General Questions
Your nomination helps recognize an outstanding leader in the Rutherford County community and demonstrates that your organization values women’s contributions. Your organization also benefits from the media coverage surrounding the ATHENA Award.
The Young Professional Award recognizes an emerging leader under age 40 who demonstrates the ATHENA values and 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 or its immediate surrounding counties. If the nominee lives in Davidson County, she must work in Rutherford County or a surrounding County; if the nominee works in Davidson County, she must live in Rutherford County or a surrounding County.
Yes, you may submit both an ATHENA nominee and a Young Professional nominee.
The application fee covers the ATHENA or Young Professional nominee’s ticket to the Patrons Party, ticket to the ATHENA Award Ceremony, and partially covers the numerous gifts each nominee receives.
The deadline for submitting nominations for both ATHENA and ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Awards is Friday December 8th, 2023.
This investment provides funding for the ATHENA Non-Traditional Scholarships, as well as your admission to the May 17th, 2024 ATHENA Award Ceremony in the MTSU Ballroom and the April 18th, 2024 invite-only Patron’s Reception to be held at Pinnacle.
Patrons do not need to buy a ticket to the ATHENA Award Ceremony. Your Patrons Society investment includes your admission to the ATHENA Award Ceremony.
Please visit the Patrons Society page (https://rutherfordcable.org/athena/athena-patrons-society/)
Please visit the ATHENA home page (https://rutherfordcable.org/athena/)
Nominees
ATHENA and ATHENA Young Professional nominees are required to attend four main ATHENA events: Tuesday January 10th, 2024 Nominee Welcome Luncheon, Tuesday February 13th, 2024 RUTHERFORD Cable breakfast, the Thursday April 18th, 2024 Patron’s Party support the ATHENA Scholarship, and the Friday May 17th, 2024 ATHENA Awards Ceremony. In addition, each nominee will be scheduled for a brief videotaping session to record a pre-selected interview question that will take place in February at Redstone Federal Credit Union as well as be scheduled for professional headshots by Angel Pardue in January.
The ATHENA Award Ceremony is Business Professional Attire
The Patrons Party is business attire – a suit or dress. It is important for all nominees to attend this event, as there will be a brief presentation to the nominees at approximately 6 p.m.
Judges
Because of the large number of nominees, we request our nominating organizations assist with the judging process by supplying a judge. The participation of one judge from each nominating organization helps ensure the fairness of the judging process. Judges results are then audited by Deloitte
You need to supply two judges if you are submitting nominees for both the ATHENA and Young Professional Awards. If you are submitting only one nominee, you need to submit only one judge.
No. The ATHENA or YP Judge can be an adult of any age.
Judges are expected to attend the February 13th RUTHERFORD Cable breakfast followed by the Judges Training session. All judges are invited to the May 17th ATHENA Award Program (their ticket is already paid for through the application fee). Judges who choose to become an ATHENA Patron may choose to attend the April 18th Patron Party. The amount of time required to actually judge the nominee applications is dependent on the total number of nominees.
If you have additional questions, please contact Janet Kincherlow-Martin, 2024 ATHENA Chair, at jmartin@ulmt.org and your question will be added to the FAQs.
Sponsors
2023 ATHENA Sponsors
For more information about the Rutherford ATHENA Award® Program, please contact Janet Kincherlow-Martin, 2024 ATHENA Chair at jmartin@ulmt.org
For more information on the ATHENA International Leadership Award, please visit athenainternational.org
