Annual Meeting & ATHENA Awards Nominees

ANNUAL MEETING & ATHENA AWARDS

For more than two decades, the Greater Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce has presented the ATHENA Award to a local businesswoman who has achieved excellence in her field, served the community and assisted other women in the attainment of their goals. Former ATHENA recipients include women from business, education, and politics.

The Young Professional Award was added in 2007, and recognizes women who are emerging business leaders and clearly serves as a role model for young women both personally and professionally. Finalists for both awards are honored in a special Arizona Daily Sun tabloid and at the Chamber’s Annual Meeting, Friday, February 8, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at High Country Conference Center. Rachel Mushahwar, General Manager, US Enterprise, Government and Cloud Industries, Intel, will be the featured speaker for this year’s award ceremony.

THE NOMINEES FOR THIS YEAR’S ATHENA YOUNG PROFESSIONAL AWARD ARE:

ERIN MCDONALD Peak Hospitality, Martanne's

BROOKE HIRSCHY N2 Publishing

SHARON TEWKSBURY-BLOOM

Do Good, Be Good

AMY HAMMOND Crest Insurance Group

MARIN MCDERMOTT Nestle Purina PetCare Company

KELLY CULBERTSON Nackard Companies

DIANNA SANCHEZ The Literacy Center

THE NOMINEES FOR THIS YEAR’S ATHENA AWARD ARE:

LIZ BOHLKE High Country Humane

KIM MUSSELMAN Coconino County

ELISA MUSCARELLA Your Pie

LYNDA BALLANTINE & DANA BOAST

Prime Time Athletics

CHRISTINA CALDWELL Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona

JACQUIE KELLOGG West USA Realty Flagstaff

JUDY JACKSON Northern Arizona Association of Realtors

FLO SPYROW Northern Arizona Healthcare

KIMBERLY B. ALEXANDER Northern Arizona Healthcare

Athena was founded nationally in 1982 by Martha Mayhood Mertz and ATHENA International, a non-profit organization that seeks to support, develop and honor women leaders. The goddess Athena was chosen as the symbol for the program to reflect the qualities the award honors – strength, courage, wisdom and enlightenment.