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Executive Impact Awards

WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP EXECUTIVE IMPACT AWARD, A PREMIER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CHAMPIONS OF WOMEN’S ADVANCEMENT

Linkage’s Women in Leadership Executive Impact Award recognizes executives who have demonstrated a deep commitment to the advancement of women leaders at their organizations, and through their leadership, have ignited lasting and impactful change for women.

Recipients of the 2024 award will be honored at the Women in Leadership Institute™ this November 11-14.

About the Award

The commitment to advance women leaders is more critical than ever. Gender-diverse and inclusive organizations achieve better business outcomes, and as organizations strive to meet the challenges posed by the ongoing health and economic crisis, growing and supporting women leaders becomes an even more important business imperative.

The Women in Leadership Executive Impact Award recognizes leaders who have recommitted their work to support and advance women leaders at all levels. Recipients of the Executive Impact Award are innovators and changemakers who are committed to developing and implementing new approaches to achieving gender parity within their organizations—and beyond. And, their personal stories are inspirational case studies of what it takes to achieve results and make an impact.

The 2024 recipients will be recognized virtually at Linkage’s Women in Leadership Institute™ (WIL) on November 11-14 2024; are selected from hundreds of nominations; and represent the best of the best in personal and professional commitment to the advancement of women leaders and excellence in leadership.

"This award underscores everything these leaders have been doing along their career journey, and what they’ve been doing in the past few years as senior leaders. It underscores their innovation. It underscores how they have inspired others in their organization. It’s one of the best awards in the marketplace."
Carla Harris
Carla Harris
Senior Client Advisor at
Morgan Stanley

2024 Winners

Tiffanie De Liberty
Tiffanie De Liberty
SVP, General Counsel + Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer
Nina Goodheart
Nina Goodheart
SVP & President, Structural Heart & Aortic, Medtronic
Deepshikha (Deep) Mahajan
Deepshikha (Deep) Mahajan
Vice President - Talent Management, Juniper Networks
Dr. Carmelita Nix
Dr. Carmelita Nix
Executive Director of Finance Strategy and Management, Kaiser Permanente
Sonja Teague
Sonja Teague
Senior Vice President, North America Claims Producer & Client Relations, Chubb

Past Winners

  • Jakki Opollo Ph.D., RN, Vice President, Talent Initiatives & Regional Chief Diversity Officer, Atrium Health, Wake Forest Baptist
  • Aida Sabo, Senior Vice President, Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Parexel
  • Traci Wade, Group Vice President, Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Oracle Corporation
  • Joy Wilder Lybeer, Chief Revenue Officer & Senior Vice President, Global Partnerships, Equifax
  • Telisa Yancy, Enterprise President, American Family Insurance
  • Alison Braman, SVP, Human Resources, Hilti North American
  • Kay Fernandez, Deputy Head, Global DX Branding, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Konica Minolta Business Solutions, U.S.A., Inc.
  • Amelia Hardy, Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer, Senior Vice President, Best Buy
  • Carrie Jones-Barber, CEO, Dawn Foods
  • Dena LaMar, Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer, Advanced Auto
  • Ashley T Brundage, VP, Diversity & Inclusion, PNC
  • Mary Kim Elkins, SVP, Taxes, Eaton Corporation
  • Carla Knapp, National Vice President of Native Services, Boys & Girls Club of America
  • Lindsey Otradovec, Clinical Vice President of Sales, Intuitive
  • Sally French Tyler, EVP & Divisional President, First American Title Insurance Company
  • EKPEDEME (Pamay) M. Bassey, Chief Learning Officer, The Kraft Heinz Company
  • Sherlaender (Lani) Phillips, Vice President of Channel Sales, US One Commercial Partner, Microsoft
  • Courtney Gentleman Schill, SVP & Chief Marketing Officer, Payment Solutions, Synchrony
  • Paige Olson, Deputy Chief Counsel, The Walt Disney Studios
  • Nancy R. Corcoran-Davidoff, Executive Vice President, Chief Experience & Human Resources Officer at Hackensack Meridian Health
  • Corinne Mescher, Vice President Marketing, Global Brand Strategy at MGA Entertainment
  • Barbara Turner, President and Chief Operating Officer of Ohio National Financial Services

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