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9/12/2011 Community/Chamber
ATHENA Nominations Now Accepted

ATHENA Award Nominations Now Accepted


Contact: Jessica M.L. Thompson, Marketing & Communications Director
270-781-3200; jessica@bgchamber.com

BOWLING GREEN, KY—The Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce is now accepting nominations for the 2011 ATHENA Award.

Please access the nomination form here:
http://www.bgchamber.com/_documents/2011_ATHENA_Nomination_Form.pdf

The Chamber, with the generous support of Martin Management Group, has honored local businesspeople for contributing to the advancement of women in the workplace by presenting a well-deserving business leader with the ATHENA Award for the past 26 years.  The prestigious ATHENA Award celebrates positive role models in the business world—more than 3,000 women and men to date—on local, state, national and international levels. The ATHENA Foundation is dedicated to recognizing individual leaders that have opened doors of opportunity for women in the workplace and beyond.

The deadline to submit nominations is Friday, September 16.

For more information, please contact
Program Director Lindsey McClain

About the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce:
Incorporated in 1935, the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce is a 5-Star Accredited Chamber by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and was named the 2009 Chamber of the Year by the American Chamber of Commerce Executives. As the fourth largest chamber in Kentucky, the Chamber serves as a premier business advocate for its more than 1,300 partners and is the driving force for economic development in South Central Kentucky. Its primary goals are to promote growth and success in the business community, reaching its small business partners and those in large industries alike. With leadership programs, governmental relations projects, educational initiatives and involvement opportunities, the Chamber aims to support the community and its neighbors in order to enhance the business climate and continue to grow the region.