{"id":23221,"date":"2016-10-27T16:14:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T20:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=23221"},"modified":"2016-10-27T16:16:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T20:16:56","slug":"httpwww-thevalleyledger-comp1904-447","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=23221","title":{"rendered":"Photos from The 2016 ATHENA Awards &#8211; by: John DelGrosso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/john.delgrosso.photography\/\" target=\"_blank\">Photos by: John DelGrosso<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"su_carousel_69f388212d001\" class=\"su-carousel su-carousel-centered su-carousel-pages-yes su-carousel-responsive-yes su-lightbox-gallery\" style=\"width:100%\" data-autoplay=\"3000\" data-speed=\"600\" data-mousewheel=\"true\" data-items=\"2\" data-scroll=\"1\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slides\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/57-1-of-1-1.jpg\" 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data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/42-1-of-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"42-1-of-1\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/43-1-of-1-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-12\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/43-1-of-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"43-1-of-1\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/45-1-of-1-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-13\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/45-1-of-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"45-1-of-1\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/46-1-of-1-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-14\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/46-1-of-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"46-1-of-1\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/50-1-of-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-15\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/50-1-of-1.jpg\" alt=\"50-1-of-1\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Athena-awards.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-16\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Athena-awards.jpg\" alt=\"athena-awards\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-nav\"><div class=\"su-carousel-direction\"><span class=\"su-carousel-prev\"><\/span><span class=\"su-carousel-next\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Athena Awards ceremony was held at Miller Symphony Hall on October 25th. The event was organized by the Women&#8217;s Business Council of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce. The annual Athena Awards are held to recognize and promote the accomplishments of women in business \u2013 their spirit, their courage and their successes. The evening also included a performance by the AccaBellas of Emmaus High School.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">2016 ATHENA Awards Recipients<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">ATHENA Leadership Award:<br \/>\nMaureen O&#8217;Meara, HMK Insurance<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award:<br \/>\nKaisha Rosa, Langan Engineering &amp; Environmental Services<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">ATHENA Organizational Leadership Award:<br \/>\nPPL Corporation<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/womens-business-council.html\">About The Women\u2019s Business Council<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">The Women\u2019s Business Council&#8217;s mission is to empower, recognize and inspire women in business and the community in the Lehigh Valley. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">The Women\u2019s Business Council provides information and a networking forum for women in management, professional and private enterprise. Monthly luncheons rotate between networking sessions and educational programs. Luncheon topics include health issues, sales and marketing strategies, personal growth and professional development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #292f33; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WBCLehighValley\"><u>@WBCLehighValley <\/u><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #292f33; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Womens-Business-Council-109399793926\/\"><u><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\">Facebook<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,2294,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-john-delgrosso","category-photography"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Athena-awards.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}