ATHENA International Elects New Officers and Board Members for 2011/2012
CHICAGO - AUGUST 1, 2011 – ATHENA International, the Chicago-based organization known for building women leaders and recognizing leadership initiatives among women, recently elected officers and board members for the 2011/2012 term.
Officers include:
• Chair - Heather Paquette, Partner KPMG LLP, Chicago, IL
• Chair Elect – Debra Adams Simmons, Editor, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH
• First Vice Chair – Deirdre Joy Smith, Founder & President, POWER: Opening Doors for Women, Chicago, IL
• Secretary – Kathryn Lima, President, Faro Enterprises, Sharon, PA
• Treasurer – Carla Carstens, President, Carstens Associates, Chicago, IL
New members of the Board of Directors are:
• Ann-Marie Athavale, Vice President, Empire Communications, Windsor, ON, Canada
• KL Robertson Daly, Business and Marketing Consultant, KL Daly, Chicago, IL
• Dwain Deville, Entrepreneur, Professional Speaker and Author, Orlando, FL
• Lee Anne Doyle, Executive Director, City of Windsor Building Department, Windsor, ON, Canada
• Tori Farmer, Director of Diversity and Corporate Responsibility, KPMG, Chicago, IL
• Paula Giovacchini, President, GIO Group, Inc., Chicago, IL
• Bridget Glavaz, Director of Global Communications, OfficeMax Inc., Chicago, IL
• Patricia Hallberg, CEO, Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts, Wilbraham, MA
• Michelle Michaels, National Director of Diversity, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago, IL
• Colleen Moore Mezler, President & CEO, Moore Research Services, Inc., Erie, PA
• Mona Stone, Partner, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Phoenix, Arizona
Reelected to new two year terms were Anupama Arya, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Mobera Systems Pvt. Ltd., Chandigarh INDIA; Christine Brown, President and Owner, Marketing Resources & Results, Inc., Hudson, Ohio; Marlene Kowalski-Braun, Director, Women's Center, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan; Catherine M. Lee, President and Founder, CDL & Associates, Inc., Barrington, Illinois; Kathryn Lima; Carla R. Michelotti, Executive Vice President/General Counsel Director of Government Affairs, Leo Burnett Worldwide, Chicago, Illinois; and Deirdre Joy Smith.
Norma Rist, President, Norma J. Rist CEO Consulting, Inc., Akron, Ohio; and Ellen Ruddick, Retired Entrepreneur, Indiana, Pennsylvania; were elected Director Emeritus. Both are past chairs of ATHENA International.
Other members of the board are Mary Schnack, Owner, Mary Schnack Media Services, Inc., Sedona, Arizona & Washington, DC; Ilene Shapiro, Executive Director Business Development, Summa Foundation, Akron, Ohio; and Linda Stevenson, SVP/Women's Business Development Program, PNC Banking, Erie, Pennsylvania.
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