ATHENA Award Eligibility

Qualifications:

• Nominee must provide valuable service to improve the quality of life for others in the community.
• Nominee must demonstrate excellence, creativity and initiative in her business or profession.
• Nominee must demonstrate an ongoing advancement or progressive job growth in her career including significant leadership accomplishments and milestones along the way.
• Nominee must possess a minimum of 10 years of professional business experience.
• Nominee must actively assist women in achieving their full leadership potential.

Eligibility:

• Previous Athena Award recipients are not eligible for nomination.
• The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce staff are not eligible for nomination.
• The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce board members are not eligible for nomination.Athena committee members are not eligible for nomination.
• Athena committee members may not score an application that they submit for nomination.
• Nominees must own or be an employee of a business that is a member in good standing of The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce.
• Nominations must be received no later than January 20, 2023 at 4 p.m. Incomplete nominations will not be reviewed.

Selection Process:

• Nominations will be live on www.scrantonchamber.com on January 3, 2023.
• Nominations must be received by January 20, 2023 at 4 p.m.
• The Athena Award committee will review all nominations and score independently.
• The Athena Award winner will be announced by February 10, 2023.
• The Athena Award will be presented at the International Women’s Day Celebration on March 8, 2023.