ATHENA Leadership Award Program
The Greater Wausau Chamber of Commerce has announced the recipients of the 2024 ATHENA Leadership Award and ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award. The recipients were named during a program held on Thursday, November 21 at the Holiday Inn & Suites in Rothschild.
The ATHENA Leadership Award and the ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award are presented annually to women or men in recognition of their professional excellence, community service and for actively assisting women in their attainment of professional excellence and leadership skills.
Jennifer Johnson, Senior Corporate Communications Specialist at Church Mutual Insurance Company SI, was named the recipient of the 2024 ATHENA Leadership Award.
Lindsey Lewitzke, Chair of the DC Everest Area Education Foundation, was named the recipient of the 2024 ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award.
Click on the finalist's name below to watch a recording of their interview.
2024 ATHENA Leadership Award finalists:
2024 ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award finalists:
ATHENA Leadership Award® Past Recipients
2024 - Jennifer Johnson
2023 - Amber Gober
2022 - Heather Martell
2021 - Robin Hegg
2020 - Dr. Kristine Gilmore
2019 – Mona Fox
2018 – Ann Dahlke
2017 – Bridget Wenman
2016 – Kari Solomonson
2015 – Dean Dietrich
2014 – Tee Daly
2013 – Karen Katz
2012 – Jeny Nieuwenhuis Hardel
2011 – Dr. Lori Weyers
2010 – Linda Larson Schlitz
2009 – Josie Paleologue-Pierce (Posthumously)
2008 – Dr. Diane Postler-Slattery
2007 – Dr. Sally Mattingly
2006 – Mary Krueger
2005 – Mary Radke
2004 – Joanne Leonard
2003 – Mary Weller
2002 – Rosemary Barnes
2001 – Patrice Pergolski
2000 – Mary Jo Johnson
1999 – Ann Lucas
1998 – Susan Lang
1997 – Judge Dorothy Bain
1996 – LaVon Jensen
1995 – Julie Kryshak
1994 – Waltraud Karkar
1993 – Evelyn Rosen
1992 – Jean Kruncos
1991 – Barbara Hunger
1990 – Justice Ann Walsh Bradley
1989 – Cheryl Davis
1988 – Taffy Williams
1987 – Betty Peters
1986 – Jane Sternberg
ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award® Past Recipients
2024 - Lindsey Lewitzke
2023 - Jessica Scharfenberg
2022 - Olivia Hill
2021 - Katie Felch
2020 - Mindy Hoppe
2019 – Lora Bladow
2018 – Allison Liddle
2017 – Erika Van De Yacht
2016 – Shanna Yonke
2015 – Elizabeth Field
2014 – Sara Valiska
2013 – Norah Brown
2012 – Megan Ballard
2011 – Sheila Rovang
2010 – Bao Vang
2009 – Heather Summers Valiska
2008 – Rebecca Pilgrim Tylinski