to have a working knowledge of Dreamweaver or equivalent HTML editing package and will assist in the layout and design of the WIT.Word issues. (Template already exists.)
 
If you're interested in being a volunteer for WIT.Word please contact
Le-Marie V.J. Thompson or call 301-452-2258.

Share a Little WIT.Wisdom and Enter to Win!

What clients, connections, contracts, or career advancements have you gained from your involvement in WIT?

Share a story, anecdote, or just a few thoughts about how your participation in WIT has been of value to your business, career, company, or philanthropy goals by sending a brief email to Women in Technology (put WIT.Wisdom in the header), or filling out a WIT Testimonial Card at one of our monthly programs.

We will read one of the submitted stories at an upcoming WIT.Connect. The author will receive a free certificate redeemable for an upcoming WIT program.

Help us voice the benefit of our organization — share your WIT experience, and we'll share in celebrating your success!

Members on the Move — WIT.Word

Changed jobs? Received a promotion? Know someone who deserves recognition for a recent career move? Let your fellow WIT members know about it! Send a brief description to Joanne Lozar Glenn for inclusion in the "Members on the Move" column in the next WIT.Word newsletter.

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