WIT has announced its 2010-2011 Board of Directors, as elected at the June WIT.Connect and the 2010-2011 Committee Leadership, as appointed by the new Board of Directors.

President – Nanci Schimizzi, Vice President, Technology, FINRA
President-Elect – Kelly Harman, Vice President, Sales, TriNet Systems
Secretary – Penny Parker, Corporate Communications Manager, ATS Corporation
Treasurer – OPEN
Chair, Communications Committee – Piper Conrad, Marketing Communications Consultant, PKC Consulting
Chair, Membership Committee – Cynthia Poole, Director, Research Services, Market Connections
Chair, Programs Committee – Phyllis Kolmus, Deputy Group Director, AT&T
Board Member at Large, Member Development – Lisa Dezzutti, President, Market Connections
Board Member at Large, Special Events – Kellye Sheehan, Vice President, Business Development, Innovim, LLC
Board Member at Large, SIG Liaison – Kathy Furlong, Director of Business Development Operations, Avaya Government Solutions
Board Member at Large, Strategic Alliances – Marguerete Luter, President, The Process Pro
Board Member at Large, Women in Government – Karyn Hayes-Ryan, Director, Commercial Imagery, Data and Products, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Immediate Past President – Toni Townes-Whitley, VP Consulting Services, CGI Federal

Appointed Positions 2010 - 2011 term:
General Counsel – Kathryn Harris, Principal, The Resolution Law Group, PLC
Board Member at Large, Women and Girls in Technology Education Foundation – Jill Stelfox, CEO, Accession Point, continuing Board Member

Continuing Board Member:
Chair, Sponsorship Committee – Nancy Lamberton, Founding Partner, Excitations, LLC

Committee Leadership:
Advocacy Committee Chair – Raluca Monet, Unisys
Advocacy Committee Vice Chair – Patty Obermaier, Unisys
Communications Committee Vice Chair, Advertising – Kristina Messner Chalf, Focused Image
Communications Committee Vice Chair, Marketing Communications – Mary-Claire Burick, MCStrategy
Communications Committee Vice Chair, PR & Media Relations – Jayna Kliner, Welz & Weisel Communications
Diversity Outreach SIG Chair – April Wiggs, MacNair Travel Management
Diversity Outreach SIG Vice Chair – Pauline Healy, Apptis
Executive Women SIG Chair – Laura McCarthy, Qualified Search
Executive Women SIG Vice Chair – Lynn Sheehan, Millennium Consultants, Inc.
Girls in Technology (GIT) Committee Chair – Robin Seitz
Girls in Technology (GIT) Committee Vice Chair – Robin Steis, Interactive Intelligence
Leadership Awards Banquet Committee Chair – Lari Young, CIBER, Inc.
Leadership Awards Banquet Committee Vice Chair – Cindy McDowell, EMC
Lunch Bunch Committee Chair – Alisa Key, Squires, Sander & Dempsey, LLC
Lunch Bunch Committee Vice Chair – Heidi Kallett, The Dandelion Patch
Membership Committee Vice Chair – Jackerleen Walker, Qwest Government Services
Mentorship Committee Chair – Kelly Moore, Bodega Group East
Mentorship Committee Vice Chair – Robin Vinopal, Looney Laboratories, Inc.
Nominating Committee Chair – Barbara Sweet, TechnologyConcepts
Nominating Committee Vice Chair – Marcie Cheney, Criterion Systems
Programs Committee Vice Chair – Donna Kilbourn, Unanet Technologies
Sales and Marketing SIG Chair – Patricia Mejia, Siteworx, Inc.
Sales and Marketing SIG Vice Chair – Christine Schaefer, DLT Solutions
Sponosorship Committee Vice Chair – Colleen Oresky, SAIC
Strategic Alliances Committee Chair – Louise Peabody, Watkins, Meegan, Drury, et al
Strategic Alliances Committee Vice Chair – Debra Orbacz, Orbacz Strategy Group, LLC
Technology SIG Chair – Lisa Larson
Technology SIG Vice Chair – Cheryl Dickison, R2integrated
Web Presence Committee Chair – Gayle Sweeney, The North Highland Company
Web Presence Committee Vice Chair – Dori Kelner, Sleight-of-Hand-Studios
WITEF Fundraising Committee Chair – Susan Penfield, Booz Allen Hamilton
WITEF Fundraising Committee Vice Chair – Marcia Whitmore, Freddie Mac
Women Business Owners (WBO) SIG Chair – Elma Levy, Dovel Technology, Inc.
Women Business Owners (WBO) SIG Vice Chair – Jane Maliszewski, ISKA, LLC
Women in Government SIG Chair – Mitra K. Nejad, ATF
Women in Government SIG Vice Chair – Molly O'Neil, CGI
Women's Center Chair – Patricia Burke, SRA International
Women's Center Vice Chair – Jean Leonard, QinetiQ
Workforce Development Committee Chair – Irene Aronian, Dekker LTD
Workforce Development Committee Vice Chair – Megan Bucelli, The ACI Group
Young Professional Chair – Thao Thompson, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Young Professional Vice Chair – Molly Huie, Market Connections, Inc.

In the Bayer Facts of Science Education XIV survey, women and minorities raised a number of barriers in their path to STEM careers, including: (1) Lack of mentors (50%); (2) Lack of role models (49%); (3) Stereotypes adversely affecting women and minorities (39%); (4) Lack of communication from STEM industry (39%); (5) Self doubt (35%); (6) Cost of education (31%); (7) "Sense of isolation" (29%); and (8) a lack of solid math and science education in poorer schools (24%). WIT is helping to solve the problem with 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7.

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