Putman Media, publisher of Chemical Processing, Control, Control Design, Food Processing, Pharma Manufacturing, Plant Services and Smart Industry magazines, is proud to announce the 2019 class of Influential Women in Manufacturing. (See below for full list of honorees.)

The 27 women who join the ranks of IWIM this year are recognized for their change leadership in manufacturing—their risk-embracing work that serves to move the needle on asset management and reliability, digital transformation, workforce development, and other elements critical to ensuring the manufacturing industrys readiness to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.

More than 120 nominations from across industry were received for IWIM 2019; all nominations were reviewed in April by a 15-member Putman Media voting panel. Among the honorees in this years class of Influential Women in Manufacturing are CEOs, senior engineers and a member of Congress. They are leading initiatives that are challenging traditional approaches to focus areas ranging from production process management to manufacturing workforce recruitment.

Says Putman Media CEO John Cappelletti: "Its exciting to once again announce a group of outstanding individuals who are driving important changes both within their companies and for the manufacturing industry overall. The future-focused leadership and innovative problem-solving demonstrated by the 27 members of the 2019 class of Influential Women in Manufacturing inspires new and veteran members of the field alike, and it is Putman Medias honor to recognize this incredible group. Congratulations, 2019 IWIM honorees!"

The 2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing honorees will be profiled in a dedicated e-book to be released by Putman Media in September and recognized in person at the 2019 IWIM awards luncheon, taking place Friday, Oct. 4 (Manufacturing Day) at MxD in Chicago.

The 2019 Class of Influential Women in Manufacturing

Chandra Brown, CEO, MxD

Diane Doise, senior staff automation engineer, Syngenta

Jonna Gerken, deputy transitions manager, Pratt & Whitney

Lisa J. Graham, VP of analytics engineering, Seeq 

Nandita Gupta, process controls engineer, Georgia-Pacific

Lauren Harrington, East Region oil and gas lead, Rockwell Automation

Mary Beth Hiller, senior quality engineering technical supervisor, Pratt & Whitney

Calicia Johnson, facilities engineer, Chevron

Kelli Kirchner, food safety and quality director, Kraft Heinz

Lauren Kirschler, plant manager, Pall Corp. 

Shreya Kondapalli, senior manager, projects and performance monitoring, Bharat Petroleum Corp.

Jennifer LaVine, program manager, Naval helicopter programs, Sikorsky Aircraft, a Lockheed Martin company

Linda J. Miller, CEO and founder, PDT

Adeola Olubamiji, senior additive manufacturing engineer, Cummins

Sheri Plain, director of workforce services, AMTEC/Owensboro Community and Technical College

Lesia Protsailo, senior director, emerging technologies, United Technologies Research Center

Kate Rome, president, Rome Grinding Solutions

Arial Ruble, area manager, Tate & Lyle

Wendy Smith, VP of engineering, Optimation Technology

Haley Stevens, U.S. Representative for Michigans 11th Congressional District

Adrianna Swift, industrial engineer planner, Endress+Hauser

By Erin Hallstrom, Digital