2011 Women of Innovation - Award Acceptance Speech by Agnes Klucha

Agnes Klucha was the winner for Large Business Innovation & Leadership category award for 2011 Women of Innovation.

Fifty six innovative, outstanding women from across Connecticut were honored March 31 during the seventh annual Women of Innovation awards dinner at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington. The awards program, sponsored by the Connecticut Technology Council, recognizes women in the workforce who are innovators, role models and leaders in the technology, science and engineering fields. Students at both the high school and college level were also recognized. More than 500 guests attended this year's event.

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"Many of Connecticut's most extraordinary and talented women working in technology are in attendance tonight," said Matthew Nemerson, president and CEO of the Connecticut Technology Council. "As each year, this awards event allows us to recognize these exceptional innovators and leaders, while also introducing them to a professional network of peers who are equally accomplished."

The 2011 keynoter was Ella Edmondson Bell, Ph.D., the founder and president of ASCENT‐Leading Multicultural Women to the Top, as well as an Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Dr. Bell is considered by industry to be one of the leading experts in the management of race, gender, and class in the workplace.

In attendance were the Secretary of the State Denise Merrill and Catherine Smith who will begin her position as the State's Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner on 4/1. As master of ceremonies, TV personality Diane Smith energized the crowd and spoke of the importance of strong networks.

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