40th ATHENA Leadership Awards Dinner

40th ATHENA Leadership Awards Dinner



Join us for the 40th Ontario County
ATHENA Leadership Awards Dinner
Presented by the Ontario County Chamber of Commerce and Professional Women of the Finger Lakes

Join us as we honor this year's honorees at the 40th ATHENA Leadership Awards Dinner on Thursday, November 13, 2025, at Finger Lakes Community College in Canandaigua.

Celebrating our 2025 Nominees

 

This year’s ATHENA honorees are: 

  • Dr. Molly Branch Shill, president of the Shill Cares Foundation 
  • Denise Chaapel, owner of Sweet Expressions and executive director of Downtown Canandaigua Business Improvement District  
  • Jennifer Harris, instructional coach at Geneva City School District, adjunct professor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Finger Lakes Community College, and co-founder and assistant director of Thrive to Survive 
  • Heather Rickett, director of the F.F. Thompson Foundation Inc. 
  • Michelle Robbins, director of development at Finger Lakes Community College 
  • Linda Werts, co-founder of Called to Care, Canandaigua 

This year’s ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award honorees are: 

  • Maureen Ballatori, founder and CEO of Agency 29 
  • Meghan Bowman, director of finance at Highland Hospital 
  • Laurali Deats, director of operations, sales and marketing at Freedom Boat Club of Rochester & Finger Lakes / Seager Marine 
  • Dani Hines, director of operations for The Spot 
  • Anne Piorkowski, owner of Resilience Bakery 
  • Andrea Shaffer, business development representative at SERVPRO of Victor/Canandaigua 
  • Allison Shannon, principal/architect at SWBR 

5:30PM
Cocktail Hour & Silent Auction benefiting the Professional Women of the Finger Lakes Scholarship Fund


6:30PM
Dinner & Program 

Tickets will go on sale Friday, August 22nd.


RSVP by Thursday, October 30th.
All cancellations after October 30th will be invoiced.

Click here for sponsorship opportunities. 

Event Sponsors

Presenting Sponsor
Sands Family Foundation
Founding Sponsor
Randy & Margaret Farnsworth
Reception Sponsor
Fuller Funeral Home
Diamond Sponsors
Canandaigua National Bank & Trust - Main Office
Constellation Brands, Inc.
F. G. Rayburn Mason Contractors, Inc.
Finger Lakes Community College
Five Star Bank
LeChase
UR Medicine Thompson Health
Platinum Sponsors
Canandaigua Federal Credit Union #16176
Chrisanntha Construction Corporation
Mengel Metzger Barr & Co, CPAs
Sands Family YMCA
Gold Sponsors
Bristol Mountain Resort
Canandaigua Insurance Agency
Farmington Service, LLC
Reliant Credit Union
Wegmans Food, Pharmacy & Market Café
Silver Sponsors
The Pitti Group Wealth Management
Bronze Sponsors
Gleason Writes
Centerpiece Sponsors
Canandaigua Federal Credit Union #16176
Constellation Brands, Inc.
Mengel Metzger Barr & Co, CPAs
Sands Family YMCA
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Event Sponsors

Diamond Sponsors
Shill Cares Foundation
Date and Time

Thursday Nov 13, 2025
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM EST

Location

Finger Lakes Community College

3325 Marvin Sands Drive Canandaigua NY 14424

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