ATHENA Awards Luncheon
Date and Time
Thursday Nov 14, 2024
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM EST
November 14, 2024
11:00AM - 1:00PM
11:00am - 11:30am - Registration/Lunch
11:30am - 1:00pm - Program
Location
Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center - Crystal Ballroom
110 Shenandoah Ave NE
Roanoke, VA 24016
Fees/Admission
$50/ticket - Members
$75/ticket - Non-Members
Contact Information
Kayla Masters
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Description
The Roanoke Regional Chamber's ATHENA Awards program recognizes and celebrates the achievements of businesswomen across the Roanoke region. The ATHENA Award, an internationally prized honor, recognizes women who demonstrate excellence in professional leadership, community service, and mentorship of future leaders.
The Roanoke Regional Chamber will highlight two women at the top of their field, who have demonstrated inspiring leadership within their industry, mentored women throughout their career, and act as dedicated community servants.
For our inaugural year we will welcome keynote speaker Nancy Agee, CEO emeritus of Carilion Clinic.
Nancy Howell Agee, CEO of Carilion Clinic, began her career as a nurse and holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Virginia and MSN from Emory University. Before becoming Carilion’s President and CEO in 2011, Nancy served as Chief Operating Officer and was a key architect of the health system’s partnership with Virginia Tech that continues to transform the region’s economy. Beyond Carilion, Nancy is a recognized national health care leader. She is a past chair of the American Hospital Association and 2024 recipient of its highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award. She is perennially named among Modern Healthcare’s “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare” and to Virginia Business magazine’s Virginia 500 – Power List for the last four years. Nancy chairs the boards of the Virginia Initiative for Growth and Opportunity (Go Virginia), Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges and the American Hospital Association’s Coalition to Strengthen America’s Health Care. She also serves on the boards of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, Virginia Business Council, Virginia Business Higher Education Council and on the Governor’s Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates and Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Medical Advisory Team.
2024 ATHENA Leadership Nominees:
- Lynn Rogers - AesirTech Consulting
- Shiree Carr - LeisureMedia360
- Valerie Brown - The Greater Williamson Road Business Association
- Zenith Barrett - Goodwill
- Rita Joyce - FedUp with Gun Violence
- Susan Larkin - Bank of Botetourt
- Scotti Hartman - Good Samaritan Advanced Illness-Hospice
- Hope Cupit - SERCAP Inc
- Mindy Boyd - Goodwill Industries of the Valleys
- Ally Bowersock - RunAbout Sports Roanoke
- Erika Jones - SocialRae Inc.
- Alyshia Merchant - Real Estate - The Lupus Realtor
- Morgan Romeo - Greater Workforce Development Board
- Alicia Smith - F&S Building Innovations
- Erin Burcham - VERGE Alliance
- Angela Dickerson - Presidents of Black in Technology for Southwest Virginia
- Jennifer Huffman - Atlantic Union Bank
- Dawn Sandoval - The Least of These
- Misty Lester Reed - Valleystar Credit Union
- Amy Trail - FACES
- JoJo Friday - Sisters of Change
- Lisa Soltis - City of Roanoke Department of Economic Development
- Christina Dudley - Roanoke City Schools
- Leigh Gathing - LewisGale Regional Hospital System Behavior Health
- Ginger Poole Avis - Mill Mountain Theatre
- Katie Beach - Katie Beach Consulting
- Angie Chewning - Vinton Area Chamber of Commerce
- Menah Pratt - Professional and Community Leader
- Melissa Pritchard - SFCS Architects Inc.
- Betty Hess - CBIZ Human Capital Management
- Carrie McConnel - Ridge View Bank
- Margaret-Hunter Wade - Cox Communications
- Cleopatra "Cleo" Kitt - Retirement Unlimited
- Lori Firebaugh - LewisGale Medical Center
- Beth Boyd Bell - Bell Media, LeisureMedia360
- Rebecca Pauly - Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
- Caitlyn L. Scaggs - New Hope Girls
2024 ATHENA Young Professional Nominees:
- Jaleesa N. Young - Goodwill Industries of the Valleys
- Casey Lewis - LeadPoint Digital
- Alison Stinnette - Roanoke Valley Alleghany Regional Commission
- Madeline Hanlon - Roanoke County
- Taylor Spellman - Roanoke Blacksburg Technology Council
- Lauren (LB) Canary, MD - Virginia Tech School of Medicine
- Kohava Blount - Blue Hills DC 11
- Elizabeth Womack - LewisGale Medical Center