Annual WIIT Awards
Each year WIIT recognizes at its Annual Dinner those volunteers who made significant contributions in the area of international trade and in fulfilling WIIT’s mission
Outstanding Woman of the Year Award
The award recipient should have made an outstanding contribution to the profession, enhancing the status of women in international trade. She should be a role model for other women in the field and should be well-known and highly respected for her significant achievements or responsibilities. The recipient need not be a WIIT member. Current officers and members of the WIIT Board are not eligible.
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2023 - SECRETARY GINA RAIMONDO |
2004 - HON. JENNIFER DUNN, |
Section/Committee of the YearThe award recipient should be a section or committee whose service and commitment have made an invaluable contribution to the organization. The section or committee must have met its obligations for number of events planned, communications released, or other efforts to raise the profile and goals of WIIT. |
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2023 - DEI
Suzie Zimmermann and Jamaica Gayle 2022 - COMMUNICATIONS Natalie Kamphaus, Savannah Haeger and Emily Benson 2021 - TRADE REMEDIES Section Co-chairs Julia Eppard, Kristen Smith, Jing Zhu 2020 - WTO Section Co-chairs Moushami Joshi and Shahrzad Noorbaloochi 2019 - TRADE REMEDIES Section Co-chairs Jing Zhu and Grace Kim 2018 - CUSTOMS, LOGISTICS & TRANSPORTATION Customs, Logistics & Transportation Section Co-chairs Kristen Smith, Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A, and Susan Zimmerman, UPS 2017 - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Rowan Doughtery Dana Leigh Watts 2016 - EXPORT CONTROLS & SANCTIONS Cristina Brayton-Lewis, Senior Associate at White & Case LLP, and Kerry Contini, Of Counsel, Baker & McKenzie LLP 2015 - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Sarah Bonner, Sarah Sprinkle and Dana Watts 2014 - AGRICULTURE Sarah Ali and Karin Rindal 2013 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Nitzan Arad, Rowan Morris Dougherty, and Erin Faul |
2012 - LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES
Stefanie Holland and Daryl Sando 2011 - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Maria Vega and Ausma Tomsevics 2011 - INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS Peggy Clarke and Parva Fattahi 2010 - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Theresa Harrison and Susan Schmidt 2010 - SPECIAL EVENTS Elizabeth Branson and Anku Nath 2009 - CUSTOMS Marguerite Downey, Heather Pinnock, Gabriela Carias-Green, Krista Harvey, and Kristen Smith 2008 - CUSTOMS 2007 - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2006 - INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS/WTO Kim Frankena, Rebecca Woodings, and Tamuria Gabilaia 2005 - SPECIAL EVENTS Christine LoCascio, Fiona Simpkens, Edyta Malinowski, and Maria Abrantes |
Outstanding WIIT Member of the YearThe award recipient should be someone whose service and commitment have made an invaluable contribution to the organization. The recipient must have been a WIIT member for at least one year. Current members of the WIIT Board (including the President) are not eligible. |
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2023 - ABIGAIL HUNTER |
2004 - ELIZABETH R. NESBITT |
WIIT Lifetime
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Government Service AwardThe award recipient should be an individual who has dedicated their public service career for any government to advancing to the interests of international trade and commerce.
Business Legacy AwardThe award recipient should be an individual who has worked with distinction in international trade for 30 years or more and who has inspired or mentored women’s careers in trade and commerce.
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Emerging Leader AwardThe award recipient should be an early to mid-career individual who has worked in international trade who has distinguished themselves as a rising leader and mentor and exhibited potential for increased contributions to women in international trade.2023 - EMILY BENSON 2022 - MEGAN FUNKHOUSER 2021 - CHYNNA HAWES AND KIM YAEGER 2020 - TERRA SABAG 2019 - HEMAL SHAH 2018 - SHANTELL ISAAC 2017 - NATALIE KAMPHAUS |
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