Winners Honored at Gala on January 20
Nine innovative, outstanding women from across Connecticut were honored January 20 during the sixth annual Women of Innovation awards dinner at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington. The awards program, sponsored by the Connecticut Technology Council, recognizes women in the workforce who are innovators, role models and leaders in the technology, science and engineering fields. Students at both the high school and college level are also recognized. Nearly 600 guests attended this year's event.
United Technologies Corporation, one of the event's three major sponsors, announced at the dinner that they would be sponsoring another all-girls FIRST robotics team. This is the second consecutive year that UTC has supported such an initiative.
The 2010 Women of Innovation winners are, by category:
Academic Innovation and Leadership
Dr. Marja Hurley,
professor of medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center,
Farmington.
Collegian Innovation and Leadership
Claire Weiss, doctoral
student, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut,
Storrs.
Community Innovation and Leadership
Seema Winsor, principal
engineer, Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford.
Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership
Heidi Douglas,
founder, Nuventus LLC, Groton.
Large Business Innovation and Leadership
Christine Marsh,
vice president, business analysis, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals,
Inc., Ridgefield.
Research Innovation and Leadership
Baikun Li, assistant
professor, department of civil and environmental engineering, University
of Connecticut, Storrs.
Small Business Innovation and Leadership (two winners)
Julie
Pellegrini, vice president, Graph Logic, Inc., Branford.
and
Linda
Stahl, director, strategic products, COCC, Avon
Youth Innovation and Leadership
Neeharika Krothapalli,
student, Farmington High School
About the Connecticut Technology Council
The Connecticut Technology Council is the state's industry association for the technology sector. CTC's mission is to "connect people, ideas and opportunities to the global technology and innovation community." CTC provides members with business assistance and specialized programs, in addition to promoting and supporting public policies that position Connecticut to have a globally recognized "culture of innovation" that helps attract great ideas and entrepreneurs to in turn develop new jobs and wealth for the state.
Attention Media: Photos and full bios for each winner are available upon request.
Contacts:
Connecticut Technology Council
Michael Scricca, 860-289-0878 ext.
334
mscricca@ct.org
or
Pita
Communications
Jenny Smith, 860-293-0157, ext. 15
jenny@pitacomm.com