Americas 2022 - Finalists Announced

Published on March 22, 2022

Today we announced the 24 finalists of the WeQual Awards, Americas 2022. 

Congratulations to the finalists, who will soon join as new Alumni members. 

 

Regulation & Innovation category:

  • Nancy A. Dreyer, Chief Scientific Officer & Senior Vice President, IQVIA
  • Michele Wheeler, MBA, VP Regulatory & Political Affairs, NextEra Energy Resources (NextEra Energy, Inc.)
  • Penny Naas, President, International Public Affairs and Sustainability, UPS

 

Operations category:

  • Demaris Mills, President, Integrated DNA Technologies, Danaher Corporation
  • Melissa Seymour, MBA, Chief Quality Officer, Biogen
  • Jin Chang, Managing Director, Global Head of Metals, CME Group

 

Finance category:

  • Shivani Kak, Head of Investor Relations (Managing Director - Finance), Moody's Corporation
  • Alexandra Dimitrijevic, Global Head of Research and Development, S&P Global Ratings (S&P Global)
  • Charlotte Hanneman, Vice President, Enterprise Financial Planning & Analysis, Stryker

 

People category:

  • Shari Slate, Chief Inclusion and Collaboration Officer, Senior Vice President Inclusive Future and Strategy, Cisco
  • Monica Rodrigues, Vice President - Human Resources, Wipro
  • Beatriz Tumoine, Global Social Impact Director, CEMEX

 

Strategy category:

  • Sarah Cottle, General Manager, Research, Advisory and Specialty Solutions, S&P Global Market Intelligence (S&P Global)
  • Urmi Prasad Richardson, President, EMEA, Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • Juana Maria Serna, Vice President for Builders and Urbanization Solutions for CEMEX Colombia, CEMEX

 

Brand and Marketing category:

  • Frederique Covington Corbett, Ph.D., SVP, Chief Global Brand & Integrated Marketing Officer, Visa
  • Melanie Boulden, Chief Marketing Officer, North America, The Coca-Cola Company
  • Ruchi Varshneya, Divisional Vice President, Global Marketing, Infectious Diseases Emerging Markets, Abbott

 

Legal category:

  • Courtney Camp Enloe, Senior Vice President, Deputy GC, and Chief Antitrust, EHS, L&E, Litigation, and M&A Counsel, 3M
  • Rebecca Gregory, AVP - Commercial Litigation, Union Pacific Railroad
  • Viney Chadha, Managing Director, Risk Management, Moody's Investor Services, Moody's Corporation

 

Technology category:

  • Vijaya Kaza, Chief Security Officer, Head of Engineering & Data Science for Trust & Safety, Airbnb
  • Mishka Dehghan, Senior Vice President, Strategy, Product, Solutions Engineering T-Mobile Business Group, T-Mobile
  • Keri McKiernan, Global Head of Commercial & Marketing Technology, S&P Global

 

The winners in each category will be announced on 12 May. 

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