Austin College Hosts Local ATHENA Leadership Award Program
Nominations are open for the 2019 awards, to be presented in the spring.
2018 ATHENA Leadership Award Winners
April 27 | Wright Campus Center
Austin College recognized two exemplary leaders from the region on April 27, 2018, awarding the prestigious ATHENA Leadership Award® to LuAnn Daniel of Sherman and the ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award to Amber Pilcher of Denison. The event is an effort of the College's Center for Community and Regional Development and its Texoma Women Get Connected program.
The ATHENA Leadership Award Program is administered by ATHENA International, a non-profit women’s leadership organization, along with licensed host organizations and sponsors. Over 6,000 awards have been presented in the U.S. and around the world since the program’s inception in 1982. Recent recipients include Condoleezza Rice, Billie Jean King, Pat Summit, and Gabby Giffords.
The ATHENA Leadership Award® is presented to individuals who have attained and embody the highest level of professional excellence in their business or profession, devote time and energy to improve the quality of life for others in the community, and actively assist women in realizing their full leadership potential.
ATHENA Young Professional Leadership nominees are emerging women leaders who demonstrate excellence, creativity, and initiative in their business or profession; provide valuable service to improve the quality of life for others in their community; and clearly serve as role models for young women both personally and professionally.
Event sponsors and table sponsors are needed every year for the awards event. Learn more from the Sponsor Information Sheet. Event sponsorships benefit the College’s Social Entrepreneurship for Poverty Alleviation (SEPA) summer intern program.
For more information, please contact Trish Jennings at 903.813.2042.
2018 ATHENA Leadership Award Honorees
- Stephanie Chandler
- LuAnn Daniel *
- Deborah Estes
- Tonya Price
2018 ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award Honorees
- Amber Pilcher *
- Kristina Quinlan
- Melanie Truxal
*Award recipients
Texoma Women Get Connected
Committee Members
Honorary Chairs:
Anna Laura Page
Betty Stephens
Members:
Melida Ailshire '06
Nancy Anderson
Cindy Glaser Bankston '83
Sandy Richards Barber '90
Cindy Curtis Bean '75
Marilyn Bice
Kay Kinkler Casey '68
Hillary Luckett Clark '09 Co-Chair
Joan Douglass
Holly Hopkins
Ginny Jones
Marilyn Kretsinger '62
Kris Berry McKinney '78 Co-Chair
Margie Morris
Frances Pelley
Mignon Patterson Plyler '85
Bridget Renfroe
Martha Stephens '80
Sarah Campbell Stevens '75
Ruth Nuckols Williamson '80
ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award Recipients
Trish Bridges, 2017
Hillary Luckett Clark, 2016
Michelle Lemming, 2014
Amber Pilcher, 2018
No 2015 award.
*Please contact Trish Jennings, 903.813.2042,
if the name of a past ATHENA recipient from the
region is inadvertently missing from the listing.
Thank you!
Past ATHENA Award Recipients *
Janie Bates
Cindy Biesecker
Faye Brockett
Wilma Blackshear Bush
Shelle Cassell
Michelle Castle, 2017
Sherry Christie
Norinne Connor
Melissa Cunningham
LuAnn Daniel, 2018
Veronica Davis
Martha Dorman
Tina Garner
Janet Gott
Jeanne Groff
Bea Harmon
Brenda Hayward, 2016
Kathy Hendrick
Margaret Ann "Cookie" Hill
Donna Hunt
Sherry Kelley
Jann Knotts
Dee Lough
Deborah Magouirk
Anna McKinney
Honey Minshew
Stacy Rake Murphy, 2014
Frances Pelley
Donna Perry
Carol Pfeiffer
Patty Pool
Shawnda Rains
Stacy Rake Murphy
Mary Ann Reich
Kitty Richardson
Carol Shea
Gail Utter
Janie Whitten
Beth Bringhurst Williams
Diana Williams
Austin College began administering the awards in 2014. No awards were given in 2015.