Kansas City group honors women in STEMM

The Central Exchange, a networking and education group for women, said its 2015 STEMMY Awards will go to eight women and one company. The awards to be given Sept. 24 will honor achievements in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine.

Individual honorees are: Linda Netzel, Kansas City Police Department; Debra Ellies, Osteogenex; Deborah O’Bannon, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Muriel Eaton, Kansas State University; Gretchen Ivy, HNTB; Sunita Lavin, Garmin; Marion Pierson, pediatrician; Tiffany Wheeler, KCP&L. The corporate award goes to Honeywell.

This story was originally published August 31, 2015 at 12:03 PM with the headline "Kansas City group honors women in STEMM."