Announcing the 2019 Women Worth Watching® Award Winners
Executives Leading the Way to Excellence in the Workplace, Marketplace and the World
CLEVELAND, OH June 19, 2019
Profiles in Diversity Journal today proudly announces 166 winners of the 18th Annual Women Worth Watching® Awards. These leaders join more than 2,000 past Award recipients. Some past winners have gone on to become CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, including Mary Barra, currently CEO of General Motors; Lynne Doughtie, CEO of KPMG; Marillyn Hewson, CEO of Lockheed Martin; Michele Buck, CEO of Hershey’s; and Beth Mooney CEO of Key Bank. Countless others have moved forward to lead new business units, drive new markets, launch new ventures, and help develop the next generation of women leaders.
According to James Rector, Profiles in Diversity Journal publisher, “The collaboration between organizations and the magazine over the past 18 years in identifying and selecting deserving candidates for the annual Women Worth Watching Award is a testament to a collaborative and very productive relationship that energizes, inspires, and recognizes women who have demonstrated high levels of leadership.”
Each Women Worth Watching Award recipient, whose commitment and achievements will be recognized in Profiles in Diversity Journal’s summer edition, will share words of wisdom with women in the pipeline. The nomination of candidates for this award demonstrates C-suite support of women in leadership, and the inclusion of the Award winners in the magazine publically enhances the visibility and reputations of the companies and organizations that employ, support, and empower these outstanding women. The 2019 Women Worth Watching edition will be available to the public in August.
The 2019 Women Worth Watching Award® Recipients
| Company / Organization | Award Recipient | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Aflac | Jamie Lee | US Senior Vice President and Chief Service Officer |
| Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | Natasha Kohne | Partner |
| AMD | Susan Moore | Corporate Vice President, Government Affairs & Corporate Responsibility & President of AMD Foundation |
| AMD | Poh Cheng Chew | Finance Director & AMD Penang Site Lead |
| AMD | Mydung Pham | Corporate Vice President, Verification & CAD Design Methodology and Engineering Operations |
| American Airlines | Neisha Strambler-Butler | Vice President, Compensation and Benefits |
| Anderson & Kreiger LLP | Carmen M Ortiz | Counsel |
| AppNexus, a Xandr Company | Antoinette Hamilton | Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion and Community Experience at Xandr |
| Archer Daniels Midland Company | Manda Tweten | VP Customer Value Creation |
| Archer Daniels Midland Company | Fabiana Bianchi | VP Marketing & Global Growth |
| Arrow Electronics | Dana Zaba | Director, Data Intelligence, North America |
| Arrow Electronics | Dana Shinaberry | Director, Global Supplier Management |
| Arrow Electronics | Lisiane Droal | Vice President, Human Resources, EMEA |
| Association of Black Women Attorneys | Tanya N. Blocker | President |
| ATHENA International | Andrea Conner | President |
| Axinn | Tiffany Rider | Partner |
| Barilla America, NY Inc. | Kimberly Braithwaite | Senior Human Resource Manager, Americas |
| Burns & Levinson LLP | Ellen J. Zucker | Partner |
| Burns & Levinson LLP | Deborah J. Peckham | Partner and Co-Chair, Intellectual Property |
| Catalyst | Julie Nugent | Senior Vice President, Global Learning Products & Programs |
| Cathedral Capital | Brooke Lively | CEO & Founder |
| Cisco Systems | Ehrika Gladden | Vice President/General Manager, Cisco Refresh |
| Corning Incorporated | Christine M. Pambianchi | EVP, People & Digital |
| CVS Health | Karen S. Lynch | Executive Vice President, CVS Health and President, Aetna Business Unit |
| CVS Health | Maly Bernstein | Vice President, Beauty & Personal Care |
| CVS Health | Mayra Boitel, RPh | Vice President, Chief Merchant-Alternative Formats |
| Day Pitney LLP | Susan R. Huntington | Partner |
| Day Pitney LLP | Elizabeth J. Sher | Partner |
| Dechert LLP | Robin Nunn | Partner |
| Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group | Mia Meachem | Chief Marketing Officer |
| Designated Driver | Manuela Papadopol | CEO |
| DiCello Levitt Gutzler LLC | Amy E. Keller | Partner |
| Dickinson Wright PLLC | Leslee M. Lewis | Member |
| Diversified Search | Denielle Pemberton-Heard | General Counsel and Managing Director |
| Diversified Search | Julie Kanak | Managing Director of Chicago Office |
| Durham Regional Police Service | Holly Britton | Acting HR Director |
| Durham Regional Police Service | Melanie Anderson | Acting Superintendent–Executive Officer to the Chief |
| Excellus BlueCross BlueShield | Dr. Lisa Y. Harris | Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Commercial |
| EY | Janet Truncale | EY Americas FSO Assurance Managing Partner |
| Fannie Mae | Gina West | Executive Manager, Community Investment & Engagement |
| Fannie Mae | Nancy Jardini | Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, and Chief Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) Officer |
| Fannie Mae | Elonda Crockett | Vice President, Operations Shared Services |
| Fish & Richardson | Christina D Brown-Marshall, Ph.D | Principal |
| Fish & Richardson | Betty H. Chen | Principal |
| Fish & Richardson | Megan A. Chacon | Principal |
| Fish & Richardson | Christina McDonough | Principal |
| FLEETCOR | Crystal Williams | Chief Human Resources Officer |
| Flexport | Susanne Schöneberg | Senior Director of Flexport.org |
| FordHarrison LLP | Amy R. Turci | Partner |
| Freddie Mac | Jacqueline M. Welch | Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Diversity Officer |
| Freddie Mac | Dominica Groom Williams | VP, Office of Inclusive Engagement |
| GEI Consultants, Inc. | Amber Ahles | Branch Manager |
| GEI Consultants, Inc. | Ileen Gladstone | Senior Vice President |
| GEI Consultants, Inc. | Rachel Hayden | Vice President, Regional Growth Leader |
| Genpact | Sasha Sanyal | Global Business Leader Insurance, Diversity & CSR |
| Gibbons P.C. | Kristin D. Sostowski | Director, Employment & Labor Law Department; Team Leader, Higher Education practice |
| Golden Rule Technology | Elaine Harris | Founder and Cultural Connectivity Architect |
| Goulston & Storrs | Amy Moody McGrath | Director |
| Goulston & Storrs | Pamela M. MacKenzie | Director; Co-Chair, Corporate Group |
| Goulston & Storrs | Jennifer Furey | Director; Co-Chair, Litigation Group |
| Goulston & Storrs | Michelle M. Porter | Director; Co-Chair, Private Client & Trust Group |
| Goulston & Storrs | Martha J. Nahill Frahm | Director; Co-Chair, Tax Group |
| Government of Ontario | Mitzie Hunter | MPP Scarborough Guildwood |
| Grace Global Capital LLC | Grace Vandecruze | Managing Director |
| Greenberg Traurig, LLP | Martha A. Sabol | Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Gaming Practice; Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Women Initiative |
| Greenberg Traurig, LLP | Michelle Ferreira | Managing Shareholder of the San Francisco Office & Co-Managing Shareholder of the Silicon Valley Office |
| Greenspoon Marder LLP | Michelle Martinez Reyes | Chief Marketing Officer |
| Greenspoon Marder LLP | Nandini Nair | Partner |
| Greenspoon Marder LLP | Myrna Maysonet | Partner and Chief Diversity Officer |
| HARMAN | Michelle Epstein Taigman | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
| Haynes and Boone, LLP | Jennifer Reddien | Director of Diversity and Inclusion |
| HireRight LLC | Elise Eidemiller | Managing Director, Account Management and Canada |
| Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP | Miriam Manber | Associate |
| Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP | Randi May | Partner |
| Holwell Shuster & Goldberg | Priyanka Timblo | Associate |
| Holwell Shuster & Goldberg | Nina Kanovitch Schiffer | Associate |
| Honeywell | Anne T. Madden | Senior Vice President and General Counsel |
| HP Inc. | Lesley Slaton Brown | Chief Diversity Officer |
| Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP | Hagit M. Elul | Partner and Co-Chair of Hughes Hubbard’s Arbitration Group |
| Humacyte | Sabrina Osborne | Vice President of Human Resources |
| Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | Lorelie S. Masters | Partner |
| Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | Susan S. Failla | Partner and co-head of the firm’s Capital Markets practice |
| Idaho National Laboratory | Dr. Anne Gaffney | Chief Science Officer, EES&T |
| Idaho National Laboratory | Dr. Erin Searcy | Director, Institutional Planning and Programs Office |
| Idaho National Laboratory | Virginia Wright | Energy-Cyber Portfolio Manager |
| Idaho National Laboratory | Dr. Monica Regalbuto | Nuclear Fuel Cycle Director |
| Infoblox | Norma Lane | Executive Vice President, People and Places |
| Innovative Learning Group, Inc. | Lisa Toenniges | Chief Executive Officer |
| International Paper Company | Delaine Smith | Associate General Counsel, Labor & Employment |
| Jabil Inc | Beth A. Walters | Senior Vice President |
| Jones Walker LLP | Aileen Thomas | Partner |
| Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP | Lauren Tabaksblat | Partner |
| Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP | Jessica Taub Rosenberg | Partner |
| Kelly Outsourcing and Consulting/Kelly Services | Sam Smith | Vice President, Global Practice Lead, Life Sciences |
| KORE Wireless | Sue Holub | Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer |
| KPMG LLP | Fiona Grandi | National Managing Partner–Innovation & Enterprise Solutions |
| Krungthai AXA Life Insurance Company Limited | Sally O’Hara | Chief Executive Officer |
| Krungthai AXA Life Insurance Company Limited | Bubphawadee Owararinth | Chief People Officer |
| LaSalle Network | Maureen Hoersten | Chief Operating Officer |
| Latham & Watkins LLP | Nicole Fanjul | Partner |
| Lincoln Financial Group | Jen Warne | Senior Vice President, Human Resources |
| Living Abundantly Inc. | Dr. Kim R. Grimes | Founder & CEO |
| Markham Stouffville Hospital | Lori Brady | Director, Strategic Projects & Accountability |
| Mayer Brown | Michelle O. Gross | Partner |
| Meritor, Inc. | Cheri Lantz | Vice president & Chief Strategy Officer |
| Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Government of Ontario | Michelle-Ann Hylton | Director, Licensing, Policy and Development Branch |
| Ministry of Indigenous Affairs, Government of Ontario | Karma Call | Acting Director, Negotiations and Reconciliation Division |
| Moss Adams | Carisa Wisniewski | Partner in Charge, San Diego |
| Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP | Alesha M. Dominique | Partner |
| Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP | Emily E. Evitt | Partner |
| NASA Johnson Space Center | Lara E. Kearney | Deputy Program Manager |
| Nationwide Financial | Susan J. Gueli | SVP/ CIO Infrastructure & Operations, Digital Transformation and Ent Apps |
| Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP | Melissa Foster Bird | Partner |
| New York Life | Natalie Lamarque | Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel |
| Nike | Elizabeth Jackson-Rietz | Director of Global Retail Brand Concepts |
| OMERS | Adeola Adebayo | Director, OMERS Capital Markets |
| OneGoal | Julie Hammond | Managing Director and Legal Compliance |
| OSF Commerce | Anna Petriv | VP, MultiCloud & Salesforce Alliance at OSF Commerce |
| Page 2 Communications | Debra Pickett | Founder and Principal Consultant |
| Pernod Ricard | Amandine Robin | Senior Vice President, North America, Communications & Sustainability and Responsibility |
| PGA of America | Sandy Cross | Chief People Officer |
| Phillips Lytle LLP | Lisa L. Smith | Partner |
| RBC Wealth Management – U.S. | Brooke McGeehan | Vice President and Financial Advisor |
| Redgrave LLP | Staci Kaliner | Managing Director |
| Redgrave LLP | Mathea K. Bulander | Partner |
| Redgrave LLP | Karin Jenson | Partner |
| Redgrave LLP | Christine Payne | Partner |
| Restoring Bodies & Minds | Patrice S. Brown | Life Transformation Coach, Author & Speaker |
| Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP | Margaret Winterkorn Meyers | Partner |
| Robins Kaplan LLP | Melissa D’Alelio | Partner |
| Robins Kaplan LLP | Denise Rahne | Partner |
| RTI International | Teena Piccione | Executive Vice President / Chief Information Officer |
| Rubicon Programs | Dr. Carole Dorham-Kelly | Chief Program Officer |
| Sandia National Laboratories | Marcey L. Hoover | Director, Quality & Performance Assurance |
| Sandia National Laboratories | Dr. Ireena Ahmed Erteza | R&D Electronics Engineer |
| Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP | Saba Bireda | Partner |
| SIGMA Assessment Systems, Inc | Julie Carswell | Vice President |
| SMBC | Lucy Cutting | Executive Director, Product Head, Global Trade Finance |
| Squire Patton Boggs LLP | Elizabeth Ryan | Partner |
| Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC | Deborah Sterling, Ph.D. | Chair, Biotechnology & Chemical Practice Group |
| Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC | Gaby L. Longsworth, Ph.D. | Director |
| Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | Inosi M. Nyatta | Partner |
| Sunrun Inc. | Lynn Jurich | Chief Executive Officer |
| Talent Path, a division of Genuent | Melissa Peak | Executive Director, Corporate Partnerships |
| Terex Corporation | Melissa Holobach | General Manager, Oklahoma City, Terex Corporation |
| The Boeing Company | Elizabeth Cercado | Weight Engineer Manager |
| Ulmer & Berne LLP | Amanda Martinsek | Partner |
| UnitedHealthcare | Nicole Cooper | Vice President of Social Responsibility |
| University of Toronto Scarborough | Maydianne Andrade | Vice-Dean Faculty Affairs & Equity |
| University of Vermont | Wanda Heading-Grant | Vice President for Human Resources, Diversity and Multicultural Affairs |
| Venable LLP | Lisa A. Tavares | Partner |
| Walmart Merchandising | Latriece Watkins | Senior VP, Consumables |
| Walmart US Customer Technology | Fiona Tan | Senior VP |
| Walmart US Supply Chain | Monique Picou | Senior VP |
| Warner Bros | Amy Castillo | Vice President, Strategy and Brand Management at Warner Bros. Pictures, Worldwide Marketing |
| WilmerHale | Amy K. Wigmore | Partner and Vice Chair, Litigation/Controversy Department |
| Wilson Elser | Angela Russell | Partner |
| Wilson Turner Kosmo | Robin A. Wofford | Partner |
| WilsonHCG | Lesley Taylor | Vice President, Client Strategy, EMEA |
| Winston & Strawn LLP | Linda Coberly | Chicago Managing Partner, and Chair of Appellate & Critical Motions Practice |
| Winston & Strawn LLP | Julissa Reynoso | Partner |
| Winston & Strawn LLP | Kobi Kennedy Brinson | Partner and Chair, Diversity & Inclusion Committee |
| World Education Services | Shamira Madhany | Managing Director, Canada and Deputy Executive Director |
| Xandr, AT&T’s advertising & analytics company | Lori Fink | Chief Legal Officer |
| Y Media Labs | Marcela Lay | VP, Client Engagement |
| Yo Soy I AM, LLC and Power On Heels Fund, Inc. | Ivette Mayo | President & CEO |
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