The Women’s Council of the Rochester Business Alliance Inc. has selected 22 finalists for the 2010 Athena Award.
The recipient will be announced at a luncheon to mark the 24th annual award on Jan. 21 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center. Maggie Wilderotter, chairman and CEO of Frontier Communications Corp., is slated to be the keynote speaker at the event.
The Athena Award recognizes women of achievement for their professional excellence, community service and for actively helping women in their attainment of professional excellence and leadership skills. Holly Hillberg, Carestream Health Inc.’s chief technology officer, received the 2009 award.
The 2010 finalists come from varied backgrounds, including education, business, law and health care. They are:
- Celeste Amaral, director and vice president, finance, worldwide sales and customer operations and digital printing solutions, Eastman Kodak Co.
- Rachel Baker August, executive director, Seneca Park Zoo Society
- Nancy Bennett M.D., director, Center for Community Health; professor, departments of medicine and community and preventive medicine; associate vice president, University of Rochester Medical Center
- Lydia Boddie-Rice, manager, public affairs, Rochester Gas & Electric Corp.
- Ellen Brenner-Boutillier, co-owner, Fleet Feet Sports and YellowJacket Racing
- Laurie Broccolo, president, Broccolo Tree and Lawn Care Inc.
- Kelley Ross Brown, partner, real estate development and finance department, Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP
- Antonia Carfagna, manager, global applications operations, worldwide information systems, Kodak
- Catherine Cerulli, director, Laboratory of Interpersonal Violence and Victimization, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Psychiatry
- Bernadette Durman, acting vice president, Eastern sales ops marketing, Xerox Corp./North American Sales Group—Eastern Sales Ops
- Jennifer Leonard, president and executive director, Rochester Area Community Foundation
- Angella Luyk, CEO/owner, Midnight Janitorial Inc.
- Monica Mattioli, Dean of the Lima Campus, Genesee Community College
- Dianne Newhouse, president and CEO, Volunteers of America of Western New York Inc.
- Christine Peters, CEO/president, Family First of NY Federal Credit Union
- Nancy Plews, worldwide director, operational excellence, prepress solutions, Kodak
- Susan Salvador, vice president, student services, Monroe Community College
- Susan Shafer, pastor of evangelism and membership care, Asbury First United Methodist Church
- Kristin Skarie, president, Teamworks
- Sharon Stiller, partner Boylan Brown, Code, Vigdor & Wilson LLP
- Fran Weisberg, executive director, Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency
- Laurie Zaucha, senior vice president, human resources, Paetec Holding Corp.
The Rochester Business Journal is founding sponsor of the Athena Award program.
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