The ATHENA Award celebrates the potential of all women as leaders of the community and recognizes those who support them. The ATHENA Award honors individuals who strive towards the highest levels of professional accomplishment, women and men who excel in their chosen field, have devoted time and energy to their community, and who open paths so that other women may follow.

ATHENA Award Recipients

• 2011 - Nancy McKeague
• 2010 - Nell Kuhnmuench
• 2009 - Tiffany Dowling
• 2008 - Rachelle Neal
• 2007 - Paula Blanchard-Stone
• 2006 - Sheri Jones
• 2005 - Paula Cunningham
• 2004 - Lou Anna K. Simon
• 2003 - Theda Rudd
• 2002 - Carol Conn
• 2001 - Mary Ellen Sheets
• 2000 - Virginia Hilbert
• 1999 - Suzanne Beekman Mills
• 1998 - Sandra Draggoo
• 1997 - Marianne E. Samper
• 1996 - Joan E. Bauer
• 1995 - Priscilla J. Peterson
• 1994 - Helen Pratt Mickens
• 1993 - Dawn E. Springer
• 1992 - Patrick D. Hanes
• 1991 - Eva Evans, Ph.D.
• 1990 - The Honorable Debbie Stabenow
• 1989 - Mildred Erickson
• 1988 - Hortense G. Canady, Ph.D.
• 1987 - Marcia Jensen Spencer
• 1986 - Martha Mertz
• 1985 - Alyson W. Steele
• 1984 - Sister Mary Janice Belen
• 1983 - Lucille E. Belen
• 1982 - Dr. MaryLee Davis