The ATHENA® Leadership Awards Program recognizes and honors the achievements of outstanding professional and business women. It celebrates individuals who strive toward the highest level of accomplishment; women who excel in their chosen field but who also open paths so that others may follow.
The ATHENA Awards Program is an international program. Since its beginning in Michigan in 1982, more than 7,000 awards have been presented in over 500 communities in 8 countries. The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce is pleased to bring this important recognition program to women working in or contributing to Palo Alto.
Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce proudly presents the
35th Annual ATHENA® Awards
The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce announces the 2022 Awards to be held
Thursday, September 29th - 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Sheraton Hotel, Palo Alto
2022 Athena Leadership Award Coming Soon
ATHENA Leadership Award
2022 Athena Emerging Professional Coming Soon
ATHENA Emerging Professional Leadership Award
2022 Womam of Wisdom Award Coming Soon
Second Annual Silicon Valley Woman of Wisdom® Award
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Past ATHENA Leadership Award Recipients
Cecilia Burciaga (1987) • Loretta Green (1988) • Gail Stypula (1989) • Rose Kleiner (1990)
Paula Sandas (1991) • Betsy Bechtel (1992) • Carroll Harrington (1993) • Kathleen Gwynn (1994)
Jeanne D. Kennedy (1995) • Beverly Nadine (1996) • Karen Csejtey (1997) • Susan Black (1998)
Marlene Prendergast (1999) • Lynne Johnson (2000) • Sharon Williams (2001) • Lisa Hendrickson (2002)
Pam Brandin (2003) • Jean McCown (2004) • Barbara Gross (2005) • Karen Nierenberg (2006)
Georgie Gleim (2007) • Marilyn Winkleby (2008) • Deborah Pappas (2009) • Audrey Rust (2010)
Tara VanDerveer (2011) • Rebecca Nelson (2012) • Anne Warner Cribbs (2013)
Jane Williams (2014) • Eileen Richardson (2015) • Karen Kienzle (2016) • Jenny Dearborn (2017)
Sherri Sager (2018) • Judy Kleinberg (2021)
Past ATHENA Emerging Professional Leadership Award Recipients
Jacquetta Lannan (2014) • Stephanie Martinson (2015) • Candice Gonzalez (2016)
Anissa Leong (2017) • Elaine Uang (2018)