Young Women of Promise Awards Luncheon

Since 1981 Athena has identified young women of promise, and this year’s program continues this fine tradition and is sure to provide an uplifting and hopeful window into the future.  Ten very special young women will be introduced, each outstanding in her own way. ...

March Luncheon:
Highlight on the Phillips Collection

The Tampa Museum of Art provides a temporary home for an exhibition of more than 100 American paintings from the Phillips Collection, a distinguished museum in Washington D.C. This exhibit tour is the first time the Phillips has sent a significant group from its...

February Luncheon: Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned From Tough Times Two of our esteemed members, Doretha Edgecomb and Pat Frank, will share the personal and professional hurdles, hardships and challenges they have overcome on the path to success today. Doretha Edgecomb has been a Hillsborough County...

January Luncheon
The State of Higher Education in Florida

The State of Higher Education in Florida:  View from the Presidency Mary Jane Saunders, former Athena member, began serving as the President of Florida Atlantic University on June 7, 2010. She is the sixth President in the half-century history of FAU, a comprehensive...

Status of Women on Corporate Boards
Speaker: Katherine Young

Katherine will report on women’s board participation at the national and state levels and strategies to increase diversity and female representation on corporate boards. She serves on the Board of Directors of Women’s Executive Leadership (WEL) whose primary mission...