Alliance of Channel Women, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of female leaders in the technology channel, announced the winners of the 2023 LEAD Awards. Three women in tech were honored at a ceremony during the ACWConnect Live! event at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach.
The 2023 LEAD Award winners include:
- Tracy Hali, Vice President, Sales Operations at Intelisys
- Holly Hunt, National Sales Director, Indirect Sales Channel at Comcast Business
- Kathryn Rose, founder of channelWise
The Alliance of Channel Women’s LEAD Award is presented annually to exceptional female leaders in the technology channel. It celebrates women who are courageous, creative, collaborative, connected and confident in advancing channel careers. It also seeks to inspire other channel women to follow their lead.
“The LEAD Award honors influential women leaders in the tech channel,” said Cassie Jeppson, ACW President and Director of North America Operations and Strategy at Lenovo. “We recognize these amazing women with the LEAD Award for their inspiring leadership example within their companies, the channel and the community at large.”
Winners were selected by the ACW Board of Directors from nominations received from June 30-Aug. 18, via an online application. Nominations came from third parties or candidates themselves. All applicants were required to demonstrate leadership and innovation in the channel as well as support, advocacy and mentorship of women in the channel.
Also, during the event, four women were recognized as outstanding volunteers. They are:
- Madison Beedy, National Channel Manager at One Ring Networks and Member of the ACW Sponsorship Committee
- Sommer Figone, Senior Manager, Marketing at RapidScale, a Cox Business Company, and Co-chair of the ACW Events Committee
- Vicki Patten, Vice President of Channel at Ntirety and Member of the ACW Mentorship Committee
- Alexie Teferi, Account Director II, Channel Development at Lumen and Co-chair of ACW Mentorship Committee
“ACW relies on member volunteers for ideas and energy to help drive our community programs,” Jeppson said. “We thank our outstanding volunteers — Madison Beedy, Sommer Figone, Vicki Patten and Alexie Teferi — for going above and beyond in supporting this community-driven organization and contributing to its success.”
To learn more and to become a member of ACW, visit www.allianceofchannelwomen.org.
