| ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award®
Supporting, Honoring and Developing Women Leaders
The ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award®, established in 2007, honors emerging leaders who meet the criteria below. The award is a natural extension of the prestigious ATHENA Award®, which has been presented to over 6000 women leaders around the globe since 1982.
The ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award® Criteria
ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award® Recipients are emerging leaders who:
- Demonstrates excellence, creativity, and initiative in their
business or profession.
- Provides valuable service by contributing time and energy to improve the quality of life for others in the community.
- Clearly serves as a role model for young women personally and professionally
There are no specific age qualifications, however as the name of the award would indicate, candidates should be at least college age and have embarked on their career path. It will be at the discretion of each participating community whether or not to determine a maximum age (35~40 for instance).
The Benefits
By recognizing emerging women leaders in your community, you're creating an environment that supports the development of women leaders. Involvement with the ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award® Program benefits your organization and your community.
- Your organization and community provide an environment where emerging women’s accomplishments and contributions are valued.
- Recognizing outstanding emerging individuals in your community clearly defines role models for others to emulate.
- Affiliation with an international network of women and men who work together to create leadership opportunities for women encourages the empowerment of women leaders.
- Sizable attendance at award events by community and business leaders promotes positive relations and networking opportunities.
- Substantial media coverage results in exposure for sponsoring businesses and organizations.
Inauguration
The inaugural International ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award Recipient was Karenna Gore Schiff. Upon receiving the award at this year’s International ATHENA Gala, Karenna remarked,
“This is truly an honor and one that I humbly accept. To be selected as the inaugural International ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Recipient is indeed a gift I will always treasure. I wholeheartedly embrace the concept of reaching out to other women and I will continue to encourage others to do the same.”
Karenna Gore Schiff
Author, Lighting The Way: Nine Women Who Changed Modern America
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