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Group Honors Three Women For Contributions To Tech
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Posted By: Technology Staff Editor In: Information Technology
written by Staff editor, courtesy of EE Times
SAN FRANCISCO—The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology announced the three winners of the organization's Women of Vision Awards, which honor women making significant contributions to technology.

The 2010 winners include Kristina M. Johnson, under secretary for energy at the U.S. Department of Energy, Kathleen R. McKeown, a professor of computer science at Columbia University, and Lila Ibrahim, general manager of Intel Corp.'s Emerging Markets Platform Group.

"The 2010 Women of Vision Award Winners have made significant contributions to important technologies including renewable energy, human machine interaction and education technology platforms," said ABI President and CEO Telle Whitney, in a statement. "These women are role models for technical women everywhere."

The Anita Borg Institute is an advocacy group that seeks to increase the impact of women on all aspects of technology and increase the positive impact of technology on the world's women.

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