36th Annual Canandaigua ATHENA Leadership Awards Program

Debuting on Finger Lakes Television (Spectrum 1304) & Online on November 19th at 7PM

This year's professionally produced ninety-minute event centers around two of ATHENA's core tenets - Courageous Acts and Celebration & Joy. Mary Beer, Director of Public Health for Ontario County, will deliver the keynote address and presenting sponsor Randall Farnsworth Auto Group will join 2019 recipients Margaret Somerset and Allison Hildebrandt in remarks and introducing the following nominees.

ATHENA Leadership Award Nominees:

Kari Buch, Associate Director of Community Impact, United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes
Donna Cotter, Associate Director, Literacy Volunteers Ontario-Yates, Inc.
Hon. Kristina "Kitty" Karle, Ontario County Supreme & County Courts
Nancy E. McCarthy, Freelance Writer, Retired Fitness Instructor, Community Volunteer
Pam Metting, Doctor of Audiology, Retired
Hazel Robertshaw, Vice President of Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer, UR Medicine Thompson Health

ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award Nominees:

Kristen Bloom, Director of Infection Prevention/Emergency Preparedness, UR Medicine Thompson Health
Jacklyn "JJ" Cotter, Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of Wayne County, Inc.
Mandy Friend Gigliotti, Team Leader, The Friend Team at Keller Williams Realty
Amber Foster, Senior Director of Ambulatory Care and Clinical Space Planning, University of Rochester Medical Center
Chelsey Pendock, Managing Partner, Innovision Advertising, LLC
Diana N. Perry, Assistant Vice President, Community Office Manager, Canandaigua National Bank & Trust
Sonya Smith, Owner, Muddy Sneakers Physical Therapy PLLC

Those who join in the community-wide viewing event will be among the first to learn the identities of this year's recipients of the Canandaigua ATHENA Leadership Award and Canandaigua ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award. We encourage friends, neighbors, and colleagues of the nominees are encouraged to host remote viewing parties and engage with nominees on Facebook as part of this year's socially distant event!

Special thanks to Finger Lakes Community College and Finger Lakes Television (FLTV) for staging and producing this high quality, COVID-smart event, accessible and shareable on Spectrum Chanel 1304 and anywhere you can access the internet.

Visit our Canandaigua ATHENA Online Leadership Program auction site to support the annual PWFL Scholarship Fund!

For more information about the event or sponsorships contact Molly Kleven, at the Chamber at (585) 394-4400, ext. 202