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BY JOANNE COLELLA
Are you, or do you know, an individual who has achieved professional
accomplishments, provides community service, and acts as a mentor
and role model to encourage women to reach their leadership potential?
Would you like to recognize those whose efforts give back to the
community in meaningful ways and make it a better place to live, work and
nominees for the annual International ATHENA Awards, which are presented
by the chamber each year to celebrate exemplary leadership. To date, more
than 6,000 recipients have been honored worldwide since the renowned
program was established in 1982. This is the 36th consecutive year that the
ATHENA Leadership Award and the seventh year it will present the ATHENA
Young Professional Award, which recognizes emerging leaders in the community.
Nominations are due Wednesday, June 30.
Nominee Criteria
ATHENA Leadership Award nominees must meet each of the following
three criteria:
• Demonstrate excellence, creativity and initiative in their profession
• Provide valuable service to improve the quality of life in their community
• Actively assist women in achieving their full leadership potential
• ATHENA Leadership Award nominees may represent either the
• Previous ATHENA Leadership Award recipients are not eligible for
nomination; however, past nominees may be nominated again.
• ATHENA Young Professional Award nominees must be 24 to 40
years of age; ATHENA Leadership Award nominees must be age
40 and above.
The ATHENA Program Committee will review your nomination
the criteria outlined above. Submitting a form does not guarantee a
deadline submission date. The ATHENA Award Selection Committee,
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nal nominations and select the ATHENA Leadership Award and ATHENA
Young Professional Award recipients. The recipients will be announced
must be present at the luncheon in order to accept the award.
To access the ATHENA Award nomination forms, sponsorship opportunities,
event registration, details about past nominees and award
recipients, and a link to view the 2020 ATHENA Leadership Award event
awards luncheon and currently plans to do so again for 2021. This successful
format, with a livestream on YouTube Live and Zoom, provided
the chamber and the event sponsors the opportunity to reach an even
wider audience than ever before. The 2020 honorees were Frances
Keane of CentraState Healthcare System, who was named the 2020
ATHENA Leadership Award recipient, and Danielle Woolley of Danielle
Woolley Consulting, LLC, who received the 2020 ATHENA Young Professional
Leadership Award. During the live presentation, both women
were surprised by unannounced visits at their respective locations,
where someone was hiding just outside the door to present them with
The ATHENA celebration kicked off with a jazz performance on the
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and an enthusiastic welcome by event chair Ivy Jacot, who shared her
Executive Director Terese Rölke and ATHENA International Founder
the program and thanked all those involved in organizing and supporting
the event. Past ATHENA Award recipients appeared in video clips
from throughout the country to lend advice and congratulations to this
year’s nominees, who were then introduced with video montages illus-
County Freeholder Director Tom Arnone. In addition, an online silent
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vention of Teen Suicide and Preferred Behavioral Healthgroup.
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