California Diversity Council Honors the 2016 Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology

Oct 4, 2016 2:30 PM ET

SANTA CLARA, Calif., October 4, 2016 /3BL Media/ – The California Diversity Council is pleased to recognize the 2016 Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology on October 13^th at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara. This award is presented to honor women who are breaking barriers in the technology field and setting high standards for themselves and others. The theme of this year’s dinner is “Women in Tech: Inventors, Innovators, and Entrepreneurs.”

“Women in the technology industry face many unique challenges that are often beyond their control,” said Dennis Kennedy, founder and chairman of the National Diversity Council. “My purpose for hosting this type of event is to inspire young women to face obstacles with confidence and believe that their dreams of being a leader in the technology industry are attainable.”

This event will begin at 6:00 p.m. with a networking reception allowing attendees the opportunity to network and mingle with key influencers in the technology field. Following the reception, the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology will be announced at the 7:00 p.m. awards dinner. Click here to see our 2016 Awardees.

Registration for the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology Dinner is ongoing and can be completed at www.top50tech.org/register

For more information, please contact Valeria St. Laurent at valeriastlaurent@nationaldiversitycouncil.org.

2016 Top 50 Women in Tech

Angela Ahrendts Senior VP Apple	Erica Galos Alioto Senior VP, Local Sales Yelp	Raji Arasu Chief Technology Officer & VP, Products & Engineering StubHub
Jan Beckerr Senior VP, Human Resources Autodesk	Leslie Berland Chief Marketing Officer Twitter	Safra A. Catz Chief Executive Officer Oracle
Mary Clark Chief Marketing Officer Syniverse	Tawni Cranz Chief Talent Officer Netflix	Jenny Dearborn Senior VP & Chief Learning Officer SAP
Jacqueline DeMaria Executive VP & Chief Human Resources Officer Western Digital	Robyn Denholm Executive VP, Chief Financial & Operations Officer Juniper Networks	Laura Fennell Senior VP, General Counsel & Secretary Intuit
Sarah Friar Chief Financial Officer Square	Rosie Marie Glazer General Counsel, Americas Siemens	Kathleen Hogan Executive VP, Human Resources Microsoft
Marie Oh Huber Senior VP, General Counsel eBay	Tracy Keogh Chief Human Resources Officer HP	Georgette Kiser Managing Director & Chief Information Officer The Carlyle
Mary Louise Krakauer Executive VP, Human Resources EMC	Kelly Kramer Executive VP & Chief Financial Officer Cisco	Colette Kress Chief Financial Officer NVIDIA
Cynthia Larose Chair, Privacy & Security Practice Group Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky	Tiffany Lathe VP & General Counsel Rackspace	Lori Lee Senior Executive VP & Global Marketing Officer AT&T
Wendy Lee Senior VP, President, Corporate Services & Digital Tech, Info Tech Kaiser Permanente	Sherrie Littlejohn Executive VP, IT Wells Fargo	Maria Martinez President, Global Customer Success & Latin America Salesforce
Gina Mastantuono Executive Vice President, Finance Ingram Micro, Inc.	Bethany Mayer President & Chief Executive Officer Ixia	Marissa Mayer Chief Executive Officer, President & Director Yahoo
Kathy McElligott Executive VP, Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer McKesson	Marcia Morales-Jaffe Senior VP, Chief People Officer PayPal	Angie More Senior VP, Agency Sales Rocket Fuel
Donna Morris Executive VP, Customer & Employee Experience Adobe	Erin Mulligan Nelson Executive VP & Chief Marketing Officer Sunpower	Luann Pendy Senior VP, Global Quality Medtronic
Joanne Persinger Senior VP, IT Americas Tech Data Corporation	Sandra J. Price Senior VP, Human Resources Sprint	Karen H. Quintos Senior VP & Chief Marketing Officer Dell
Shelley L Reynolds VP, Worldwide Controller & Principal Accounting Officer Amazon	Maryam Rofougaran Senior VP, Engineering Broadcom	Virginia M. Rometty Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer IBM
Sheryl Sandberg Chief Operating Officer Facebook	Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan Chief Executive Officer & Founder Drawbridge	Haiyan Song Senior VP, Security Markets Splunk
Dr. Lisa Su President & Chief Executive Officer AMD	Devon Valencia VP, IT Program Delivery Blue Shield of California	Pat Wadors Chief Human Resources Officer & VP, Global Talent Organization LinkedIn
Vanessa Wittman Chief Financial Officer Dropbox	Susan Wojcicki Chief Executive Officer Youtube

About the California Diversity Council

A non-profit organization committed to fostering a learning environment for organizations to grow in their knowledge of diversity. The council affords opportunities for organizations to share best practices and learn from top corporate leaders in the areas of diversity and inclusion.

More information about the California Diversity Council is available at www.californiadiversitycouncil.org.

Media Contact:
Dennis Kennedy
Founder & Chair
National Diversity Council
Dennis.Kennedy@NationalDiversityCouncil.org

California Diversity Council Honors the 2016 Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology

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