Meet the 2021 Women Who Empower Innovator Awards Winners

YOUNG ALUMNAE:
GRADUATE

YOUNG ALUMNAE:
UNDERGRADUATE

EXPERIENCED
ALUMNAE

UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENTS

GRADUATE
STUDENTS

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YOUNG ALUMNAE GRADUATE AWARD WINNERS

1st Place

Emily Man, E’19, MS’19 and Valeria Martinuzzi, MS’18 | Venova Technologies

2nd Place

Binja Basimike, BHS’12, MPH’14 | Kivu Venture Capital

2nd Place

Camille Martin, PhD’20 | Alexandria Growth Brands

YOUNG ALUMNAE UNDERGRADUATE AWARD WINNERS

1st Place

Natasha Ibori, SSH’18 | Uwana Energy

2nd Place

Cassie Choi, BHS’13 | Pair Team

2nd Place

Jameson Johnson, AMD’19 | Boston Art Review

EXPERIENCED ALUMNAE AWARD WINNERS

1st Place

Emily White, AS’05 | Collective Entertainment

2nd Place

Thai-Anh Hoang, DMSB’06 | EmBeba

2nd Place

Deborah Keane, BHS’86 | California Caviar Company

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AWARD WINNERS

2nd Place

Theodora Christopher, S’22, and Anastasia Mavridis, S’21, MS’22 | SaluTemp

Honors

Mya Brown, DMSB’21 | Jet Noire

Honors

Khailah Griffin, DMSB’22 | UnorthoDOCx

GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD WINNERS

1st Place

Molly Beck, DMSB’09, MS’22 | Messy.fm

2nd Place

Shital Waters, Khoury’23 | BluePlanetAI

Honors

Michelle Calderon, DMSB’21 | Addition Beauty

Honors

Aniyah Smith, DMSB’21 

Meet our Judges

These experts took their seasoned knowledge to evaluate applications  and final presentations to select our Women Who Empower Innovator Award winners:

    • Jill Bornstein, PNT’22, Founder of UpNext Leadership and Executive Coaching
    • Cathy Sakellaris, business leader and philanthropist 
    • Julietta Dexter, PNT’20, Co-Founder and Chief Growth and Purpose Officer at Science Magic Inc.
    • Cristina Csimma, MHP’91, Board Chair at Caraway Therapeutics
    • Cheryl Kaplan, President at M.Gemi and Women Who Empower Summit Speaker
    • Henry Nasella, UC’77, Chair Emeritus of the Northeastern Board of Trustees and a founding partner of Women Who Empower; Co-Founder of LNK Partners

QUESTIONS?

Contact:

Betsy Ludwig
Executive Director of Women’s Entrepreneurship
b.ludwig@northeastern.edu

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