40th ATHENA Leadership Awards Dinner

Join us for the 40th Ontario County
ATHENA Leadership Awards Dinner

Presented by the Ontario County Chamber of Commerce and Professional Women of the Finger Lakes

Join us as we honor this year's honorees at the 40th ATHENA Leadership Awards Dinner on Thursday, November 13, 2025, at Finger Lakes Community College in Canandaigua.

Celebrating our 2025 Nominees

This year’s ATHENA honorees are:

Dr. Molly Branch Shill, president of the Shill Cares Foundation
Denise Chaapel, owner of Sweet Expressions and executive director of Downtown Canandaigua Business Improvement District
Jennifer Harris, instructional coach at Geneva City School District, adjunct professor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Finger Lakes Community College, and co-founder and assistant director of Thrive to Survive
Heather Rickett, director of the F.F. Thompson Foundation Inc.
Michelle Robbins, director of development at Finger Lakes Community College
Linda Werts, co-founder of Called to Care, Canandaigua

This year’s ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award honorees are:

Maureen Ballatori, founder and CEO of Agency 29
Meghan Bowman, director of finance at Highland Hospital
Laurali Deats, director of operations, sales and marketing at Freedom Boat Club of Rochester & Finger Lakes / Seager Marine
Dani Hines, director of operations for The Spot
Anne Piorkowski, owner of Resilience Bakery
Andrea Shaffer, business development representative at SERVPRO of Victor/Canandaigua
Allison Shannon, principal/architect at SWBR

5:30PM
Cocktail Hour & Silent Auction benefiting the Professional Women of the Finger Lakes Scholarship Fund

6:30PM
Dinner & Program

$80 Members/ $85 Non-Members

RSVP by Thursday, October 30th.
All cancellations after October 30th will be invoiced.

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