ATHENA nominees

ATHENA

2009 nominees

This year’s ATHENA awards dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. May 21 at Mr. Anthony’s in Boardman. The cost of the event is $45 per person or $360 per table of eight.

For more information, contact Jennifer Mascardine at (330) 744-2131, ext. 12. Reservations made before May 13 will receive tickets in advance; otherwise, tickets may be picked up at the registration table that evening. No refunds will be made after May 13.

This award dinner, co-sponsored by the Regional Chamber and The Vindicator/vindy.com, recognizes area business and professional women who have demonstrated excellence in their chosen careers, provided leadership in the community and mentored or contributed to the growth of other professional women.

Connie Schultz, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Plain Dealer and Creators Syndicate, will be the keynote speaker. Schultz won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for what the judges called her “pungent columns that provided a voice for the underdog and the underprivileged,” a common theme in her work.

The nominees for the 2009 Athena Award are:

Madhu Mathur Anand, director of clinical operations, Syncro Medical Innovations.

Germaine Bennett, educational human resource consultant, ONTASC

Sharyn Braunstein, chief executive, The Youngstown Columbiana Association of Realtors

Patricia Brozik, executive director, Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley

Annette Camacci, community volunteer

Stella M. Camuso, diversified health coordinator, Choffin Career and Technical Center

Diana Colaianni, director of nursing, District Board of Health, Mahoning County

Karen DeSalvo, senior vice president of marketing, Seven Seventeen Credit Union

Dr. Nancy Gantt, St. Elizabeth Health Center

Michele D. Grant, associate director of development, The Paula and Anthony Rich Center for the Study and Treatment of Autism

Shari Harrell, executive director, YWCA of Warren

Atty. Mary Beth Houser, Newman, Olson & Kerr

Susan Kondos, business manager, Corrections Corporation of America

Diane Less, co-founder, Angels For Animals

Celeste Lisko, marketing director, Handel Investments

Andrea L. Lupton, Realtor and past president, Warren Area Board of Realtors

Patricia Matthews-Wanat, owner/president, Comprehensive Worklife Solutions

Joan Sandra Mingo, principal, Byzantine Catholic Central School

Sharon Mock, supervisor, Hill, Barth & King

Veronica A. Rice, postmaster, Youngstown, United States Postal Service

Ann Sevenich, associate director of community outreach, Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Retirement Services

Susan J. Shafer, community events coordinator, Tribune Chronicle

Barbara E. Stacy, family consumer science teacher, Poland Seminary High School

Marilyn Titus, vice president and chief operating officer, Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital

Wilma Violeta Torres, director of planning & development, Mahoning Youngstown Community Action Partnership

Atty. Patricia B. Wagner, chairwoman, department of criminal justice and forensic science, Youngstown State University

Tammy Weaver, chief officer, Coleman Professional Services

Patricia Weston-Hall, chief executive, Glenbeigh

Krystie Whetstone Sutch, owner/director, Krystie’s Dance Academy

Mari Wren Petrony, assistant director, The Mahoning County Green Team