2022 ATHENA Young Professional Award®

Since 1982, more than 6,700 top leaders in over 500 communities have received the prestigious ATHENA Award® in the US, Bermuda, Canada, China, Greece, India, Russia, UAE, and UK.

The ATHENA Award recognizes women who:

Demonstrate excellence, creativity and initiative in their business or profession.

Provide valuable service by contributing time & energy to improve the quality of life for others in the community.

Actively assist women in realizing their full leadership potential.

The ATHENA leadership model is a philosophy of leadership based on women's unique ways of knowing and leading. Developed by the ATHENA Foundation in collaboration through a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the model identifies eight district attributes or tenets that are reflective of women's contributions to leadership:

AUTHENTIC SELF
RELATIONSHIPS
GIVING BACK
COLLABORATION
COURAGEOUS ACTS
LEARNING
FIERCE ADVOCACY
CELEBRATION AND JOY


They combine with the strongest aspects of traditional leadership—taking risks, assertiveness, hard work. And they prepare women to be successful leaders in the 21st century.

The ATHENA Young Professional Award®

The ATHENA Young Professional Award® program was founded in 2007 by ATHENA International to honor emerging women leaders who demonstrate excellence, creativity and initiative in their business or profession. Recipients must also demonstrate their commitment to service by contributing time and energy to improving the quality of life of others in the community while serving as a role model for young women both personally and professionally. The Young Professional award, introduced to our community in 2015, recognizes women in the 30 to 45 year old range who:

Demonstrate excellence, creativity, and initiative in their business or profession.
Provide valuable service by contributing time and energy to improve the quality of life for others in the community.
Clearly serve as a role model for young women personally and professionally.