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            <h1>DCFemTech 2015 Powerful Women Programmers</h1>

    <p>
        <a href="http://dcfemtech.github.io/" target=_blank><strong>DCFemTech</strong></a>, the coalition of women leaders aimed at amplifying women in tech
        organizations, has recognized 30 women as recipients of their inaugural ‘Powerful Women Programmers’ Award.
    </p>
    <p>
        DCFemTech opened the call for nominations for outstanding women engineers and programmers based in the DC region on March 16, 2015 and received 79
        submissions.
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    <p>
        Nominations were down selected by a committee of a dozen women engineers, designers and executives and this year’s recipients were chosen based on:
        Impact on organization (helped their company/non-profit grow &amp; achieve goals); Complexity of issues addressed with their code (built a complex
        system vs. simple website); and Impact on community (contributed to broader tech/women in tech community or open source community).
    </p>
    <p>
        On April 28th, we celebrated the accomplishments of these women with an awards reception at Google. Photos (by <a href="http://www.richkesslerphotography.com/" target=_blank><strong>Rich Kessler Photography</strong></a>) available <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/106665068416864801095/albums/6143914562461800161" target=_blank><strong>here</strong></a>.
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        We are pleased to announce that the award recipients are:
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        <li>
            <strong>Alisha Ramos</strong>, Front-End Designer, Vox Media
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Allison Carnwath</strong>, Senior Front-End Developer, Siteworx
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Allison McMillan</strong>, Engineer, General Assembly
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Ally Palanzi</strong>, Front-End Engineer, Vox Media
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Betsy Haibel</strong>, Senior Developer, Optoro
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Brenda Egeland</strong>, Director of Technology, All'asta
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Carrie Xianyu</strong>, Senior .Net Developer, Creative Information Technology
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Dolores Farley</strong>, Senior Software Engineer, AOL
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Emily Williamson</strong>, Software Engineer, The Motley Fool
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Jacqueline Kazil</strong>, Innovation Specialist, 18F
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Jess Garson</strong>, Organizing Data Specialist, National Education Association
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Joanne Garlow</strong>, Lead Programmer, NPR
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Judy Jow</strong>, Software Engineer, Social Tables
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Kaitlin Devine</strong>, Director of Engineering, 18F
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Leah Bannon</strong>, Product Manager, 18F
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Lisa Chung</strong>, Senior Developer, The Motley Fool
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Lisa Nohealani Morton</strong>, Software Team Lead, NGP VAN
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Marakie Getachew</strong>, Lead Developer, AFL-CIO
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Megan Zlock</strong>, Front-End Developer, Viget
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Molly Pickral</strong>, Lead Software Developer, Interfolio
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Pamela Vong</strong>, Tech Wizard, InfernoRed Technology
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Rebecca Bilbro</strong>, Data Scientist, Department of Labor, OSHA
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Rebecca Goodman-Sudik</strong>, IT Specialist, Smithsonian Libraries
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Samantha Quiñones</strong>, Principal Software Engineer, AOL
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Savani Tatake</strong>, Technical Director, Siteworx
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Selina Musuta</strong>, Jr. Front End Developer, Democratic National Committee
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Shannon Turner</strong>, Founder, Hear Me Code
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Sonia Hinson</strong>, Program Assistant, Syrian American Medical Society
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Stephanie Nguyen</strong>, Cofounder, Landmark
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Xiaoyan Yin</strong>, Principal Software Engineer, AOL
        </li>
    </ul>
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<p>
    Based on the number and high quality of nominations that were received, the awards program may expand to include other technology disciplines in 2016.
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    <strong>About DCFemTech</strong>
</p>
<p>
    <a href="http://dcfemtech.github.io/" target=_blank><strong>DCFemTech</strong></a>
is a coalition of women leaders aimed at amplifying women in tech organizations, sharing resources, and bringing leaders together to close the gender gap.    <a href="http://dcfemtech.github.io/about.html" target=_blank><strong>Members</strong></a> are affiliated with organizations with women attendance that is 50% or higher, who have a focus
    on technology and who have a primary focus in the mission statement about gender or women.
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<p>
    DCFemTech also shares a list of resources for women seeking places to learn specific skills (development, design, networking, etc.). For up-to-date
    information follow <a href="http://www.twitter.com/dcfemtech" target=_blank><strong>@DCFemTech</strong></a> on Twitter.
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