Emeritus & Founding Board
Athena Emeritus & Founding Board Members
We are grateful to the leaders and visionaries that enabled Athena’s 25-year impact in advancing professional STEM leaders. Their collective insights and dedication drove the success in building a robust member portfolio serving STEM executives, managers, educators, entrepreneurs, and service providers. We salute and honor these founding members for executing on a vision where the world views STEM leaders’ contributions to innovation as a core strategic value.
Helen Adams
Lola Adeyemo
Erna Adelson
Cathy Akin*
Karen Anderson
Gemini Babla
Suzanne Biggs
Janice Brown
Jennifer Brown
Barbara Bry*
Julie Burgess
Anita Busquets
Donna Caley Leach*
Cathryn Campbell*
Kelly Cashion
Jennifer Cayer
Kay Chandler
Rashmi Char
June Chocheles
Grace Chui-Miller
Michele Comtois
Nancy Conyers
Nicole DeBerg
Jan Dehesh
Martha Dennis*
Barbara Drinkrow
Berit Durler
Karin Eastham
Sue Ebner
Tamar Elkeles*
Maureen Feerick
Karen Fisher
Lynne Friedmann*
Carolyn Fritz
Tammy Garbett
Karen Garsson
Liz Gasser
Brenda Gebler
Susan Gonick
Cathy Gonzales
Diane Goostree
Lisa Grillone
Lisa Haile
Kathleen Hedges
Emilie Hersh
Denise Jackson
Sabrina Johnson
Wendy Johnson
Deborah Jondall
AnneMarie Kaiser
Katherine Kantardjieff
Beth Kinsey*
Karen Klause*
Sarah Lamade
Tracy Lawhon
Patti Lazard
Linda Le Beau*
Sandra Louis Schmid
Maggie Lowe
Catherine Mackey
Margaret Mann
Constance Maples
Magda Marquet
Vicki Marion
Lisa Martens
Judy Muller-Cohn
Donna Nichols
Barbara Noerenberg
Anne O'Donnell*
Benita Page*
Sigrid Pate*
Leni Perciado
Aboli Rane
Ruchika Rastogi
Rhonda Rhyne
Chadia Robertson
Gwen Rosenberg
Faye Russell
Killu Sanborn
Dawn Saunders
Jeni Schrimsher
Joleen Schultz
Linda Seaton
Stephanie Shkolnik
Abby Silverman
Kim Silverman
Joan Stafslien
Jean Stadwiser
Deirdre Stewart
Revathi Subramanian
Julie Sullivan
Susan Ten Eyck Mallory*
Denise Thompson
Jackie Townsend
Christie Vail
Elaine Weidenhammer
Sara Wilensky Napoli
Lee Wills
Annette Winn
Teresa Young
Nicola Zahl
* Founding Board Member