The following professionals participated in the preliminary judging of the 2012 (9th annual) Stevie® Awards for Women in Business, the world's premier business awards for women executives, entrepreneurs, and the organizations they run. Their average scores determined the 2012 Finalists, which were announced on October 11. We thank them for their time, insights, and support. (For a complete list of Finalists by category, visit www.StevieAwards.com/Women. 2012 winners will be announced at an awards dinner on November 9 at the Marriott Marquis in New York. Click here to order tickets.)
Husam Mahmoud Abdallah, Sr. Specialist Strategy & Business Excellence, Dubai Airport Free Zone, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Laurie Albo, Asset Manager, H & R Retail, Inc., a ChainLinks Company, Baltimore, MD, United States
Ahmed Alhai, BRM Specialist, ADCO, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Kerry Allen, Principal, Santa Barbara Studio, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Amal Al-Najjar, Human Resources Manager, Fluor Corporation - Kuwait, Ahmadi, Kuwait
Kausar Asif, Sr. Manager Marketing Services, Cupola Pakistan Limited, Karachi, Pakistan
Ani Atanasova, CEO, Pixelhunters, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Maria Bailey, CEO, Blue Suit Mom Media, Pompano Beach, FL, United States
Charlotte Ball, Program Director, The PUSH Academy, Norwich, United Kingdom
Mona Baset, Senior VP - Digital Sales & Marketing, Bank of America, Charlotte, NC, United States
Nevena Batselova, Marketing and strategic planning manager, BNP Paribas, Sofia, Bulgaria
Heather Bayfield, President, Life Management Advisors, Jacksonville Beach, FL, United States
Janet Beale, Manager, Platform Investment Implementation, MLC Limited, East Lindfield, NSW, Australia
Denise Bentele, President & CEO, Common Ground Public Relations, Chesterfield, MO, United States
Tya Bolton, CEO, Exceptional Business Solutions, LLC, Waldorf, MD, United States
Erin Bolton, VP Strategic Services, Pivot Communications, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Vanessa Borg, Director, Consultancy & Training Acumen Centre Ltd., Gudja, Malta
Fran Bosecker, Account Director, Vantage Communications, Thiells, NY, United States
Margo Boster, CEO, ImpaQ Solutions, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ, United States
Marcia Brand, President, Creative Marketing Concepts, Inc., Alexandria, VA, United States
Tina Brooks, VP Marketing, Brooks Pepperfire Foods, Rigaud, Canada
Crystal Brown-Tatum, CEO/President, Crystal Clear Communications, Shreveport, LA, United States
Jane Bryant, Director, Spire Communications, Potomac Falls, VA, United States
Julie Calzone, CEO, Calzone & Associates, Lafayette, LA, United States
Diana Carrico, Director, Liderplas, Sobreda, Portugal, Portugal
Denise Clancey, President, Teledirect Partners, Boston, MA, United States
Pamela Clark, Founder/Director, New Heights Educational Group, Inc, Defiance, OH, United States
David Clarke, Managing Partner, BGT Partners, Miami, FL, United States
Marla Coffin, President & CEO, MARDA Management Inc., Windsor, Canada
Etta Cohen, Founder, Forward Ladies, Leeds, United Kingdom
Kimberly Cooley, Communications Director, Henderson Hutcherson & McCullough, Chattanooga, TN, United States
Irene Corpuz, Senior Analyst, Change Masters International, Abu Dhabi, UAE, United Arab Emirates
Kate Darcy Hohenthal, Founder, The Birthday Club, Manchester, CT, United States
Susan Davis, President, Susan Davis International, Washington, DC, United States
Robyn Davis, Owner, When I Need Help, Columbus, OH, United States
Danielle Di-Masi, Business Etiquette Expert, Click! Training & Consulting, Sydney, Australia
Rochelle Ekanayake, Managing Director, MrPierce Studios International Asia (pvt) LTD, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Lori Ericson, Product Planning and Development, Epicor Software, Denver, CO, United States
Jennifer Finke, CEO, Red Jeweled Media, Denver, CO, United States
Silke Fleischer, CEO, ATIV Software, San Francisco, CA, United States
Julia Forsyth, Senior Global Marketing Manager, GSMA, Atlanta, GA, United States
Lisa Frank, Product Manager, NFPA, Quincy, MA, United States
Lorretta Gasper, Owner/Principal, Wind Rose Communications, Atlanta, GA, United States
Barb Girson, President, My Sales Tactics, New Albany, OH, United States
Marina Go, Publisher, Private Media, Alexandria, NSW, Australia
Karen Greco, Director, Business Optimization, Unified, Sewell, NJ, United States
Sheila Green, Founder and CEO, Green Productivity Solutions, Jacksonville Beach, FL, United States
Linda Groarke, Digital Project Manager, Morgan Stanley, New York, NY, United States
Marcia Hall, President & CEO, Marcia Hall & Associates, LLC, Severna Park, MD, United States
Renda Hawwa, Corporate Communications, IntelligentMDx, Boston, MA, United States
Qetesha Haynes, Marketing Professional, HQCI, Chicago, IL, United States
Charity Herb, Online Content Administrator, American Greetings, Cleveland, OH, United States
Ronford Howell, CEO, Bottle Service, New York, NY, United States
Idelle Howitt, Managing Director, Howitt & Associates, New York, NY, United States
Sumaiya Hussain, Asst. Manager, Compensation & Benefits, Dubai Electricity & Water Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Clara HY Wang, Founder & President, KAI Communication (China) Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
Anne Jefferies, GVM Scorecard and Business Reporting, AT&T Global Vendor Management, Biggar, United Kingdom
Keum Jin Woo, Professor, Department Chair, Division of Design, Kosin University, Busan 606-701, South Korea
Jane Johnson, Director Content Development, Pivot Communications, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Rebecca Jones, Owner, bScene Marketing Solutions, Miami, FL, United States
Rose Jurczewski, Owner, Funxion Fuzion, Roselle, IL, United States
Barbara Kasoff, COO, Women Impacting Public Policy, Washington, DC, United States
Craig Kavicky, Director, Business Development-North America n, FITCH, Inc., Columbus, OH, United States
Patricia Marie Kelly, Owner, Marie Kelly Unlimited, Algonquin, IL, United States
Shamina Krishna, Curriculum Development, Research & Advanced Training He, Smart Reader® Worldwide Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kristen Kuhns, EVP, TierSolution, Brentwood, CA, United States
Jean Madden, Managing Director, Street Swags Ltd, Upper Brookfield, Australia
Lynne Marcus, President, Marcus + Company, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Kristin Marquet, President, Marquet Media, LLC, New York, NY, United States
Linda Marshall-Smith, Founder & CEO, Soapdom, Inc., Santa Monica, CA, United States
Carol Marx, Past President, American Agri-Women, Rickreall, OR, United States
Maria Mattsson, Manager, Guest Services, Royal Caribbean International & Azamara Club Cruises, Miami, FL, United States
Renie McClay, Founder, Learning consultant, Inspired Learning LLC, Wheeling, IL, United States
Jeannine McHenry, Art Director/Principle, J. McHenry Design, Marina Del Rey, CA, United States
Colin McKillop, CEO, Butcher Enterprises, Windsor, ON, Canada
Joanne Meredith, Senior Associate Director, Direct Response Marketing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
Jon Michail, CEO, Image Group International, South Yarra, Australia
Varvara Milovanova, Entrepreneur, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Jane Morgan, Product Line Director, APC by Schneider Electric, Galway, Ireland
Angela Morgan, Founder, Lead Star LLC, Fairfax, VA, United States
Pat Mussieux, Founder, Wealthy Women Leaders, Ontario, Canada
Leslie O'Connor, Owner, Search Wizards, Atlanta, GA, United States
Gabriela Olaru, Lecturer, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
Erica Olsen, Co-Founder, M3 Planning, Reno, NV, United States
Kirsten Osolind, Founding CEO, Re:invention, Chicago, IL, United States
Mark O'Toole, Senior vice president, H|B, Newton, MA, United States
Kaan Ozokmen, Agent Manager, K-Tex Sourcing & Buying Agency, Istanbul, Turkey
Patricia Pereira, Director of Advertising, The Chemical Company, Jamestown, RI, United States
Shalini Perera Bandaranayake, Director, Saladura (Pvt) Ltd, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Heather Petersen, CEO, National Merchants Association, Temecula, CA, United States
Harish Pillai, COO, Indus health plus pvt ltd, Pune, India
Penny Pompei, National Executive Director, Women Construction Owners & Executives USA, Alexandria, VA, United States
Fabi Preslar, President, SPARK Publications, Matthew, NC, United States
Jesintha Rajaratnam, Managing Partner, Joje India Consultants - Finance and HR, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Emma Real, Corporate Communications Specialist, AECOM, Chicago, IL, United States
Erica Rehberg, Regional Administrator, ConAm, Federal Way, WA, United States
Lena Requist, Chief Operating Officer, Ontraport, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Sandra Rinomato, Broker, Sandra Rinomato Realty, Toronto, ON, Canada
Christina Robinson, Patient Care Representative, Group Health Coop, Seattle, WA, United States
Liz Rowell, Managing Director, Red Ark, St Leonards, NSW, Australia
Mary Jo Rulnick, Author, Warner Books, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Lesley Salinero, Principal/ ESE Director, MCSD, Marathon, FL, United States
Parna Sarkar-Basu, Vice President, Marketing Communications, Verivo Software, Waltham, MA, United States
Amy Scarlino, President & CEO, Catchpole Corporation, Boston, MA, United States
Katja Schroeder, President, Expedition PR, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Aysegul Seferoglu, External Communications Director, Effect PR/ e.a. Edelman Worldwide, Istanbul, Turkey
Bae Seog Bong, Director, KCU, Seoul, South Korea
William Sheridan, President, Cynosure Productions, Ltd., Jupiter, FL, United States
Gary Shumaker, Senior Consultant, Gary E. Shumaker, Inc., Fairfax, VA, United States
Susan Smith, AVP Bus. Process Mgmt & Change Delivery, Aviva Canada, Toronto, Canada
Darci Steranko, COO, Footsteps to Family, Las Vegas, NV, United States
Kim Stiglitz, Director of Lifecycle Marketing, VerticalResponse Inc., San Francisco, CA, United States
Rosemary Stockdale, Managing Director, Sterling Marketing Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Tyrus Sturgis, Business Development & Corporate Strategist, Purry Communications Group, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Natalija Sudina, Chief Executive, Best4Kid LTD, London, United Kingdom
Heena Sunil Bulchandani, Specialist-Training & Development, HR training, DEWA, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Letty Swank, Founder, Giftwrapperz, Los Gatos, CA, United States
Veronique Topping, Web Developer, WomanOwnedNewYork.com, Rockville Centre, NY, United States
Theresa Ulyatt, President, Smarter Systems, Charlotte, NC, United States
Robin Vaitonis, Senior VP, Tanis Communications, San Jose, CA, United States
Anne Walker, Founder & CEO, International Dance Supplies Ltd, Newton Abbot, United Kingdom
K H Wang, Group Executive Director, Smart Reader® Worldwide Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Antonie Whittier, Founder, Whittier Legal Consulting, Dallas, TX, United States
Floor Wijburg, CEO, Yes We Care, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Leah Wilkinson, Partner, Wilkinson Shein Communications, Baltimore, MD, United States
Melissa Wilson, Owner, Wilson Monnig Creative, St. Peters, MO, United States
Laureen Wishom, President, Masterpiece Solutions, LLC, Houston, TX, United States
Glenn Wohl, Marketing Manager, AT&T, Bedminster, NJ, United States
Pam Young, President, Unique Innovations Inc., Lancaster, PA, United States
