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...

Diabetes: Bringing Science Home

Nicole is a Telly award-winning television journalist and an avid writer. Her articles on living with diabetes and wellness have appeared in Guideposts Magazine, Diabetes Forecast, Diabetes Health, USA Today and on various websites related to diabetes.  She has...

Phyllis Marshall Career Assistance Grant Awards

Athena awards Phyllis Marshall Career Assistance Grants annually to a handful of very deserving women in our community. This luncheon will provide an opportunity for members to become better informed about this wonderful program and the impact it has both on the grant...