The State of Higher Education in Florida:  View from the Presidency Mary Jane Saunders, former Athena member, began serving as the President of Florida Atlantic University on June 7, 2010. She is the sixth President in the half-century history of FAU, a comprehensive public university with sites located throughout its six-county service region in Southeast Florida. As chief executive…

Katherine will report on women’s board participation at the national and state levels and strategies to increase diversity and female representation on corporate boards. She serves on the Board of Directors of Women’s Executive Leadership (WEL) whose primary mission is to advocate, educate and connect accomplished women with the goal of increasing the number of women serving on Corporate Boards and…

Nicole is a Telly award-winning television journalist and an avid writer. Her articles on living with diabetes and wellness have appeared in Guideposts Magazine, Diabetes Forecast, Diabetes Health, USA Today and on various websites related to diabetes.  She has written seven books, including her autobiography, Living with Diabetes and the recently complete Pathway to Independence guide for young adults with…

Athena awards Phyllis Marshall Career Assistance Grants annually to a handful of very deserving women in our community. This luncheon will provide an opportunity for members to become better informed about this wonderful program and the impact it has both on the grant recipients and Athena members. Following a brief history of the grants and of Phyllis Marshall, JoAnn Urofsky…