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The Women's Business
Council of Marion, Ohio
is one of a select
number of cities to
present The Athena Award
of excellence in
leadership to a woman of
distinction each year.
For many years, our
organization has
sponsored this national
honor for a business and
professional woman who
exemplifies leadership
and encouragement.
The award is presented
to a woman who has
demonstrated her passion
to help other women
reach their goals in
business or community
leadership. The Women¹s
Business Council honors
the nominees with a
luncheon and beautiful
sculpture for the final
recipient.
The ATHENA Foundation is
a nonprofit organization
dedicated to creating
leadership opportunities
for women. Established
in East Lansing,
Michigan, the Foundation
administers the ATHENA®
Award Program and
additional programs
designed to assist women
in reaching their full
leadership potential.
The ATHENA Award is
intended to recognize
outstanding business and
professional women in
the community and to
create an environment
where providing
assistance,
encouragement and
mentoring to women would
be uniquely valued. The
ATHENA Foundation has
come to embody the
principles of a new kind
of leadership reflected
in far-reaching
initiatives for the
future.
The ATHENA Powerlink®
Program helps
women-owned business
expand profitably
through the use of
volunteer professional
advisory panels. The
program links each
participating business
with a panel of
professional advisors
experts in their fields
specifically recruited
to meet the specific
needs of that business.
The ATHENA Leadership
Model articulates a
philosophy of leadership
and gives identity,
credibility, visibility,
and coherence to ATHENA
perspectives on
leadership. It was
inspired by stories and
experiences of thousands
of ATHENA Award
recipients and consists
of eight tenets that
guide leadership
practice. The
International ATHENA
Conference, held
annually, represents a
professional development
opportunity and features
great speakers,
informative workshops,
and matchless networking
opportunities. |
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