Committees and Chairs for WHTC

Members of the informal WHTC steering committee:

Mr. Josh Ackil, Information Technology Industry

Ms. Amy Andryszak, AT&T

Ms. Kim Bayliss, Dutko Worldwide

Ms. Kelly R. Bingel, Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti

Ms. Betsy Brady, Microsoft

Ms. Alix Burns, Bay Bridge Strategies

Ms. Melika Carroll, Micron Technology

Ms. Jennifer Cetta, Kelley Drye Collier Shannon

Mrs. Laura Spinning Dodson, Internet Innovation Alliance

Ms. Dorothy Dwoskin, Microsoft

Ms. Anne Fabry, Brown Rudnick

Ms. MaryClare Fitzgerald, Dutko Worldwide

Mr. Colleen M. Hahn, Equal Footing Foundation

Ms. Meg Hardon, Kelley Drye Collier Shannon

Ms. Cindy Jimenez, Information Technology Association of America

Ms. Susan Mann, Microsoft

Ms. Melinda M. Maxfield, Williams & Jensen, PLLC

Ms. Melissa Maxfield, Comcast Corporation

Ms. Laura McPherson, Sprint Nextel

Ms. Betsy Mullins, TechNet

Ms. Holly Page, Holly Page & Company

Ms. Lisa Rice, Citi Federal Government Affairs

Ms. Elizabeth Schwartz, Boeing Corporation

Ms. Sandra Stuart, Clark & Weinstock

Ms. Marie Sylla, Verizon

Mr. Matthew Tanielian, Cisco

Ms. Dorothy Walsh, Qwest Communications

Ms. Kathryn Webb, BSA

Ms. Robin Weisman, NASDAQ

Ms. Melissa Wojciak, Monster.com

Members of the Board

MaryClare Fitzgerald, The Dutko Group

Alison Fortier, Lockheed Martin

Celeste V. Ford, Stellar Solutions

Leslee Guardino, Canyon Snow

Nancy Camm, CDIA

Penny Pickett, DC Tech Council

Tiffany Jones, Symantec

Helen Milby, HM&CO

Legislative Chairs

Women's High-Tech Coalition is pleased to have these people serve as Legislative Chairs for the Coalition:

National Co-Chairs

Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
Congressional founding member of the WHTC in Washington DC.

Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO)
Congressional co-chair for events in Washington DC.


Legislative Co-Chairs

Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)

Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)

House Democratic Whip Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA)

Congrssman Mike Honda (D-CA)

Honorary & Issue Discussion Chairs

Women's High-Tech Coalition is pleased to have these women serve as Honorary Chairs and Congressional Key Issue Discussion Chairs

Honorary Chairs

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)

Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)

Rep. Jennifer Dunn (R-WA)

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

Rep. Tom Davis (R.-VA)

Congressional Key Issue Discussion Chairs

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Ca)

Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo)

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca)

Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)

Planning Committee: Washington, DC

Rachana Bhowmik, U.S. Senate

Lynne Filderman, eCommunications Consultant

Kathryn F. Hauser

Carole Kordich, Computer Sciences Corporation

Susan L. Trumbule, i-Photonics

Debra L. Waggoner, Corning Incorporated

Planning Committee: Silicon Valley, CA

Dulcy Anderson

Leslie Blaney

Kelly Blough

Anne Davidson

Kim Fisher

Amy Gonzales

Leslee Guardino

Susan Hailey

Christine Hile

Elisa Jagerson

Darcy Pertcheck

Nina Price

Michele Senders

Kara Wasson

Planning Committee: San Francisco

Pamela Colbert, San Francisco Chair

Deborah Bailey-Wells

Elaine Bolle

Pamela George

Ann Miller

Darcy Pertcheck

Patricia Paredes

Jules Macaluso

Nita Sanil

Julie Seydlitz

Anna Shebanow

Sara Peterson

Susan Willis

Planning Committee: New York

Michel Orban, RRE Ventures (Co-Chair)

Mary McEachern, Smith Barney (Co-Chair)

Michelle Baker, CEO Umbanet

Sunny Bates, CEO Sunny Bates Associates

Doris Chernik, M.D., Chernik Associates

Elaine Glide, Grove Street Partners

Michelle Horowitz, VP Business Development PRNewswire

Daphne Kis, President & CEO EDventures

Lynne Parker, PhD., Managing Partner Trillium Medical Ventures

Dede Trefts, VP CSM for American Express Account IBM

Myrna Weiss, First Marketing Capital Group

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