Patricia always dreamt of becoming a REALTOR®; however, she took a safer path in corporate America for many years only to discovered she was accepting security for fulfillment, so she took the plunge and became a REALTOR®. She is a solo agent with Keller Williams...
Carrie Smith has spent the last 27 years working for the Foundation for Senior Living (FSL). Carrie started her career as a social worker with FSL fresh out of college. FSL’s mission is to provide affordable housing and home and community-based services that promotes...
Kaleigh Williams is the Program Director of ATHENA AVOS PowerLink program. Kaleigh's background in organizational development and her belief in others, equips her to coach others in personal and professional growth. Kaleigh’s mindset is that business ventures have a...
2019-2020 Young ATHENA leader, Trenn Moore has passed the torch to Parm Gulshan with a challenge to take the Young ATHENA Leadership program to a new level. Parm’s background is in Human Resources and she has an undergraduate degree in business marketing. Her clients...
Alondra Macías is 15 years old, is a 10th Grader at Westwood HS in Mesa, AZ. Alondra is a member of the Westwood Young ATHENA Club, the National Honor Society, and she also volunteers for several schools and community organizations. “ I'm kind of shy and timid...
Deeann Schettrer is an 11th Grader at Westwood Highschool in Mesa, AZ. Deeann is a member of the Westwood Young ATHENA Club and National Honor Society. Deeann volunteers at Banner Baywood Medical Center and Helping Hand for Relief and Development of Arizona. When...
Emma Cain is a Sophomore at ASU Prep Polytechnic High School in Mesa, AZ. She is an active member of the Key Club and was recently inducted into the National Honor Society. Emma volunteers with younger students as a color guard coach and helps teach in a Daisy Girl...
Interview with Carey Conley Carey Conley is dedicated to helping people identify their dreams and goals through vision building and to achieve those goals through discovering their purpose. She believes that success in life is about following your true passion and...
ATHENA Valley of the Sun presents Katharine Halpin, whose role on the AVOS Leadership Team is to lead the ATHENA Women in Technology program. We are looking for senior women, C-level women, executive women in Arizona that are going to help transform our world....
One way to be successful in your business is to create a great work environment for your employees. Keeping employees happy, engaged, and motivated should be a priority for every employer. According to a recent SHRM only 69 percent of employees consistently put effort...
Women have for decades faced social messaging that undermines our confidence, worth and self-esteem. We have become masterful at judging and criticizing ourselves and others. I believe these judgmental, critical voices are not the truth of who we are as women. As we...
It’s not news to anyone, that relationships are a key factor to success in business or career. As one of the ATHENA Leadership Principles, Build Relationships is defined as: Connecting genuinely with those around you. A willingness to bond with others, profoundly and...
Sheila Grinell was our Seed thought leader for the ATHENA Leadership Principle of Learn Constantly. Sheila discussed her role in creating the Phoenix Science Center and the learning that occurred as she shifted careers to become a writer. She stated that she...
We had the opportunity to hear from our Young ATHENAs, Jennifer Equihua and Ali McAuliff, part of Generation Z. They are currently in high school and facing issues around the ATHENA Leadership principles. They discussed constant living in fear with school threats,...
Over a four-month period, women from many organizations came together to use their collective brains to investigate what can be done to help women leaders in education in our community. What we discovered was that there are many groups and individuals who are...