2021 Nominees
It is with great pleasure that AWT announces nominees for the 2021 Rising Stars
and Outstanding Executives!
Rising Stars
Tamara Wegner, City of Hope
Kelli McMillan, Five9 / XposureIDC.org
Jane Sumaya, Alorica
Negin Ahmadian, Chapman University
Ann Delaney, First American
Aparna Suresh, First American
Mona Safari, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
June Nagano, First American
Sasha Grover, First American
Marian Muthui, Rivian
Mina Jafari, Rivian
Margie Chok, Broadcom
Manka Gupta, Capital Group
Camellia Zhou, Solugenix / Edwards Lifesciences
Sowmya Ramasamy, First American
Kathleen Park, Laserfiche
Shule Wong, Laserfiche
Natalie White, AWS
Eva Gomez, First American
Elise Corkery, Experian
Trisha Nguyen, Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
Outstanding Executives
Debbie Chamkasem, Experian
Nina Reynolds, Kaiser
Nancy Leung, East West Bank
Sara Branch, First American Title Insurance Co
Cyndi Barrera, Presidio
Davida Johnson, UCLA Office of Advanced Research Computing
Beth Harrington, Rivian
Helen Norris, Chapman University | SoCal SIM