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Here are the winners of the 2018 DCFemTech Awards

These 54 women are D.C.'s top devs, designers and data scientists. More than 600 nominations were submitted this year.

DCFemTech Awards winners in 2016. (Photo via Twitter)

DCFemTech, the coalition of women in leaders in the D.C. area revealed its list of 54 women who are being recognized for their accomplishments, on Tuesday.

The fourth edition of the DCFemTech Awards drew 620 nominations for outstanding women in code, design and data. That’s a 58-percent increase in applications over 2017.

The awards are designed to champion women in engineering and design. A call for nominations was issued in February, and a committee of 40 technologists, designers and executives chose the award recipients based on “impact on the organization they work for, the complexity of the issue they addressed with code or design or data, and their work with the community, or open source contributions.”

“It’s challenging to narrow down the long list of nominees to select just a few award recipients, but this year’s honorees really stood out for their contributions to groundbreaking projects and in creating change and lasting impact,” said Shannon Turner, the founder of Hear Me Code and member of the DCFemTech Leadership Team. “We couldn’t be more proud of this year’s honorees and can’t wait to celebrate their accomplishments at the ceremony in May.”

A reception will be held May 7 to celebrate the award winners at the Washington Post.

Here are the women doing outstanding work in #dctech, in the three recipient categories:

Code

  • Julie Bacon, Web Developer, ISL

  • Clara Brooks, Software Development Manager, FireEye, Inc.

  • Sunitha Burri, Sr Software Dev Engineer, Oath

  • Melissa DePuydt, Lead Developer, The Washington Post

  • Marissa Halpert, Web Developer, ISL

  • Caitlin Henry, Technical Lead, Aquicore

  • Tracy King, Front End Engineer, Crowdskout

  • Amber Knutson, Developer, The Motley Fool

  • Shorouk Mansour, Sn.Software Engineer/Team Lead, nclud

  • Alexis Moody, Full Stack Software Engineer, Contactually

  • Trish O’Connor, Engineer, ISL

  • Catherine Ordun, Senior Data Scientist, Booz Allen Hamilton

  • Ally Palanzi, Software Engineer, Nava PBC

  • Taylor Poindexter, Back End Engineer, Crowdskout

  • Anya Roltsch, Backend Engineer, Tista

  • Jacque Schrag, Developer, Center for Strategic and International Studies

  • Alison Spittel, Lead Web Development Instructor, General Assembly

  • Dana Sulit, UI Engineer, Mapbox

  • Jess Szmajda, CTO, Optoro

  • Megan Tracy, Software Engineer, Appian

  • Sharon Warner, Software Engineer, Nava PBC

  • Valerie Woolard Srinivasan, Software Engineer, Panoply

DESIGN

  • Betsy Bland, Director of UX, The Motley Fool

  • Raquel Breternitz, Senior Designer, Pivotal Labs

  • Liz Calka, Lead User Experience Designer, National Geographic

  • Olivia Cheng, Designer, Nava PBC

  • Jen Doyle, Interactive Designer, ISL

  • Kai Frazier, Founder, Curated x Kai

  • Phim Her, Marketing Solutions Manager, Washington Post

  • Dian Holton, Deputy Art Director, AARP

  • Meghana Khandekar, Designer, Nava PBC

  • Gina Kim, UX Designer, US Digital Service

  • Katy Kinsey , Senior UI/UX designer, Excella

  • Amanda Miklik, Director of Design, United States Digital Service

  • Katharine Molloy, Senior Graphic Designer, Vox Media

  • Emilia Regan, Design Lead, Mariana Tek

  • Rica Rosario, Senior UX Designer, Deloitte Digital

  • Emily Ryan, UX Competency Lead and Senior Studio Lead, Deloitte Digital

  • Kim Stockley, Senior Content + UX Strategist, ISL

  • Jen Strickland, Senior UX Architect & Researcher, LookThink

  • Kacey Tovornik, Product Manager, Venga

DATA

  • Aimee Barciauskas, Data Engineer, Development Seed

  • Tara Brosnan, National Data Director, Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee

  • Anna Cooper, Director of Data and Information Systems, Communications Workers of America

  • Chantilly Jaggernauth, Senior Data Analyst, Comcast and Founder & CEO, Millennials and Data

  • Julie Kanzler , Program Manager, Data APIs and Systems, DC Office of the CTO

  • Sarah LaRocca, Senior Data Scientist, The Messina Group

  • Brittany Mayes, Associate News Apps Developer, National Public Radio

  • Priyanka Oberoi, Data Scientist, Deep Learning Analytics

  • Kathy Qian, Data Scientist & Innovation Policy Consultant, World Bank

  • Eva Reid, Senior GIS Analyst, DC Government, Office of the Chief Technology Officer

  • Mandi Traud, Founder and Consultant, Marvelous Modeling, LLC

  • Joy Whitt, Economic Intelligence Analyst and Developer, Offices of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development and the Chief Technology Officer

  • Judy Yang, Economist, World Bank

Companies: DCFemTech

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