ATHENA International Leadership Awards®

Nominations are open from now until DEC 3!

ATHENA LEADERSHIP AWARD® is presented to an individual recognized for professional excellence, for providing valuable service to their community, and for actively assisting women in their attainment of professional excellence and leadership skills. It highlights the recipient's accomplishments as well as how they pave a path for future successes.

Nominees must meet each of the following criteria:

• Demonstrate professional and personal excellence
• Provide valuable service to improve the quality of life for others in the community
• Actively assist women in realizing their full leadership potential

ATHENA YOUNG PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD® honors emerging leaders, 40 years old or younger.  Nominees are emerging women leaders who:

• Demonstrate professional excellence
• Contribute valuable service to improve the quality of life for others in the community
• Clearly serve as a professional and personal role model for women and girls

ATHENA ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD® is presented to an organization or business that ignites, amplifies, and celebrates leaders who are women. The award highlights those who create a culture of inclusive leadership and provide opportunities for women's professional advancement and growth, recognizes those that are woman owned/led, and that support, develop and honor women leaders. ATHENA Organizational Leadership Award nominees each of the following criteria:

• Create an organizational culture that encourages women employees to achieve their full leadership potential
• Give back to the larger community of women and girls by providing and/or supporting leadership development opportunities and initiatives

Founded over 30 years ago, ATHENA International is a women’s leadership organization that supports, develops, and honors women leaders through the programs it administers. ATHENA’s flagship program, the ATHENA Leadership Award Program, has honored over 7,000 women leaders from hundreds of cities and eight countries since its inception in 1982. The program is facilitated locally by the Harford Community College Foundation, a licensed ATHENA host organization.