East Hampton Woman Honored for her Volunteering

East Hampton resident Sharon Killian has received the Connecticut Technology Council’s 2011 Community Innovation and Leadership Award from the Council’s Women of Innovation program.

Killian was one of 10 women honored March 31 during the seventh annual Women of Innovation awards dinner at The Aqua Turf 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.

Killian works as an accounting associate at Pratt and Whitney. She was presented with the Community Innovation and Leadership award because of her endless volunteering. Killian is a devoted humanitarian who leads by example in helping the homeless. Her volunteer efforts have been acknowledged in the past when Pratt and Whitney Senior Management recognized her and also when she received the “Volunteer of the Year” award from CRT.

“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. “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 Connecticut Technology Council (www.ct.org) is the state’s industry association for the technology sector. CTC’s mission is to “connect people, ideas and opportunities to the global technology and innovation community.” CTC provides members with business assistance and specialized programs, in addition to promoting and supporting public policies that position Connecticut to have a globally recognized “culture of innovation” that helps attract great ideas and entrepreneurs to in turn develop new jobs and wealth for the state.