Published on Avnet Newsroom (https://news.avnet.com ) on 10/24/17 4:27 am MST Avnet’s MaryAnn Miller Joins Mayer, Rometty and Sandberg as Tech Industry’s “Most Powerful” Women Terms: Avnet Chief HR Officer MaryAnn Miller was one of t he 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology [1] celebrat ed by t he California Diversit y Council [2] at a gala dinner in Sant a Clara, Calif . earlier t his mont h. Tech indust ry luminaries Marissa Mayer, CEO, Yahoo!; Virginia Romet t y, Chairman and CEO, IBM and Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook were also among t his year’s honorees. Miller, a senior vice president , head of Avnet ’s global market ing and communicat ions group and member of t he Avnet Execut ive Board [3], was recognized t his year for her leadership in building an engaged communit y of 15,000 employees worldwide t o navigat e significant organizat ional and cult ural, change around Avnet ’s t ransformat ion and growt h st rat egy, her ment orship t o ot her women leaders and her commitment to corporate citizenship. Miller was also named one of t he 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology in 2013 and 2015. Since 2016, Miller has served as an execut ive sponsor of t he Avnet Innovat ion Lab [4], a part nership wit h ASU’s Ira A. Fult on Schools of Engineering est ablished t o support ent repreneurs as t hey develop and scale t heir innovat ions. Mult imedia Preview Image: