Society for Technical Communication

Andrea L. Ames
Chapter Name: Silicon Valley
SIG: Academic, Consulting & Independent Contracting, Information Design & Architecture, Quality & Process Improvement, Usability & User Experience

For continuing contributions to the technical communication profession by example and through leadership at all levels of STC, and for helping to educate and mentor current and future technical communicators.

Elizabeth Bailey
Chapter Name: Lone Star
SIG: Academic, Instructional Design & Learning, Management

For excellence as a manager, writer, teacher, and mentor in a wide variety of industries and businesses in technical communication and technology management, and for distinguished contributions to STC at all levels.

Dana E. Chisnell
Chapter Name: San Francisco
SIG: AccessAbility, Information Design & Architecture, Usability & User Experience

For leadership in the profession as a user experience consultant, mentor, and conference presenter, and for outstanding contributions to STC through leadership of the virtual communities during the STC transformation.

Geoffrey J. S. Hart
Chapter Name: Montreal
SIG: Scientific Communication

For significant work across cultures and languages, for sharing and raising awareness of technical communication best practices, and for helping practitioners across continents further develop their skills.

Thomas Edward Pinelli
Chapter Name: Washington, D.C.
SIG: 

For advancement of best practices in technical communication through independent research, creative vision, convergence of communication disciplines, and charting of new territory across visual and multimedia production modes.

Whitney Quesenbery
Chapter Name:  SIG: AccessAbility, Usability & User Experience

For leadership in technical communication, particularly in providing opportunities for technical communicators to engage in user experience activities, and for contributions to the STC UUX community and to the transformation of STC.

Karen A. Schriver
Chapter Name: Pittsburgh
SIG: Information Design & Architecture, Usability & User Experience

For advancing the understanding of research and best practices to communicate with a diversity of audiences across skill levels and cultures, and for significant mentoring and sharing with others.

Marian G. Stone
Chapter Name: Phoenix
SIG: Academic, Information Design & Architecture, Online, Usability & User Experience

For distinguished and creative contributions to education that advanced the technical communication profession and aided her students and peers, and for leadership to STC and other professional societies in our field.