Announcing the 2022 Women Worth Watching^® Award Winners

Women Leading the Way to Excellence in the Workplace, the Marketplace, and the World

[CLEVELAND, OH June 14, 2022] Profiles in Diversity Journal^® is pleased to announce the 85 recipients of the magazine’s 21st annual Women Worth Watching^® Awards. These women join more than 2,000 past Award recipients (see www.womenworthwatching.com) as outstanding examples of leaders who demonstrate talent, courage, persistence, commitment, and generosity of spirit.

Past Women Worth Watching have gone on to become CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, including Mary Barra, chairman and CEO of General Motors; Lynne Doughtie, recently retired chair and CEO of KPMG; Marillyn Hewson, executive chairman of Lockheed Martin; Michele Buck, chairman, president, and CEO of Hershey’s; and Beth Mooney, retired chairman and CEO of Key Bank. Other awardees have led key business units, opened new markets, launched their own entrepreneurial ventures, and mentored the next generation of women leaders.

“As we begin our third decade honoring Women Worth Watching, we continue to take pride in our successful collaboration with organizations, large and small, who value diversity and inclusion, says Profiles in Diversity Journal Publisher James Rector. “It is through our relationships with these committed organizations that we are able to discover these Women Worth Watching, and honor them with this annual Award. We hope this award will serve to further energize and inspire today’s extraordinary recipients, and the many outstanding women who will become tomorrow’s leaders.”

Each Woman Worth Watching, whose abilities, commitment, and achievements will be featured in Profiles in Diversity Journal’s Q3 issue, will share her experiences, opinions, and words of advice with our readers, many of whom may become tomorrow’s Women Worth Watching.

Organizations, large and small, that nominate candidates for this Award demonstrate C-suite support of women in leadership, and the inclusion of the Award winners in the magazine enhances the reputations of the organizations that employ, support, and empower these remarkable women.

The 2022 Women Worth Watching edition of Profiles in Diversity Journal will be available for viewing online in August.

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The 2022 Women Worth Watching Award^® Recipients

Company / Organization	Award Recipient	Title
AARP	Shani Hosten	Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion African American/Black Strategy & LGBTQ Strategy at AARP
Activision Blizzard	Johanna Faries	Senior Vice President, General Manager
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)	Deborah Nations	Senior Director, Executive and Employee Communications
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)	Jennifer Wong	Corporate Vice President, FPGA Product Development
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)	Caixia Jiang	Corporate Vice President, Software Development
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP	Melissa J Schwartz	Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP	Emma Simmonds	Partner
Ankura	Taffi Schurz	Managing Director
Arrowhead Consulting	Kuma Roberts	Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Axinn	Lisl J Dunlop	Partner
Bayer U.S.	Beth Roden	Senior Vice President and Head of Communications, Consumer Health, North America
BDO USA, LLP	Catherine Moy	Chief People and Culture Officer
Capital Electric	Charmienne Ganao	Vice President of Finance
Catalyst	Tanya van Biesen	Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Engagement
Co/LAB Lending	Megan E Marsh	Co-Founder
Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP	Cindy Jordano	Partner
Cooper Electric Supply	Jill Kaplan	Vice President of Operations & Logistics
Delta Dental of California and Affiliates	Sarah Chavarria	Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer
DentaQuest	Roxanne Martinez	Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
DentaQuest	Kamila Chytil	Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO)
EHE Health	Joy Altimare	Chief Revenue Officer
Enchanted Rock Solutions, LLC	Thais Grossi	Chief Operating Officer
Frantz Ward LLP	Angela D Lydon	Partner; Vice-Chair, Litigation Practice Group
Freeborn & Peters LLP	Christine E Hollis	Director of Attorney Recruiting, Development and Diversity
Galderma U.S.	Silvina Nordenstohl	Head of Galderma U.S.
GEI Consultants, Inc.	Brooke Bennett	Senior Geologist
GEI Consultants, Inc.	Katherine Unke-Ehrenberg	Ecological Group Manager
Gibbons P.C.	June M. Inderwies	Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer
Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP	Skye Tian Gao	Associate
Google	Sylvia Chen	Senior Patent Counsel
Greenberg Traurig, LLP	Shari L. Heyen	Managing Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP	Diane N. Ibrahim	Managing Shareholder
Herrick, Feinstein LLP	Shivani Poddar	Partner
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP	Alison Miller	Associate
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP	Meaghan Gragg	Partner
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP	Shemin V. Proctor	Partner
Idaho National Laboratory	Tiffany Leavitt	MFC, Business Division Director
Idaho National Laboratory	Dr. Ashley Finan	Director, National Reactor Innovation Center
Idaho National Laboratory	Michelle Wiest	Chief Procurement Officer
Idaho National Laboratory	Krista K. Harris	Safeguards and Security Program Manager–Performance Assurance
Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP	Melissa A. Barahona	Partner
Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP	Heather S. Kim	Partner
Keller Postman LLC	Zina Bash	Partner
Kroll	Jill Weise	Chief Impact Officer
Kroll	Christina Pullo	Managing Director, Head of Restructuring Administration and Issuer Services
Kroll	Sharon Dhall	Chief Information Officer
Kroll	Anne O’Dwyer	EMEA Regional Management Committee Chair and Managing Director, Restructuring
Latham & Watkins LLP	Melissa Arbus Sherry	Partner and Vice Chair, Associates Committee
Latham & Watkins LLP	Sharon Lau	Partner and Executive Committee Member
LegalEase Solutions LLC	Patrice Asimakis	Director of Legal Services
Lincoln Financial Group	Sharon Scanlon	Senior Vice President of Customer Experience, Producer Solutions and Retirement Plan
Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP	Lynn L. Janulis, PhD	Partner
Mayer Brown	Nicole A Saharsky	Partner and co-head of Mayer Brown’s Supreme Court & Appellate Practice
Microsoft Commercial Solutions Areas	Bhavana Bartholf	Global Head Digital & Sales Strategy
Moss Adams	Kimberly Sokoloff	Senior Manager
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP	Colleen Pleasant Kline	Partner
New American Funding	Patty Arvielo	President and Co-Founder
New York Life	Cathy Council	Vice President, Human Resources – Talent Management
Olivia DePiore	Olivia DePiore	International Model and Inclusion Advocate
OPTrust	Jesusa Chow	Vice President, Member Experience
Partnership for Inclusion Leadership	Youlanda M. Gibbons	CEO and Founder
RBC Wealth Management–U.S.	Tammy Buchert	Chief Administrative Officer
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP	Christine Lehman	Managing Partner, D.C. Office
Renasant Bank	Tracey Morant Adams	Senior Executive Vice President
Saint-Gobain North America	La-Toya P. Hackney	Senior Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary
Sandia National Laboratories	Robin M. Jones	Manager, Building Systems Engineering
Sandia National Laboratories	Kimberly Pino	Senior Manager, Facilities Capital Planning and Acquisition
Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP	Melinda Koster	Partner and Co-Chair of the Discrimination and Harassment practice
Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP	Christine Dunn	Partner
Seward & Kissel LLP	Dora Pulido	Counsel
SLAC National Laboratory	Dr. May Ling Ng	Beam Delivery Systems Engineering Department Head
Sullivan & Cromwell	Nicole Friedlander	Partner
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TTUHSC El Paso)	Dr. Andrea Tawney	Vice President for Institutional Advancement
The Conference Board	Amy Lui Abel	Vice President, Executive Programs
Truth DEI Consulting	Nona Lee	Founder & CEO
Ulmer & Berne LLP	Jennifer L. Adams	Partner; Co-Group Leader, Health Care
Union Pacific Railroad	Grace Olsen	General Director, Locomotive
Valley Bank	Tammy G. Mata	Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Venable LLP	Stephanie DeLong	Partner
Viking Electric	Stacy Stanslaski	President
Washington Capital Partners	Giselle Bonzi	President
WilmerHale	Emily R. Whelan	Chair, Intellectual Property Department; Partner
WilmerHale	April Williams	Partner
WilsonHCG	Jennifer Koss	Vice President, Talent Operations NAM
Withum	Theresa Richardson	Partner and Chief Talent Officer

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