Sunday, April 26, 2009
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