Athena Awards
The Athena Award is presented at the annual Celebrate Success gala to womxn in our community who, like the Greek goddess Athena, model wisdom, courage, strength and are an inspiration to the womxn we serve and to the community at large. The Athena Award winners are womxn who know that we are all connected and, that what we do for "one," we do for all.
2021 Honorees
Click on a headshot below to read more about these inspiring leaders.
Rep. Dacia Grayber
District 35
Oregon House of Representatives
Sonja McKenzie
Chair
Parkrose School Board
Traci Ray
Executive Director
Barran Liebman LLP
Commissioner Carmen Rubio
City of Portland
Past Honorees
2020
Rep. Teresa Alonso Leon, Oregon House of Representatives
Fire Chief Sara Boone, Portland Fire & Rescue
Paula Hayes, Founder & President of Hue Noir
Cindy Larson, Former Co-Chair of the DFSO Board of Directors
Emma Mcilroy, Co-Founder & CEO of Wildfang
2019
Gov. Kate Brown, Governor of Oregon
Dr. Nathalie Johnson, Legacy Health Surgical Oncologist
Sadie Lincoln, Co-Founder & CEO of Barre3
Peggy Miller, CEO of PacStar
2018
Graciela Gomez Cowger, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
Rep. Janelle Bynum, Oregon House of Representatives
Justice Adrienne Nelson, Oregon Supreme Court
Monique Barton, Bank of America
2017
Kathy Larson, The Larson Legacy
Loretta Mabinton, Portland General Electric
Commissioner Loretta Smith, Multnomah County
Michelle Weisenbach, Key Bank
2016
Peggy Maguire, Cambia Health Solutions
Serena Stoudamire Wesley, Office of the Governor
Carrie Hinton, Portland Monthly
Cherrie Scheinberg, SAM Medical
Tracy Curtis, Wells Fargo