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Rochester Giving Guide
13thirty Cancer Connect Bandana Bolt 5K 45 Journeys Celebration of Living 53 Ability Partners Foundation Francis “Ben” Bonafiglia Golf Tournament 46 ACT Rochester Report Card Event […]
Rochester Giving Guide
4 Nonprofits welcome volunteers’ gift of time As an alternative to cash, volunteering is just as precious. 5 Consider nonprofit’s impact when donating Low overhead isn’t everything. What […]
Track down charity details at these websites
The numbers show that Americans are a benevolent lot. Americans gave an estimated $373 billion to charity in 2015, $15 billion more than the year before, continuing an upward trend […]
Past Athena Recipients
2016: Elaine Spaull Center for Youth 2015: Amy Tait Broadstone Real Estate LLC 2014: Lynn Maquat University of Rochester Medical Center 2013: Anne Kress Monroe Community College 2012: Judith Ford […]
Mentoring young women, building tomorrow’s leaders
Recognizing and empowering young women in the Greater Rochester area who aspire to become our future leaders has been one of the Women’s Council’s longstanding missions. In an effort to […]
2017 Athena Awards
It is with great pride that the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce and its affiliate, the Women’s Council, present the 31st Annual Athena Award® finalists and the finalists of the […]
Valuable lessons remembered from first jobs
When reflecting on their careers, these well-known local women profiled below have come to realize that their early days in the working world were far from trivial. Read on to […]
Honoring outstanding achievement, service
Supporting, developing and honoring women leaders. Inspiring women to achieve their full potential. Creating balance in leadership worldwide. This is the mission of Athena International, an organization founded in 1982, […]
Local women gain, give through mentoring
Five successful Rochester-area women praised those who helped them advance to the tops of their careers. “I’ve been lucky to have numerous mentors,” says Judith Baumhauer M.D., associate chairwoman of […]
2017 Athena Award finalists
Elizabeth Arthur Physician and owner Helendale Dermatology and Medical Spa PLLC Education: B.S., biology, Villanova University, Villanova, Pa.; M.D., Hahnemann University, Philadelphia Family: Husband, Michael; a daughter and a son […]
Women’s Council 2017 Board of Directors
President Wende Knapp, Xerox Corp. Vice President Julie Bazan, Cobblestone Capital Advisors LLC Treasurer Melissa Palmer, Butler/Till Media Services Inc. Secretary Molly Mesko, University of Rochester, Simon Business School Vice […]
Inspiring women, finding their own inspiration
Lynne Maquat grew up learning that girls should not stand out. The J. Lowell Orbison endowed chair and professor of URMC’s Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics finds the inspiration to […]
