Chantilly, VA - Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) and the Society for Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) today announced the mentees selected to participate in Women's TechConnect. The year-long, formal mentorship program pairs Women in Technology honoree mentors, each of whom is a proven leader and innovator, alongside less-tenured, though high-potential, women in technology fields. Mentees were selected through a competitive application process.

The goal of the program is to provide a crucial support system to better equip mentees to overcome workplace challenges, while helping them rise through the cable ranks until they themselves become the leaders and innovators. WICT and SCTE will support the mentors/mentees by offering online resources and tools, underwriting event registrations and memberships, as well as providing a sense of community, as the designated mentees embark on their mentoring journey. The program will kick off today at WICT's Tech It Out program, which will take place inside SCTE Cable-Tec Expo® in Atlanta.

The mentees selected for the inaugural program are:

• Misty Duckworth, Program Manager, Time Warner Cable
• Shelly Farmer, Account Manager, Integrated Broadband Services
• Laura Lopez, Account Manager, CTDI
• Patricia Martin, Director of Network Services, Cox Communications
• Sarah McCune, Director of Marketing, Integra Networks, Inc.
• Tina Morris, Senior IP Network Engineer, Bright House Networks
• Ann O'Flannigan, Supervisor of Production Operations, ESPN Inc.
• Srilakshmi Raman, Manager of Application Development, ESPN Inc.
• Melissa Rensch, Digital Video Engineer I, Charter Communications
• Brenda Wilson, Commercial Construction and Market Development Manager, Comcast
• Elaine Yeo, Staff Operations Engineer II, Bright House Networks

Bios and photos of all mentees are available on the WICT website.

The mentors include the following winners of the Women in Technology award:

• Pam Arment, President/Owner, Pamela J. Arment Consulting
• Nomi Bergman, President, Bright House Networks
• Sabrina Calhoun, Vice President, Engineering, Bright House Networks
• Leslie Ellis, Independent Technology Writer/Analyst, Ellis Edits
• Cyndee Everman, VP, Business Support Systems, Time Warner Cable
• Charlotte Field, SVP, Infrastructure and Operations, Comcast
• Barbara Jaffe, EVP, Technology Operations, HBO
• Yvette Kanouff, President, SeaChange International
• Sally Kinsman, President, Kinsman Design Assoc. LLC
• Christy Martin, Principal, iBox Systems, Inc.
• Pam Nobles, Director of Education & Certification, SCTE

About SCTE
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) is a non-profit professional association that provides technical leadership for the telecommunications industry and serves its members through professional development, standards, certification and information. SCTE currently has nearly 14,000 members from the U.S. and 70 countries worldwide and offers a variety of programs and services for the industry's educational benefit. A prime example is SCTE's Smart Energy Management Initiative (SEMI), an unprecedented effort to help cable operators leverage financial and environmental advantages of implementing Green strategies. SCTE has 68 chapters and meeting groups and more than 3,000 employees of the cable telecommunications industry hold SCTE technical certifications. SCTE is an ANSI-accredited standards development organization. Visit SCTE online at www.scte.org. Follow SCTE at http://www.facebook.com/TheSCTE and http://twitter.com/SCTE.

About WICT
For over thirty years, Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) has partnered with cable and telecommunications leaders to provide professional development programs, research and services that help advance women in cable media. With over 9,000 members, WICT is the oldest and largest professional association serving women in the cable and telecommunications industry.  Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., and AMC Networks/WE tv are WICT's Strategic Touchstone Partners.  Please visit www.wict.org or follow @WICT on Twitter for more information.

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