Lakeland Chamber Foundation Announces Honorees for 2024 ATHENA Leadership Awards

​Following a rigorous application process, the Lakeland Chamber Foundation announces finalists and honorees for the 2024 ATHENA Leadership Awards, recognizing professional excellence, service to community and leadership development.
 
Founded more than 30 years ago, ATHENA International has honored more than 7,000 women leaders from hundreds of cities and eight countries. The Lakeland Chamber Foundation is a licensed ATHENA Award Community.
 
The 2024 ATHENA Awards Finalists demonstrate excellence, creativity and initiative in their businesses or professions; provide valuable service to improve the quality of life for others in their community; and actively assist women in achieving their full leadership potential.

2024 ATHENA Leadership Award Finalists:
Michelle Ledford, MADE LKLD
Teresa Martinez, Polk State College
Tracey Tedder, Florida Southern College
 
2024 ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award Finalists:
Kassia Alamm, EMERGE Lakeland & Straughn Trout Architects
Rachael Savinon, CPS Investment Advisors
Emily Shiver, New Life Veterinary Hospital
 
The 2024 ATHENA Organizational Leadership Award Recipient, Marriott Vacations Worldwide, will be honored for their organizational culture that encourages women employees to achieve the full leadership potential.
 
Finalists will be honored, and recipients will be announced at the 2024 ATHENA Leadership Awards Program on September 10, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. at Haus 820. Keynote Speaker Vera Jones, a former sportscaster and basketball analyst, will share her story of resilience and inspiration in the face of her son’s diagnoses with blindness.
 
For additional information, including past ATHENA Award recipients and event registration, please visit https://www.lakelandchamber.com/athena-awards.html.