Celebrate outstanding women leaders at the 8^th annual Chicago ATHENA Leadership Awards Luncheon, held Thursday, January 24, 2013, at the Palmer House Hilton, 11:30am-1:00pm. 

 Please join us in honoring the following 2012 ATHENA Leadership Award Recipients selected for their professional excellence, for providing valuable service to their communities and for actively assisting other women in attainment of their professional goals and leadership skills.

ATHENA Leadership Award Recipients

Loretta Rosenmayer, Founder and CEO, InTren

Karen Atwood, President, BCBS Illinois

ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award Recipients

Dara Griffith, Director Entrepreneurial Service, RSM McGladrey 

Una Pipic, Director, Chicago Entrepreneurial Center

 ATHENA Award recipients embody the attributes of the ATHENA Leadership Model which affirms women’s unique ways of knowing and leading.  When combined with the best of the traditional leadership characteristics of hard work, taking risks and assertiveness, the ATHENA Leadership Model provides the model of leadership necessary for success in the global marketplace of the 21^st century. The quote from Plato, “What is honored in a country will be cultivated there,” is practically demonstrated by the presentation of these awards and upholds ATHENA’s mission of supporting, developing and honoring women leaders, inspiring women to achieve their full potential—creating balance in leadership worldwide.