Ibero's Rosario-Escher wins ATHENA Award

Rochester Business Journal Staff//January 25, 2019//

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Ibero-American Action League President and CEO Hilda Rosario-Escher won the 2019 ATHENA Award on Thursday night at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

Rosario-Escher, who will be retiring this year, received the award in front of a record crowd of nearly 1,000 people at the 33rd annual ATHENA International Awards dinner hosted by the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce and its affiliate, the Women’s Council.

Shaquana Divers, Executive Program Manager at Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, won the 2019 ATHENA Young Professional Award.

HCR Home Care, represented by CEO and founder Louise Woerner, received the 2019 ATHENA Organizational Award.

The other finalists were:

ATHENA Award: Jill Cicero, Owner and Founder, The Cicero Law Firm LLP; Amy DelCorvo, CEO and Executive Director, New York State Association for Computers and Technology in Education; Andrea DeMeo, President and CEO, Trillium Health; Cheryl Dinolfo, Monroe County Executive; Mary Jo Gugino-Colligan, President and Founder, Angels of Mercy; Mary Alice Liotta, Senior VP, Director,

Operations, ESL Federal Credit Union; Bridget Martin, Vice President, Monroe Capital; Angela Panzarella, Interim CEO and Consultant, YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County; Pamela Schickler, Founder, CEO, and Director, 25 North Dance, Sea Her Shine, Tessa’s Treasures; Jane Shukitis, President and CEO, UR Medicine Home Care; Sara Taylor, Vice President of Employment, Rochester Rehabilitation Center and CEO and Founder of Positive Steps Consulting.

ATHENA Young Professional Award: Megan Alchowiak, Director of Business Development, Image360 Rochester; Jennifer Dunivent, Director of Operations, Outpatient Services, United Memorial Medical Center; Leticia Fornataro, Senior Associate, Senior Project Manager, SWBR; Lori O’Brien, Deputy Director, Legal Assistance of Western New York; Sarah Rutherford, Self-employed Visual Artist; Michelle Schleher, Senior Construction Project Manager, Rochester Regional Health; Karen Webber, Founder and President, Webber CPA, PLLC; Melissa Wentland, Project Manager, DGA Builders, LLC; Caroline Whelan Tolbert, Associate Director, Advancement Events, University of Rochester.

ATHENA Organizational Award: Broadstone; Capstone Information Technologies.