2019 Award Winners

The Advocate Award

Julie Pham

Winner, The Advocate Award

Molly Moon's

Winner, The Company Award

Karen Okonkwo, TONL

Winner, The Founder Award

Yoko Okano

Winner, The Investor Award

Jill Angelo, Gennev

Winner, The Role Model Award

Shellie Willis

Winner, The Sponsor Award

The Company Award

Girl Scouts of Western Washington

Megan Ferland, CEO

WINNER: Molly Moon's Homemade

Molly Moon Neitzel, CEO

Projectline

Anika Lehde, CEO

Seattle Storm

& Force 10 Sports Management Alisha Valavanis, CEO

Textio

Kieran Snyder, CEO

The Founder Award

Kristina Bergman

Founder & CEO Integris Software Inc.

Beth Kolko

CEO Shift Lab

Sandi Lin

CEO and Co-Founder Skilljar

WINNER: Karen Okonkwo

Co-Founder TONL

Ambika Singh

Founder & CEO Armoire

The Investor Award

Hope Cochran

Managing Director Madrona Ventures

Amy McCullough

Managing Director Trilogy Equity Partners

Lisa Nelson

Managing Director, M12 (Microsoft’s Venture Fund)

WINNER: Yoko Okano

Angel investor Founding member, Grubstakes

Javier Soto

Founding Member Grubstakes

The Role Model Award

WINNER: Jill Angelo

CEO and Co-Founder genneve

Aiko Bethea

Head of Diversity & Inclusion Fred Hutch

Adriane Brown

Venture Partner Flying Fish Venture Fund

Elis Salamone

Medical Practice Manager Puyallup Tribal Health Authority

Tana Senn

State Representative Washington State Legislature

The Sponsor Award

Ahmad Corner

Founder Young Professionals of Seattle

Olive Goh

Director Citi Private Bank

Janis Machala

Managing Partner Paladin Partners

Martina Welkhoff

Managing Partner WXR Fund

WINNER: Shellie Willis

Founder Redefining You Foundation