CMX hosts the 3rd annual Community Industry Awards

Voting is now open for CMX’s third Community Industry Awards. CMX began the awards three years ago as a way to recognize and celebrate the achievements of those in the community industry. Below we have compiled a list of every nominee and split them up into specific categories by industry.

• Category: B2B

  Alex Su, Head of Community Development at Ironclad

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-su/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/heyitsalexsu

  Alex Pisani, Senior Manager, Trailblazer Community at Salesforce

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/awpisani/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexpisani

  Eddon Fajardo, Community Manager at StoreHub

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eddon-fajardo-97643257/

  Erica Moss, Sr. Manager, Community Engagement at Atlassian

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericamoss/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ericajmoss

  Glenn Dobson, Manager, Community and Social Media Support at LogMeIn

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenn-dobson-2118239/

  Jeniffer Medeiros, Community Manager at nuvini

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeniffermedeiros/

  Jennifer Sowyrda, Community Program Manager at HubSpot

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-sowyrda-85508894/

  Jenny Weigle, Chief Community Officer & Strategic Consultant at Jenny.Community, LLC

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennyweigle/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jenny_community

  Joe Huber, Customer Community Strategist at Sprout Social, Inc.

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jphuber/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JosephPHuber

  Katie Ray, Community Manager at Sales Hacker

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katieray01/

  Kelsey Bourque, Senior Customer Marketing Manager at Adobe

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelsey-a-bourque/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kelsey_abourque

  Kimberlea Buczeke, Global Community: Engagement and Retention at Asana

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlea/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/heykimberlea

  Lauren Krawitz, Senior Community Program Manager, Strategist & Designer at Qualtrics

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenkrawitz/

  Lloyed Lobo, Cofounder & President at Boast.AI

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lloyedlobo/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo

  Lorena Seco de Herrera Ortega, Community Manager at Blue Prism

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorena-seco-de-herrera-ortega-747542148/

  Maddie Bertschmann, Senior Customer Marketing Manager, Global SMB at Braze

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maddie-bertschmann/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/maddieb33

  Mark Obee, Director of Now Community at ServiceNow

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markobee/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/obeesocial

  Martin Tatar, Community Program Manager at Microsoft

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-tatar-b8549932/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartinTatar

  Melanie Giuliani, Online Community Manager at Blue Prism

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melaniegiuliani/

  Melissa Potvin, Director, Qlik Communities at Qlik

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissapotvin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/melissapotvin06

  Monique van den Berg, Senior Manager, Community Engagement at Atlassian

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monique-van-den-berg-67b59a5/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/moniquevberg

  Neha Pujari, Senior Marketing Manager at Blazeclan Technologies

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nehapujari/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nehapujari13

  Nicole Dessain, Chief Employee Experience Designer at talent.imperative inc

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ndessain/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NicoleDessain

  Paolo Johnson, Head of Community & Customer Advocacy at ThoughtSpot

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paolaperez10/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaolaJohnsonTS

  Rashmi Nagendran, Customer Marketing Associate | Community at Freshworks

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashminag/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/rashminag95

  Susmitha Akula Vakkalanka, VP Marketing at Opsera

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susmitha/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SushKicks

  Triin Ilves, Community Manager at Klaus

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/triin-ilves/

  Vibhor Shrivastava, Global Community Advocacy Manager at UiPath

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vibhorshri/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/vibs_sri

• Category: Education

  Alex Witkowski, Community Lead at Section4

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexnwitkowski/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/heylifeboat

  Arsh Goyal, Senior Software Engineer at Samsung

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arshgoyal/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/arsh_goyal

  Ben Anthonisz, Director, Customer Education at Bizzabo

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benanthonisz/

  Cristina Vidu, Regional Community Manager EMEA at UiPath

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crisvidu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CristinaVidu

  Jeffrey Roe, Community Manager at Brightcove

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcroejr/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaffrey

  Jenny Li Fowler, Director of Social Media Strategy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennylifowler/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheJennyLi

  Kathleen Lueckeman, Chief Strategy Officer at Olivet Nazarene University

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleen-lueckeman/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/klueckeman

  Lisa Koontz, Director of Strategic Operations at Indiana University Alumni Association

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisakoontz/

  Madeline Ulivieri, Global Community Manager at Startup Grind

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/madelineulivieri/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MadUlivieri

  L. Medina McKinney, President Of The Board Of Directors at Black Parents Association of the SMUHSD

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lmedinamckinney/

  Mike Washburn, Director of Community at Paper

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/misterwashburn/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/misterwashburn

  Melissa Emler, Owner at Modern Learners Community

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissaemler/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MelissaEmler

  Saksham Taneja, Mentor | MLH Summer League at Major League Hacking

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanejasaksham/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sakshamtaneja00

  Shadab Ashraf, Global Manager - Tier 0 (self-service), Community & Social Support at Udacity

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shadabashraf/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shadab__Ashraf

  Tiffany Taylor, Manager, Strategic Education Success & Training at Handshake

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffany-taylor-learner/

• Category: Executive

  Amrita Bhowmick, Chief Community Officer at Health Union, LLC

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amritabhowmick/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/_AmritaBhowmick

  Anna Toane, Head of Community Relationships & Member Experience at MMT Community

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/atoane/

  Bo de Vries, Community Lead at Guerrilla

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bomarit/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bomarit89

  Chris Aniszczyk, Vice President, Developer Relations at The Linux Foundation

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caniszczyk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cra

  Claire Perry-Louise, Founder of Like Hearted Leaders (LHL)

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claireperrylouise/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/claireperrylou

  Clare Muscutt, Founder of Women in CX

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-muscutt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClareMuscutt

  Corina Gheonea, Director, Global UiPath Community at UiPath

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/corina-gheonea-8aa71428/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CorinaGheonea1

  Edu Giansante, Head of Community at Wix

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edugiansante/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/edugiansante

  Elijah van der Giessen, Senior Community Manager at TechSoup

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elijahv/

  Fred Figueiredo, Continuous Innovation Catalyst at Sage

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fredericofigueiredo Twitter: https://twitter.com/fredfigueiredo

  Jayson Gaignard, Talent Scout & Community Evangelist at MMT Community

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaysongaignard/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaysonGaignard

  Jayvee Nava, VP, Community of Peloton

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayvee-nava-4903a747/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JayveeNava

  Jeff Harling, Head of Global Self-Service at Zoom

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffharling/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffHarling

  Jennifer Sable Lopez, Senior Director, Community & Advocacy of OutSystems

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jensable/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jennita

  Jessica Langston, Senior Director, Trailblazer Community at Salesforce

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicalangston/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LangstonJessica

  Joshua Zerkel, Head of Global Engagement Marketing (Community + Lifecycle) at Asana

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuazerkel/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/joshuazerkel

  Mallory Ranahan, Senior Community Manager at Salesforce

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mallory-ranahan-73400220/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/malloryranahan

  Marius Ciortea, Director, Community Engagement and Strategy at IBM

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariusciortea/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Radu43

  Nofar Ben Dror Paecht, Director of Community at Elementor

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nofarpaecht/

  Patrick Woods, Co-Founder & CEO at Orbit

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickjwoods/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/patrickjwoods

  Rosie Sherry, Community Lead at Orbit

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosiesherry/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosiesherry

  Stephanie Grice, Head of Global Community at Atlassian

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjgrice/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SjGrice

  Toni Trevillion, Facebook Groups Director at Electric House

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toni-trevillion-03803318a/

  Vandana Verma, President at InfosecGirls

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vandana-verma Twitter: https://twitter.com/infosecvandana

  Victor Bohnert, CEO at Innovatis Group
  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-bohnert-4a3aaa2/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VMUG_ED

  Willa Tellekson-Flash, Director of Community at Public.com

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willa-tellekson-flash-334785102/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/willactf

  Yhennifer Mendes, Community Master, Business Loan Consultant, Messenger Marketing Specialist, Social Media Expert at Social Zap

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yhennifer-mendes-01563136/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/YhenniferMendes

• Category: Gaming

  Brandii JaVia M.A., Founder and CEO of Brown Girl Gamer Code

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandiijavia/

  Chris Lindsay, Product Marketing Manager at Wizards of the Coast

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-lindsay-wizard/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ravens_watching

  Corey Andress, Head of Global Community at 2K

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coreysa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/coreysa

  Jesse Anderson, Lead, Core Community at Electronic Arts (EA)

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-anderson-7090b215/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/darokaz

  Mattie Fairchild, Head of Developer Relations at Manticore Games Inc.

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fairchildmattie/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scav

  Robert Lewington, Senior Director - Head of Global Safety Operations at Twitch

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-l-4054803a/

  Victoria Tran, Community Director at Innersloth

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thevtran/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thevtran

• Category: Nonprofit

  Ayumi Moore Aoki, Founder and CEO of Women in Tech

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayumimooreaoki/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AyumiMooreAoki

  Haneefah Abdurrahman Lekki, Program Coordinator at Ingressive For Good

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haneefah-abdurrahman-lekki/

  Jasmin Gonzalez, Community Marketing Director at Techqueria

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gonzalezjasmin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/gonzalezsocial

  Johan Ingles, Global Marketing Manager at Chelsea Technologies Ltd

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johaningleslenobel Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ingleslenobel

  Shanna Cleveland, Market Research Manager at Innovatis Group

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannacleveland/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClevelandShanna

  Tim Barley, Social Media Manager & Facebook Group Administrator at Prostate Cancer Foundation

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timbarley90254/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/OffTopicTim

  Tina Hilck, Regional Community Manager / DACH region at Campos Creative Works, Inc.

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tina-hilck

  Tracy Keogh, Co-Founder of Grow Remote

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracykeogh/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tracy_Keogh

  Vanessa Cast, Founder & CEO of Madres Emprendedoras en España

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessacast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mominbusiness_

  Warren Carlyle, Brand Manager & Founder of OctoNation

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/warrencarlyle/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/octowarren

• Category: DevRelations

  Ale Murray, Senior Global Community Manager at Confluent

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alemurray/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ale_amurray

  Andreea Tomescu, Senior Community Manager at UiPath

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreeago/

  Arjun S Meda, Sr. Developer Evangelist at Automation Anywhere

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjunsmeda/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArjunSMeda

  Blake Ethridge, Community Manager at DZone

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakeethridge/

  Cherish Santoshi, Founding Member of SAWO Labs

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherishsantoshi/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CherishSantoshi

  Erica Hanson, Global Head of Google Developer Community Programs at Google

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hansonerica/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ericakhanson

  Hans Scharler, Online Product Group Marketing Manager at MathWorks

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scharler/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/scharler

  Jana Boruta, Director of Developer Events and Experiential Marketing at HashiCorp

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janaboruta/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/janaboruta

  John Coghlan, Manager, Developer Evangelism at GitLab Inc.

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnwcoghlan/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/john_cogs

  Karolina Linda, Senior Community Manager at Dynatrace

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karolinalinda/

  Kiran Oliver, Technical Community Builder at Camunda

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ckoliver/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kiran_oliver

  Elizabeth Siegle, Developer Evangelist lll at Twilio

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elsiegle/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizziepika

  Mariana Lemus, Community Associate, Developer Relations at MuleSoft

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marianalemus1/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarianaLemusM

  Megan Speir, Manager, Developer Community at Twilio

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meganspeir/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MeganSpeir

  Merve Isler, Developer Relations Coordinator at Google

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/misslers/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/merve_isler

  Samantha Hepburn, Senior Global Community Manager at Snyk

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sammyhepburn/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SammyHep

  Siddhant Agarwal, Lead - Developer Relations at Open Financial Technologies

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidagarwal04/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sidagarwal04

  Stephanie Louis, Senior Director Community and Developer Programs at Pegasystems

  Socials:

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-louis-a35825/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/steph__louis