2009 ATHENA Geneva Award

September 10, 2009

2009 ATHENA Geneva Nominees

Laura Pedersen, co-owner and financial manager, Pedersen Farms Inc.;

Kathleen Fuchs, tutoring coordinator, Canandaigua City School District;

Mary Walsh Boatfield, chief executive officer, Finger Lakes United Cerebral Palsy Inc./Happiness House;

Florence "Flo" Hoyt, community volunteer, fund-raiser and activist; and

Michela "Mickey" Gilbert Schultz, owner, SA Gilbert Jeweler.

A dinner to recognize nominees and present the award is being planned for September 10, 2009 at Club 86.  The Chamber is proud to have Mike Barnard Auto Group as the founding sponsor of our very successful ATHENA Geneva, supporting the program since 2005.

The first four ATHENA recipients were Nancee Scott, Geneva Branch Manager of Seneca Falls Savings Bank, Dr. Jane McCaffrey, Finger Lakes Medical Associates, Lucile Mallard, Finger Lakes Misdemeanor Drug Court Resource Coordinator, and Lara Chatel Turbide, vice president, community services of Finger Lakes Health.

ATHENA Geneva is organized by a Steering Committee of Chamber members chaired by Jessica McGuigan, public relations and program manager at the Geneva Area Chamber of Commerce, and Christine Shultz, director of clinical services and program initiatives at Finger Lakes United Cerebral Palsy Inc./Happiness House.