Define - Build - Scale | Women in Drupal Award 2025

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Celebrating Women who Drive Drupal Forward 

Now in its fourth year, the Women in Drupal Award - presented in partnership with JAKALA (formerly FFW) - continues the proud DrupalCon tradition of recognizing excellence in our community. 

This award honors women who have made remarkable contributions to Drupal, whether through innovative development work, building successful businesses on the platform, or creating lasting impact within the community. Help us shine a light on these changemakers. Nominate someone today and be part of celebrating the incredible women shaping the future of Drupal. Anyone nominated could win, whether they're new to the industry or seasoned pros. Every nominee needs to register under drupal.org. It’s quick and easy to do – invite your colleagues to register here.  

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Do you know an amazing talent or digital changemaker? Please show your appreciation by nominating them in one of the three categories below.

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Define

Everyone who works on defining an innovative Drupal project can be nominated in this category. This category is most suited to strategists and designers as well as founders and changemakers.

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Build

Builders and makers have their place in this category. Developers, architects, or even HR specialists recruiting talent to build an innovative Drupal agency can be nominated. Community members who help build a thriving Drupal community are also contenders in this category.

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Scale

Everyone involved in scaling platforms or businesses could be a candidate for the Scale Award. It's a category for developers as well as sales talents or consultants. 

Who can be nominated?

Anyone can be nominated for the Women in Drupal Award - they just need a Drupal.org profile. Invite them to make one here

The Women in Drupal Award 2025 winners will also be invited to participate in the 2026 Jury.

Important dates
  • 11 June 2025: Applications open
  • 17 August 2025: Deadline to submit applications
  • 1 September 2025: Award winners will be notified
  • 14 October 2025: Award Ceremony

The Women in Drupal Award will be presented at the opening ceremony on the 14th of October at the Austria Center Vienna.

Who makes the selection?

The Women in Drupal Award Jury will consist of members of the Drupal Association, winners from last year and the creator of the award, JAKALA:

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Esmeralda Tijhoff
Winner of Define category 2024
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Pamela Barone
Winner of Build category 2024
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Alla Petrovska
Winner of Scale category 2024
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Baddy Sonja Breidert
CEO and Co-Founder of 1xINTERNET
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Kitt Ralkov
Managing director, DXP France, UK, Nordic at JAKALA