The Washington Post
May 18, 2001, Friday
SECTION: FINANCIAL; Pg. E05

Technology's Leading Ladies; 7 Local Executives Honored for Their Influence, Savvy

BYLINE: Ellen McCarthy, Washington Post Staff Writer

Women in Technology, a networking organization that promotes the interests of female technology workers, recognized seven local executives at its second annual Leadership Awards dinner last night.

More than 250 people gathered at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Tysons Corner to honor a group of women who have been influential in the region's technology community. "It's important to spotlight women that embody characteristics that our membership can work to emulate," said Cindy Kendall, Women in Technology president. Esther Thomas Smith, a partner at public relations firm Qorvis Communications and a founding publisher of the Washington Business Journal and TechNews Inc., won this year's Lifetime Achievement Award.

The three Leadership Awards, given to women who excel professionally, all went to executives of local technology firms. Paula Jagemann is the founder and president of E-Commerce Industries Inc., which helps office-supply companies sell their products via the Internet. Ginger Ehn Lew is the president and chief executive of TDF-Telecommunications Development Fund, a venture capital firm focused on the telecommunications sector. TiTi McNeill is founder and president of TranTech Inc., a consulting and design firm that specializes in Oracle database design.

The President's Awards, which honor service to the organization, went to former president Ana Maria Boitel, the director of business development at OP-X, and incoming president Eva Neumann, founder and president of ENC Marketing Inc. The Women in Technology Founder's Award, which is given to one of the original 144 members of WIT, went to Deirdre Murray, a group manager at Sprint Corp.'s government systems division.

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