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title: Thanks to the 2015 Stevie Awards for Women in Business Preliminary Judges
description: The 2015 Stevie Awards for Women in Business preliminary judges have been announced.
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# [Thanks to the 2015 Stevie Awards for Women in Business Preliminary Judges](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/thanks-to-the-2015-stevie-awards-for-women-in-business-preliminary-judges)

 Written by [Maggie Gallagher](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/author/maggie-gallagher) | Wed, Oct 07, 2015 @ 09:15 PM

**The following professionals participated in preliminary judging of the 2015 [Stevie Awards for Women in Business](http://www.stevieawards.com/women) in September and October.  Their average scores determined the 2015 Finalists.  We thank them for their time, insights and support.**

[Husam Mahmoud Abdallah](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/husam-abdallah/25/419/4a0?trk=pub-pbmap), Sr. Specialist Strategy & Business Excellence, Dubai Airport Free Zone, Dubai, United Arab Emirates             

[Lisa Abeyta,](http://www.linkedin.com/in/lisaabeyta/) Founder/CEO, APPCityLife, Inc., Albuquerque, NM USA                                                                                                                              
[Lara Abrams](http://www.laraabrams.com/), Managing Partner, Lara Abrams Communications, LLC, San Ramon, CA USA                                                                                                                     

[Nicole Y. Adams](http://www.nyacommunications.com/), Marketing, PR and Corporate Communications Translator, NYA Communications, Bellbird Park, QLD Australia             

[Megan Alarid](http://www.cenergyintl.com/), Chief Digital Officer, Cenergy, Houston, TX USA   

[Maryam Al Hashmi](https://www.adpolice.gov.ae/en/media.centre/news/1799697.aspx), Deputy Representative of Quality, Fujairah Police G.H.Q, Fujairah, AlFujairah, United Arab Emirates

[Huda Al-Husaini](http://jo.linkedin.com/pub/huda-al-husaini/37/12/aba), Associate Engineer, Jordan Engineers Association, Shmisani, Amman, Jordan   

[Karen Appleton](https://www.box.com/home/), Founder, Box, Inc, Los Altos, CA USA

[Elycia Arendt](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elyciaarendt), Digital Strategist, Horizontal Integration, Minnetonka, MN USA    

[Ani Atanasova](http://www.pixelhunters.com/), CEO, Pixelhunters, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

[Victoria Barnett](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/victoria-barnett/0/aa8/211), Senior Marketing Director, Royal College of Nursing, Epping, Essex, United Kingdom

[Janet Beale](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/janet-beale/17/193/934), Managing Director, Sytor Enterprises Pty Ltd, East Lindfield, NSW Australia               

[Dea Benson](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dea-benson/4/769/ab3), Chief Accounting Officer, Realogy, Parsippany, NJ USA       

[Denise Blasevick](https://www.linkedin.com/in/deniseblasevick), CEO, The S3 Agency, Boonton, NJ USA              

[Tya Bolton](http://www.linkedin.com/in/TyaBolton), CEO / Business and Event Strategist, Exceptional Business Solutions, LLC, Columbia, MD USA              

[Jane Bryant](http://www.spirecomm.com/about/team.html), Director, Spire Communications, Potomac Falls, VA USA     

[Carolin Buchardt](http://www.cb-praxisberatung.de/), CEO and founder, CB Praxisberatung, Germany            

[Cheryl Budd](https://www.ncci.com/NCCIMain/AboutNCCI/FactsInfo/SrStaffBios/Pages/newsroom_seniorstaff_cheryl.aspx), Chief Communications Officer, National Council on Compensation Insurance, Boca Raton, FL USA 

[Roman Bukary](http://www.linkedin.com/in/rbukary), VP Account Management, NetSuite, Denver, CO USA    

[Beverly Butler](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bevbutler), Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo, Treasury Management, San Francisco, CA USA  

[Mj Callaway](http://www.rockmoresales.com/), Author, Coach, Speaker, Rock More Sales, Delmont, USA United States     

[Etta Cohen](http://www.forwardladies.com/), Founder, Forward Ladies, Leeds, United Kingdom  

[Lebin Ebru](https://tr.linkedin.com/in/ebrucokisler/en), Cokisler, Head of Corporate Communication, Anadolu Group, Istanbul, Umraniye, Turkey    

[Dr. Kate Darcy Hohenthal](http://thebirthdayclub.net/?page_id=84), Founder, The Birthday Club, Manchester, CT USA

[Adriena Daunt](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/adriena-daunt/47/509/642/), Public Relations, The Americas Tourism New Zealand | Manaakitanga Aotearoa, Santa Monica, CA, USA               

[Robyn Davis](http://www.linkedin.com/in/whenineedhelp), Owner, When I Need Help, Columbia, SC USA        

[Danielle Di-Masi](http://www.clicktrainingandconsulting.com/), Business Etiquette Expert, The Interactions Lab, Australia         

[Teresa Dos Santos](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/teresa-dos-santos/10/796/722), Director, Business Interiors, Pensacola, FL, USA         

[Eve Dumovich](http://evemary.com/aboutus.htm), Editor, Boeing/Snowline Publishing, USA              

[Denette Dunn](http://www.environmentalconsultingagency.com/), S.W. Area Municipal Services Manager, Republic Services, Phoenix, AZ USA        

[Tereson Dupuy](https://www.linkedin.com/in/teresondupuy), CEO, Fuzzibunz, LLC, Lafayette, LA USA

[Lori Ericson](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/lori-ericson/2/52a/68b), Product Planning and Development, Epicor Software, Littleton, CO USA      

[Kharma Finley-Wallace](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kharmaisis), Principal, Hoverfly Media, Public Relations, Washington                DC, USA              

[Dr. Hüsniye Firat](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/h%C3%BCsniye-f%C4%B1rat-phd/9/405/a07), The Ministry of Customs and Trade, Turkey    

[Patricia Garcia](http://www.linkedin.com/in/pgarcia413), User Experience Professional, Vixlet, Culver City, CA USA             

[Lorretta Gasper](http://www.linkedin.com/pub/lorretta-gasper/1/b44/809) , Owner/Principal, Wind Rose Communications, Atlanta, GA USA             

[Linda Ginac](http://www.linkedin.com/in/lindaginac/), CEO, TalentGuard, Austin, TX USA

[Barb Girson](http://www.mysalestactics.com/), President, My Sales Tactics, LLC, New Albany, OH USA

[Marilyn Glazier](https://il.linkedin.com/in/marilynglazier), Social Media Director, Helen Doron Educational Group, Misgav, Israel    

[Rashmi Gopinath](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashmigopinath), Sr. Director, Business Development, Couchbase, USA              

[Danita Harn](http://www.harnandassociates.com/), COO, Harn and Associates Back Office Solutions, Ops, Woodstock, GA USA               

[Charity  Herb](http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=4695746&authToken=YUZg&authType=name&trk=ape_f000001a), Online Content Administrator, American Greetings, Associate Communications, Cleveland, OH USA          

[Deborah Herman](http://www.fabricinnovations.com/), President, Fabric Innovations, Coral Gables, FL USA   

[Joann Hizon](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/joann-hizon/0/386/295), Vice President - Human Resources, SM Investments Corp, Pasay City, Philippines

[Rosalie  Hopkins](http://www.biancohopkins.com/), President, Bianco Hopkins & Assoc., Inc., Peachtree Corners, GA, USA

[Kimberly Howard,](http://www.linkedin.com/in/kimhoward) Vice President, Creative Director, The Thomas Collective, New York, NY USA

[Craig Jacobsen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigjacobson), Founder, Open Spaces Marketing, Encinitas, CA USA     

[Julie Jakopic](http://ileadstrategies.com/), President/CEO, iLead Strategies, Alexandria, VA USA          

[Anne Jefferies](http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/anne-jefferies/18/708/7aa), Vendor Compliance Manager, AT&T Global Vendor Management, Biggar, United Kingdom         

[Graham Jenkins](http://tec.com.au/), Chair - TEC 31 and KEY 112, The Executive Connection, Sydney, NSW Australia 

[Zsofia Juhasz](https://au.linkedin.com/in/sofiajuhasz), Executive coach, Coaching Team - Australasia, The Gap, Qld Australia        

[Rose Jurczewski](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosejurczewski), Owner, Funxion Fuzion, Roselle, IL USA

[Peter Justen](https://www.fiveplus.co/), CEO, Five Plus, Middleburg, VA USA           

[Tsvetta Kaleynska](http://www.linkedin.com/in/tsvetta/), President, Girls Leading Our World, New York, NY USA           

[Umut KEÇECIOGLU,](https://tr.linkedin.com/in/ukececi) DenizBank, Istanbul, Turkey              

[Tammy Kronawitter](http://www.cleardecisions.com.au/who-we-are/our-people), Executive Assistant, Clear Decisions, Sheidow Park, SA Australia    

[Iwona Kubicz](http://procontent.pl/en/o-firmie/nasz-zespol/), President of the Board, Procontent, Global Reach PR, Warsaw, Poland     

[Yamini Kurup](https://in.linkedin.com/pub/yamini-kurup/6/7a/835), Vice President, Aditya Birla Financial Services, Mumbai, India        

[Sharon Lachow-Blumberg](http://www.iamnotdoneyet.com/), CEO, I'm Not Done Yet LLC, Charlotte, NC USA            

[Joanne Lang](http://www.linkedin.com/in/joannelang), CEO, AboutOne CEO, Malvern, PA USA     

[Susan LaPlante-Dube](https://www.precisionmarketinggroup.com/Principals.aspx), Principal, Precision Marketing Group, Framingham, MA USA         

[Jill Liberman](http://www.videoglobetrotter.com/author/jill/), Founder, Videoglobetrotter, Inc., Boca Raton, FL USA        

[Vanessa Lindeberg](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/vanessa-lindeberg/4a/206/618), Client Services Manager, OnStrategy, Reno, NV USA                                                                                                                            

[Ivo Lukas](http://ivolukas.com/), CEO/Founder, 24Notion, USA              

[Lindsey Lux](http://www.mdwise.org/), Vice President of Operations, MDwise Inc., Operations/HR/Customer Service, Indianapolis, IN USA

[Melissa Macaulay Federico](https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissamacaulayfederico), President/CEO, The B2B Branding Co., Medfield, MA USA

[Anil Machado](http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Anil-Machado/-1804198397), Managing Director, T Nell, Sieradz, Poland             

[Theresa Mack](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/theresa-mack-stanberry/a/689/3b6), Owner, PowerUp Partners, Torrance, CA USA      

[Vanessa Maddox](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vrmaddox), CEO, TheGirlfriendGroup, Leesburg, VA USA

[Jan Mano](http://www.linkedin.com/in/janmanon), Creative Director, Elf, Burlington, VT USA

[Carol Marx](http://www.americanagriwomen.org/), Past President, American Agri-Women, Rickreall, OR USA    

[Renie McClay](https://www.caveolearning.com/blog/author/renie-mcclay), Project Manager, Caveo Learning, Ozark, MI USA              

[Robin McCoy-Ramirez](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/robin-mccoy-ramirez/5/2a4/8a9), Owner, SoothEaze, USA

[Colin McKillop](http://ca.linkedin.com/in/colinmckillop/en), Vice President, WECAN, Windsor, Ontario, Canada           

[Catherine McQuaid](http://www.huntnewbiz.com/), Principal, Big Game Hunting, Toronto, Canada          

[Debbie Moore](https://www.linkedin.com/in/debbiemoore), COO, Other Creative Ltd, LONDON, London, United Kingdom    

[Rajendran Nair](http://www.estuate.com/), VP, Marketing, Estuate, USA

[Crystal  O'Connor](http://www.moxieentrepreneur.com/about-crystal/), Founder | CEO, Moxie Entrepreneur, West Des Moines, IA USA         

[Julie Pond](http://linkedin.com/juliepond), CEO, Sage Environmental Services, Inc., Seattle, WA USA

[Toni Potter](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonipotter), Director, AMERICAN SYSTEMS, Chantilly, VA USA

[Fabi Preslar](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabipreslar), President, SPARK Publications, Matthew, NC USA

[Lisa Preuss](http://www.linkedin.com/in/lisapreuss), Senior Director, Corporate Communications, Epicor Software Corp., Irvine, CA USA   

[Jesintha Rajaratnam](http://www.joje.in/), Managing Partner, Money Garden, Bangalore, Karnataka, India    

[Janelle  Raney](https://www.linkedin.com/in/janelleraney), Principal Product Marketing Manager, Citrix, SaaS Division, USA

[Julia Reid](https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliaisdigital), New Business Consultant, 1000heads Inc, New York, NY USA

[Dennis Reno](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennisreno), Corporate Vice President, Customer Success, Proofpoint, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA USA

[Ritzi Ronquillo](https://ph.linkedin.com/in/ritzivillaricoronquilloapr), Chairman, IABC Phillipines, Philippines   

[Anupama Rosa](http://www.bizdb.co.uk/company/switchware-limited-05392974/), Marketing Executive, Lycatel Switchware Ltd, London, United Kingdom               

[Catalina Rousseau,](http://www.bdr.ro/) President & CEO, BDR Associates, Hill + Knolwton Strategies Associate, Bucharest, Romania

[Liz Rowell](http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=36114944&trk=tab_pro), Managing Director, Red Ark, St Leonards NSW, NSW Australia             

[Pearl Saadi](https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/pearl-saadi/12/224/51b), Client Strategy Director, Other Creative Ltd, London United Kingdom            

[Amy Scarlino](https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyscarlino), President & CEO, Catchpole Corporation, Boston, MA United States          

[Susan Schauer John](https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanschauerjohn), Head Honcho, SpiderWeb Connections, Easton, MD USA

[Nora Senior](http://www.webershandwick.com/), Executive Chair UK Regions and Ireland, Weber Shandwick, Edinburgh United Kingdom      

[Ron Sereg](https://connect.data.com/contact/view/pTZ1z9wU3suFg1BS77BITA/ronald-sereg), Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University at Shreveport, Shreveport, LA

[Keira Shein](http://www.linkedin.com/in/keirashein), Partner, Shein Strategies, Owings Mills, MD USA

[Kyle Sheldon-Chandler](http://virtualadminksc.com/), Virtual Assistant, KSC Virtual Assistant Services, Grand Junction, CO USA

[Tony Roland Silitonga](http://trs-leadership.webs.com/), Board of Trustees, Indonesian Institute for Corporate Directorship, (IICD), Jakarta, Indonesia       

[Aline Stanworth](http://www.linkedin.com/in/alinestanworth), Communications Leader Europe, SABIC, Corporate Communications, Bergen op Zoom, NB, The Netherlands      

[Vickie Sullivan](http://www.vickiesullivan.com/about), Founder and President, Sullivan and Associates, TEMPE, AZ USA              

Letty Swank, Founder, Giftwrapperz, Los Gatos, CA USA            

[Mahiette Tarrago,](http://tycoonad.com/) Creative Director, Tycoon Advertising Group, The Woodlands, TX USA            

[Veronique Topping](http://www.linkedin.com/in/inetuniq), Owner and Web Developer, I-NetUniq Technologies, Rockville Centre, NY USA

[Aia Tulepbergenova](http://www.linkedin.com/in/aiatulepbergenova), Business Analyst, Morgan Stanley, New York, NY USA        

[Sarah Tumm](http://www.dimtec3d.com/), Owner / CEO, DimTec 3D, Fort Myers, FL USA        

[Linda Varrell](http://linkedin.com/lindavarrell), President, Broadreach Public Relations, Portland, ME USA               

[Sharon Vaz](https://www.linkedin.com/in/imangel), CEO, Internet Marketing Angel LLC, Hendersonville, TN USA

[Anne Walker](http://www.linkedin.com/in/annewalkerids), Founder & CEO, International Dance Supplies Ltd, Newton Abbot, Devon, United Kingdom            

[Teresa Waller](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/teresa-waller/19/59b/a58), Director of Business Development, Sanplicity, Bakersfield, CA USA  

[Stacy Weil,](http://www.ppdi.com/) Executive Director, PPD, Inc., Austin, TX USA

[Joyce Weiland](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/joyce-weiland/6/293/719), President, SoftPro, Raleigh, NC USA       

[Antonie  Whittier](http://www.whittierlegal.com/), Founder, Whittier Legal Consulting, Dallas, TX USA      

[Marie Wiese](https://ca.linkedin.com/in/marketingcopilot), President, Marketing CoPilot Inc., Toronto, ON Canada     

[Heather Wilde](http://heather-wilde.strikingly.com/), CTO, ROCeteer, Las Vegas, NV USA

[Leah Wilkinson](http://wilkinsonshein.com/), Partner, Wilkinson Shein Communications, Arlington, VA USA   

[Becky Wilson](http://www.wdspr.com/), Chief Visibility Officer, WDS Marketing & PR, Overland Park, KS USA          

Young Kuk, Won, CEO/ECD, Solcom, Seoul, South Korea               

[Dr. Brenda Wrigley](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/brenda-wrigley/5/24a/5a1), Associate Professor, Emerson College, Dept. of Marketing Communications, Boston, MA    

[Yvonne Wu](http://theyppublishing.com/work-with-me/), Author Assistant and Publicist, The YP Publishing, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada     

[Darya Yegorina](https://ie.linkedin.com/in/dariyayegorina), Founder, Skills2Fund, Dublin, Ireland    

[Kathy Zwickert](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/kathy-zwickert/1/8b5/642), Chief People Officer, NetSuite, San Mateo, CA USA      

 

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