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The ATHENA Award

ATHENA International's mission is to support, develop and honor women leaders, inspire women to achieve their full potential and create balance in leadership.

The ATHENA Leadership Model focuses on personal traits of strong, successful leaders. The model captures the spirit and collaborative leadership style often exemplified in women leaders, while also recognizing the importance of traits such as courageous acts and fierce advocacy in the pursuit of excellence.

ATHENA recipients are chosen for displaying excellence, creativity and initiative in their business or profession, providing valuable service to improve the quality of life in their community and helping women reach their full leadership potential.

Women's Network awarded the first ATHENA Award in Columbia, MO in 1995. Since then, the ATHENA committee has annually honored a business leader from the community at the ATHENA luncheon. The ATHENA Award program seeks to inspire others to achieve excellence in their professional and personal lives.

The ATHENA committee is responsible for seeking nominations for the annual ATHENA Award. ATHENA recipients are chosen for displaying excellence, creativity and initiative in their business or profession, providing valuable service to improve the quality of life in their community and helping women reach their full leadership potential.

 

Past ATHENA Award Recipients

 

The ATHENA Young Professional Award

Women's Network is pleased to announce the ATHENA Young Professional Award. This award will be presented to an exceptional individual who is an emerging leader in her/his business or profession, who gives back to the community in meaningful ways and who clearly serves as a role model for young women both personally and professionally.

The ATHENA Young Professional Award is a natural extension of the ATHENA Award, a program with a rich quarter century history of honoring exceptional leaders. By presenting this award in Columbia we are acknowledging the contributions and importance of our local emerging leaders.

 

Past ATHENA Young Professional Award Recipients

2010 Kerrie Bloss

2009 Kelley Marchbanks

2008 Elizabeth Mendenhall