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Our Annual Women’s Leadership Luncheon celebrates Women’s Leadership across ATHENA communities. Rooted in the ATHENA Leadership Model, the luncheon event creates an opportunity to have experienced women leaders connect and mentor emerging women leaders through a forum that facilitates meaningful connections.
For 2020, our luncheon has been updated to a virtual leadership event.
This year’s ATHENA Leadership Event theme is
Do You Live Courageously?
Join us
November 19, 2020 12-1:30pm
for an opportunity to hear from and engage with 4 dynamic and successful female entrepreneurs and professionals that have risen to lead their industry and found success personally and professionally.
MORE DETAILS AND REGISTRATION LINK BELOW

Donate to enter our Raffle:
Donations to this event are encouraged. For every $10 Donation guests will be entered into a raffle drawing for special prizes:
1st PRIZE package: 1 Night Carolina Beach Haven Condo, Dinner for 2 at Angus Barn, Facial from Azura Skin Care Center, $25 Gift Certificate to Flourish Market, 20% Discount on Brand Creation or Video from Digital Butler, Car Detailing Service from Restore Pro – Valued at over $1200 dollars
2nd PRIZE: $100 Hand & Stone Gift Certificate
Special Guest Moderator:

SVP /Triangle Market Manager, Bank of America
Virginia is currently the Senior Vice President and Triangle Market Manager for Bank of America. Immediately prior to this position, Virginia served as the Senior Vice President of Development for the United Way of the Greater Triangle. She has spent her entire career “connecting” people through sales, business development, fundraising and community relation roles.
In addition to her professional responsibilities, Virginia contributes her time to multiple non-profit organizations. Virginia serves on the board of the Raleigh Chamber and the Girl Scouts of NC Coastal Pines and the advisory boards of Meredith College Business School, Triangle Family Services and the Holt Brothers Foundation. In addition, she serves on the Capital Campaign Committee for CASA and its affordable housing project Kings Ridge in Raleigh.
Throughout her tenure in the Triangle, Virginia has been recognized as a TBJ Women in Business recipient, a TBJ Finance Impact Leader, a Woman of Excellence by the Womens Club, the Vernon Malone Friend of Education recipient and a Woman of the Year by the United Way of the Greater Triangle.
Our Guest Speakers:

Ingrid Wicker McCree
Athletic Director - NCCU

Emily Grey
Founder - The Flourish Market

Becky Holmes
Field Marketing Manager - Even

Emily Cutts
Successful Entrepreneur
Emily Cutts is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her knack for fashion landed her opportunities to work for Marc Jacobs and Tory Burch in the Big Apple, before heading back to North Carolina. She is the Co-Founder of Parlor Blow Dry, which she built and sold in January of 2020. While working full-time as an Account Executive at Pendo, she is also a health coach and paints commissions on the side. She and her husband, Michael are the parents of two beautiful children. “Self-overextender” or superhero, sometimes she is unsure…. but she likes to stay busy and puts her all into everything she does.


Our Annual Women’s Leadership Luncheon celebrates Women’s Leadership across ATHENA communities. Rooted in the ATHENA Leadership Model, the luncheon event creates an opportunity to have experienced women leaders connect and mentor emerging women leaders through a forum that facilitates meaningful connections.
For 2020, our luncheon has been updated to a virtual leadership event.
This year’s ATHENA Leadership Event theme is
Do You Live Courageously?
Join us
November 19, 2020 12-1:30pm
for an opportunity to hear from and engage with 4 dynamic and successful female entrepreneurs and professionals that have risen to lead their industry and found success personally and professionally.
MORE DETAILS AND REGISTRATION LINK BELOW

Donate to enter our Raffle:
Donations to this event are encouraged. For every $10 Donation guests will be entered into a raffle drawing for special prizes:
1st PRIZE package: 1 Night Carolina Beach Haven Condo, Dinner for 2 at Angus Barn, Facial from Azura Skin Care Center, $25 Gift Certificate to Flourish Market, 20% Discount on Brand Creation or Video from Digital Butler, Car Detailing Service from Restore Pro – Valued at over $1200 dollars
2nd PRIZE: $100 Hand & Stone Gift Certificate
Special Guest Moderator:

SVP /Triangle Market Manager, Bank of America
Virginia is currently the Senior Vice President and Triangle Market Manager for Bank of America. Immediately prior to this position, Virginia served as the Senior Vice President of Development for the United Way of the Greater Triangle. She has spent her entire career “connecting” people through sales, business development, fundraising and community relation roles.
In addition to her professional responsibilities, Virginia contributes her time to multiple non-profit organizations. Virginia serves on the board of the Raleigh Chamber and the Girl Scouts of NC Coastal Pines and the advisory boards of Meredith College Business School, Triangle Family Services and the Holt Brothers Foundation. In addition, she serves on the Capital Campaign Committee for CASA and its affordable housing project Kings Ridge in Raleigh.
Throughout her tenure in the Triangle, Virginia has been recognized as a TBJ Women in Business recipient, a TBJ Finance Impact Leader, a Woman of Excellence by the Womens Club, the Vernon Malone Friend of Education recipient and a Woman of the Year by the United Way of the Greater Triangle.
Our Guest Speakers:

Ingrid Wicker McCree
Athletic Director - NCCU

Emily Grey
Founder - The Flourish Market

Becky Holmes
Field Marketing Manager - Even

Emily Cutts
Co-Founder - Parlor Blow Dry Bar
Emily Cutts is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her knack for fashion landed her opportunities to work for Marc Jacobs and Tory Burch in the Big Apple, before heading back to North Carolina. She is the Co-Founder of Parlor Blow Dry, which she built and sold in January of 2020. While working full-time as an Account Executive at Pendo, she is also a health coach and paints commissions on the side. She and her husband, Michael are the parents of two beautiful children. “Self-overextender” or superhero, sometimes she is unsure…. but she likes to stay busy and puts her all into everything she does.
