Rutherford Cable is seeking nominations for the 2024 Rutherford ATHENA International Leadership Award and ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award.

The ATHENA Award, named for the strong goddess of Greek mythology, is an international program founded in 1982. Rutherford Cable is the founding sponsor of the local ATHENA program.

The ATHENA Award recipient is someone who:

• Achieves the highest level of professional excellence
• Contributes time and energy to improve the quality
  
  
  of life for those in the community
• Actively assists others, particularly women, in realizing
  their full leadership potential

The ATHENA YP recipient is an emerging leader under age 40 who:

• Demonstrates excellence, creativity, and initiative in her profession
• Contributes time and energy to improve the quality of life for
  others in the community
• Serves as a role model for young women personally and professionally.

Nominees for the Rutherford ATHENA and Young Professional Awards must live or work in Rutherford County. If the nominee lives outside of Rutherford County, she must work in Rutherford County.

Now in its eleventh year, the 2022 Rutherford ATHENA Award ceremony will be held as a luncheon on Friday, May 17, 2024, at the MTSU Student Union Building Ballroom. The ATHENA 2024 Awards Ceremony will feature inspiring video conversations with nominees as well as with representatives from their respective nominating organizations.

The ATHENA Leadership Model was developed through a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and identifies eight distinct attributes that are reflective of women’s contributions to leadership. The tenets of an ATHENA woman include authentic self, growing relationships, giving back, collaboration, courageous acts, learning, fierce advocacy, celebration, and joy.

ATHENA Young Professional Award Like the ATHENA Award, the Young Professional Leadership Award recognizes an emerging leader under the age of 40 who exemplifies the ATHENA attributes and serves as a role model for young women.

Nominees for the Rutherford ATHENA and Young Professional Awards must live or work in Rutherford County. If the nominee lives outside of Rutherford County, she must work in Rutherford County.

Rutherford Cable reports they are the premier leadership organization for women’s professional advancement in Middle Tennessee. It is a 200+ member organization with an established network of diverse professionals committed to connecting women and opportunity. Visit rutherfordcable.org to learn more. Nominating organizations can go to ATHENA - Rutherford Cable, click on the “Apply now” link and nominate your Organization’s ATHENA and Young Professional Nominees by December 8th.