Debra Adams Simmons**
Managing Editor, The Plain Dealer

Aly Allen-Engstrom**   
Co-Owner, Rockey Ridge Apparel
Website: www.athenasocietyofburleson.org

Shama Amim

Linda Arnold**
Senior Vice President, Human Resources; Landmark Bank

Marian Baker
Chief Inspiration Officer, Master Certified Coach, Wake Up Inspired
Website: www.wakeupinspired.com

Angela Barbini
Senior Associate, RECA; KPMG LLP   
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pub/angela-barbini/8/14b/54

Sandy Bartow
Executive Director, Jacksonville Women’s Business Center

Donna Beestman*
President & Owner, Career Success Strategies, LLC
Website: www.careersuccessstrategies.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/donnabeestman

Laurie Benson*
CEO, LB Unlimited

Myrna Bentley**

Jane Blain Gilbertson**
Co-Owner, Blain’s Farm and Fleet
Website: www.farmandfleet.com

Stacy Brice
CVO, Stacy Brice

Bettye J. Brooks**

Chris Brown*
President & Owner, Marketing Resources & Results, Inc.
Website: www.resources-results.com 
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbrown330

 Janet Brugger
Director of Student Affairs, University of the Rockies

Joan Bump
Fiscal Director, ATHENA International

Cindy Burrell
Vice President, Board Referrals & Corporate Relations; Boardroom Bound
Website: www.boardroombound.biz
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/cindycburrell

Joan Busick**
President & Co-Founder, The Girlfriend Factor
Website: www.thegirlfriendfactor.org

Tracey Cantarutti
Vice President, Midwest Region, The Leader’s Edge

Cynthia Capers**
Special Assistant to Provost, The University of Akron

Carla Carstens
President, Carstens Associates

 Grace Cirocco
President, Grace Cirocco Training Inc.

Janey M. Cooley
First Vice President & Senior Trust Officer; First American Bank and Trust, Co.

Maureen Costello
Principal, Image Launch, LLC
Website: www.imagelaunch.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/maureenccostello

Susan Cucuzza
Executive Coach, Live Forward LLC
Website: www.liveforward.us.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/susancucuzza

 KL Robertson Daly**
Business and Marketing Consultant
Website: www.kldaly.com     

 Barbara Danforth
President & CEO, YWCA

Cheri Lyn Deary**
Chief Integration Officer, Great Lakes Home Health
Website: www.greatlakeshomehealth.com

 Amina Dickerson
Founding President, Dickerson Global Advisors 

 Faith Dickinson
Founding President, Women in Film and Media
Website: www.wifmpit.com   

 Dianne Dinkel
President & CEO, ATHENA International
Website:  www.athenainternational.org

 Victoria Donati
General Counsel, Euromarket Designs, Inc. (Crate & Barrel and CB2)

Connie Downing**
Director, Women's and Children's Services, Covenant HealthCare
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/connie-downing/3/789/5a4

Jill Dunn**
President & CEO, Bona Vista Programs Inc.

Ann-Marie Egan**
Professor Emerita, St. Joseph’s College (IN)

Mary English
IT Capability Manager, United Airlines

Fran Esser**

 Doris Ewing
Partner & Senior Consultant, NEPC, LLC

 Jan Felton**
President, Attitudes PLUS
Website: www.attitudesplus.com

Lea Fletcher
Partner, KPMG LLP

 Deb Ford
President, BakerKingLee, Ltd.

 Gina Frazier Tomblin
Manager, Verizon

 Jennifer Fredericks
Regional Vice President, Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and NW Indiana**
Website: www.girlscoutsgcnwi.org
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pub/jennifer-fredericks-mba/6/3b8/b65

Terri Friel
Dean, Heller College of Business; Roosevelt University

 Jan Furtick
Owner, The Payton Group – Special Advertising

 Barbara Gam
Associate Director, Internal Communications; KPMG LLP

Corinne Goudzwaard
Program & Event Manager, ATHENA International

Elizabeth M. Gregg**
President & CEO, Environmental Service Labs, Inc.

Donna Gutman
Executive Director & President

 Janice Hamblin
Attorney & Counselor at Law; Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C.
Website: www.millercanfield.com

 Anastasia Harner
Manager, KPMG LLP

Kimberly Haws Falasco
First Vice President Investments – Financial Advisor, Robert W. Baird & Co.
Website: www.hawsfalascozahoranski.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kimhawsfalasco

 Martha Henderson**
Associate Broker, Athens Classic Properties
Website: www.marthahenderson.com

 Adrianne Henderson
Manager, KPMG LLP

Holly Hillberg**
Chief Technology Officer, Carestream Health

 Barbara Hodel
Director, Catepillar

 Judy Jankowski**
Director – External Affairs, AT&T
Website: www.att.com

Kristen Johnson
National Director of Diversity, KPMG LLP

 Janet Jernigan**
Executive Director, Fifty Forward
Website: www.fiftyforward.org

Jo Beth Kavanaugh
Events and Marketing Director, East St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce
Website: www.estchamber.com

 Melissa Kendrick**
CEO & Executive Director, Mel Fisher Maritime Museum
Website: www.melfisher.org

 Sandra Kinney
Regional Marketing Manager – Cadillac, General Motors
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sandrakinney

 Gladys W. Knox**
President, Wright-Knox Motor Lines

 Karlene Krouse
Music/Drama Department Chair, Bishop Luers High School

 Dee Ladd**
Founder, Sunrise Children’s Foundation
Website: www.sunrisechildren.org

 Cathy Landau-Painter
Partner, KPMG LLP

 Barbara B. League**
Chairman & CEO, C.F. League Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Website: www.leaguemfg.com
www.quickcrate.com

Carole Leland
Principal, Leadership Enterprises

 Kathryn Lima
President & Owner, Faro Enterprises

Wendy Lynch
Chief of Staff, BrightStar
Website: www.brightstarcare.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/wendy-lynch/11/8b7/a17

Berna Mayer**
Nurse Practioner

 Donna McAleer**
Partner, McAleer & Associates

 Jenny McCall**
CFO; Gay, McCall, Isaacks, Gordon & Roberts, P.C.
Website: www.ntexas-attorneys.com  

Cheri McEssy
President & Owner, BrightStar
Website: www.brightstarcare.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/cherimcessy

 Dana McFerran
Director, KPMG LLP

 Marty McGee**
President, Impressions Marketing
Website: www.logo-advertising.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/martymcgee1         

 Nicole McGrath
Senior Manager, KPMG LLP

Aretha McKnight

 Rita Meiser*
Adoption Attorney, Rita A. Meiser, PLC
Website: www.meiserlaw.com

Terry Merritt**
Group Vice President, Wallbridge
Website: www.walbridge.com

 Martha Mertz
Founder, ATHENA International

Colleen Mezler***
President, Moore Research Services, Inc.
Website: www.moore-research.com   

 Joyce Miller
President, KeyStone Research Corporation
Website: www.ksrc.biz
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/joycemillerphd       

 Aimee Mills
Manager, Advisory Services; KPMG LLP
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pub/aimee-mills/1/64b/511 

Mary Lou Murt**
Senior Vice President, Monongahela Valley Hospital

Lynn Myers**
2004 Global ATHENA Award Recipient

 Luisette Negron
Audit Partner, KPMG LLP

 Joan Paciga
Partner, KPMG LLP

 Heather Paquette
Partner, KPMG LLP
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/heatherpaquette

Margaret Payne
Vice President, Ralston Payne Enterprises

Sarah Peacey
Manager, KPMG LLP
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/peacey
Website: www.us.kpmg.com

Connie Phillips**
Executive Director, Sojourner Center
Website: www.sojournercenter.org     

 Pat Pierce**
Chair, Board of Commissioners; Tennessee Human Rights Commission

Susan Peirce
Principal, Apple Growth Partners
Website: www.applegrowth.com

Todd Popham
Zone Strategy Manager, State Farm Insurance

Tegwin Pulley**
President, Tegwin Pulley Inc.

 Sandra Pupatello**
Minister of Economic Development & Trade, Province of Ontario

Judith Prince**
Vice Chancellor - Greenville Campus, University of South Carolina Upstate

Sheila Ralph**
Owner & Stylist, Sheila’s Styling Salon

 Lynda Randall**
Partner, New Level Advisors, LLC

Chris Redgrave**
Owner, Redgrave LLC

Norma Rist**
President, Norma J. Rist CEO Consulting, Inc.
Website: www.normarist.com

Eileen Rogers**
President, Allegra
Website: www.allegraaz.com  

 Ellen S. Ruddock**
Director, Center for Family Business, Indiana University of PA

 Candie Rudzinski**
Executive Director, Randolph County Senior Adults Association, Inc.
Website: www.senioradults.com

 Michelle Sarver
Partner, KPMG LLP

 Mary Schnack
President, Mary Schnack & Associates
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/maryschnack
Website: www.maryschnack.com

 Susan Sentell
President & CEO, The Sentell Group, LLC
Website: www.sentellgroup.com

Rita Shisler**
Owner, Shisler’s Cheese House
Website: www.shislerscheese.net
www.cheesehouse.com

Rita Singh**
Executive Coach & Leadership Strategist, S&A Consulting Group LLP

Dorothy Sisneros
Managing Partner, Thunderbird Leadership Consulting
Website: www.thunderbirdleadership.com

Lorraine B Skeeter**
VP, Education Training Programs, Southeastern Tidewater Opportunity Project - Hampton Roads

Deirdre Joy Smith
Founder & President, POWER: Opening Doors for Women

Lucie Snogdgrass
State Director, U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski
Website: www.lucielsnodgrass.net

Dawn Springer, M.D.**
Physician

Sandra Stein
Partner, KPMG LLP

Mona Stone
Partner, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mona-stone/7/569/610
Website: http://www.lockelord.com/mstone/

Linda L. Stevenson**
Senior Vice President, Women’s Business Development; PNC

 Alice W. Strine**
Attorney, Self Employed

 Marnie Sweet, M. A.**
President & Founder, Proper Protocol Now

Marie Tabrizi
GSVP, Audit & Advisory Services, Cole Taylor Bank

 Jacqueline Taylor**
President & CEO, Taylor Global Consulting

Heather Teegarden**
Operations Manager, Andres O’Neil & Lowe Agency, Inc.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/heatherteegarden

Amy Thomas
Manager, Tax, KPMG LLP

Evelyn Thomas**
Secretary & Treasurer, Brandt Consolidated

Donna Thompson**
CEO, Access Community Health Network

 Linda Waters
Founder, Back to Business LLC & The Confidence Beads
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lindawaters
Websites: www.backtobusinesss.org and www.confidencebeads.com

Donna Waltz-Jaskolski*
Regional Manager, PNC Bank
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/donnajaskolski

Lori E. Weigant
Owner, Lori E. Weigant CPA
Website: www.lweigantcpa.com

Corinne Wood**
Former Illinois Lt. Governor

Yvonne Wood**
CEO, Wood Conference & Event Planning
Website: www.woodconferences.com

Stacey Zahoranski
Financial Advisor, Robert W. Baird & Co.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/stacey-zahoranski/15/5ab/66a

Beth Zimmer
Vice President, Talent Acquisition & Business Development
Website: www.jlnick.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bzimmerjlnick        

*     Indicates ATHENA Award Nominee      
**    Indicates ATHENA Award Recipient
***  Indicates ATHENAPowerLink Woman Business Owner Graduate

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