The Girl of the Year Award recognizes a high school student who brings genuine curiosity and initiative to her exploration of technology, growing more confident with every project while lifting up the people around her along the way. Here’s a closer look at this year’s three finalists. Gabi Angryk, Walton High School Gabi is a…
The Emerging Executive Impact award recognizes executives who are early in their executive leadership journey yet already delivering results that significantly exceed expectations for their tenure level. Here’s a closer look at this year’s three finalists. Natalie Hogg, Method Q Natalie Hogg is the founder and CEO of Method Q, a full-service marketing agency that…
We’re thrilled to introduce the women who make up the 2026 WIT Awards Finalist class. This year’s Finalists span every stage of a technology career, from rising leaders already delivering results beyond expectations for their level to executives driving transformation at the highest level. They have inspired their teams, innovated new products and services, and…
At the August WIT Forum, one piece of advice came from a mentor one of our panelists never forgot. Early in her career, someone told her: figure out who’s got the juice in your organization. Not who has the title. Who actually has the influence. It’s a simple question, but our panelists spent a good…
For one week this summer, WIT Girls spent their days inside twelve different companies, not touring them from the outside, but sitting in on panels, taking apart computers, pitching business ideas, and more! “I feel like I belong here” At Cargill, after a session with engineers and interns, one of the program leaders asked the…
Every WIT Forum starts with a question, and this month’s, delivered live to a packed room, cut right to it: is there really a promotion gap between men and women in tech? Roughly 80% of the room said yes. And the data our panelists brought to the stage backed them up: according to McKinsey &…
The WIT Awards puts a spotlight on women who are shaping the future of technology, and that spotlight does more than light up a room for one night. It tells the woman on stage and the thousands of women watching her story unfold that their work is valued, and that staying in tech is worth…
November WIT Forum | November 18, 2026 | 7:30–9:00 AM ET | Maggiano’s Buckhead Every leader in the room on November 18 has a story. A moment when the path forward wasn’t clear. A relationship that changed everything. A decision that felt like a risk and turned out to be the best one they ever…
September WIT Forum | Wednesday, September 16, 2026 | 7:30–9:00 AM ET | Maggiano’s Buckhead Some people stay in a technology career because the conditions are right. Others leave, quietly, for the same reason. On September 16, we’re bringing both sides of that story into the same room, and we can’t wait. The retention conversation…
Inside our August WIT Technology Uncorked The August WIT Technology Uncorked brought together five women who have each, at some point, had to decide whether to stay, push back, or walk away from a role that looked good on paper but didn’t add up in practice. The theme: responsibility without recognition, and what to do…