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15th Annual Women’s Leadership Day Luncheon
August 4, 2023 @ 11:45 am - 1:00 pm
Join Us on August 4th at the 15th Annual ATHENA Akron Women’s Leadership Day Lunch
Invite an emerging woman leader to join you to mentor and celebrate as we participate in roundtable discussions about each person’s leadership journey and what they want to achieve. Many established women leaders at each table will help the emerging women leaders make connections, find resources and get clarity about their next steps.
Tracy Carter, System Director, Government Affairs and Health Policy at Summa Health, will emcee the event.
Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D, Director PRADAA (Program for Research on Anxiety Disorders among African Americans) Department of Psychological Sciences – Kent State University, and 2022 ATHENA Leadership Award recipient, will present the keynote welcome.
Welcome to our 2023 Honorary Chairs!
Jeanine Black, Chief Strategy and Communications Officer, Bounce Innovation Hub
Tami Bolder, Director, CBIZ
EbaNee Bond, Customer Development Consultant & Public Speaker, Bond 465
Courtney Eaton, President, M7 Ventures, LLC
Barbara Feld, Director of Development for Summit County, Apollo’s Fire
Mary Kay Finn, Instructor, University of Akron Dance Institute
Hanne-Lore Gambrell, Attorney – Owner, The Law Offices of H. Gambrell
Geraldine Haynes-Nelson, Executive Director, Employee Engagement & Outreach, Kent State University
Leianne Neff Heppner, President & CEO, Summit County Historical Society
Jessica Korzhiletskiy, Director, Risk Management, Energy Harbor Corp.
Emma Lieberth Osborn, Senior Policy Manager, Unite Us
Lauren Marsh, Clerk of Council, Summit County
Meghan Meeker, Senior Manager, VeriCast
Abby Morgan, Chief Operating Officer, Direction Home Aging & Disabilities
Towanda Mullins, Co-Chair, Sojourner Truth Statue Fund
Cathryn O’Malley, Chief Operating Officer, United Way of Summit & Medina
Laura Pletcher, Executive Director, Blick Center
Rochelle Sibbio, President and CEO, Habitat for Humanity of Summit County
Teresa Stafford, Executive Director, Battered Women’s Shelter & Rape Crisis Center of Summit and Medina Counties
Dannika Stevenson, AKA “Chef Danni”, CEO & Owner, SIPSAVORSOUL & SIPSAVORSOUL KITHEN Cooking School
Michelle Togliatti, Executive Director, Hope Meadows Foundation
Aimee Wade, Executive Director, Summit County ADM Board
Lisa Wheeler-Cooper, Executive Director, American Heart Association
Thank you to our Premier Sponsors!
