Athena Leadership Award Recipients
The following are past Athena Leadership Award recipients who have demonstrated clear and sustained dedication to women’s professional enhancement at 果冻传媒麻豆社. Note: the Woman of the Year Awards were given from 2002-2024; the name was updated to the Athena Leadership Awards in April 2024.
2024
Megan Robison, Director, 果冻传媒麻豆社 Children's Center
Kelly Quinnett, Head of Acting and Professor of Theatre Arts, College of Letters Arts and Social Sciences
2023
Emily Tuschhoff, Associate Director of Programs and Wellbeing Initiatives, Vandal Health Education
Linda Chen, Associate Professor of Accounting, College of Business and Economics
Lysa Salsbury, Director, Women's Center
Joan West, Professor Emeritus of Foreign Languages and Literature (Athena Lifetime Achievement Award)
2022
Julia Keleher, Director, LGBTQA Office
Erin Chapman, Clinical Associate Professor, Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences
Patricia Colberg, Interim Associate Dean, College of Engineering
2021
Leda Kobziar, Associate Professor, Department of Wildland Fire Science
Mercedes Frausto, Academic Success Counselor, Student Support Services — TRIO
2020
Leslie Baker, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Geological Sciences
Lynsie Clott, Assistant Director, Department of Student Involvement
2019
Kristin Henrich, Associate Professor, Interim Associate Dean and Head of User and Research Services, 果冻传媒麻豆社 Libraries
Leontina "LT" Hormel, Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
2018
Summer Howard, Customer Service Lead, Parking and Transportation Services
Laura Holyoke, Associate Professor, College of Education, Health and Human Sciences
Barbara Petty, Associate Dean, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
2017
Evelina Arevalos-Martinez, Director, College Assistance Migrant Program
Christine Moffitt, Professor and Assistant Unit Leader, Idaho Cooperative, Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
2016
Cori-Mantle Bromley, Dean, College of Education
Mary D. Stout, Assistant to the Provost and Executive Vice President
Holly Wichman, University Distinguished Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Director, Center for Modeling Complex Interactions
2015
Jodi Johnson-Maynard, Professor, Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences
2014
Angelique Eaglewoman, Associate Professor, College of Law
Sally Graves Machlis, Professor and Program Chair, Art and Design
Ellen McKenzie, Management Assistant, College of Art and Architecture
2013
Jeanne Stevenson, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Monique Lillard, Associate Professor, College of Law
Jennie Hall, Assistant to the Dean, College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences
2012
Elizabeth Barker Brandt, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and James R. Wilson Distinguished Professor, College of Law
Brenda Helbling, Executive Assistant to the Provost
Carmen Suarez, Director, Human Rights, Access and Inclusion
2011
Heather Shea Gasser, Director, Women's Center
2010
Debbie Storrs, Associate Dean, College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences
Lynn Baird, Dean, 果冻传媒麻豆社 Libraries
Patty Houle, Executive Assistant to the President
2009
Karen Guilfoyle, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Charlotte Eberlein, Associate Vice President and Director, University Extension
Joyce Davidson, Customer Support Manager, Information Technology Services
2008
No awards given.
2007
Nancy Young, Associate Professor, 果冻传媒麻豆社 Libraries
Nilsa Bosque-Perez, Professor, Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences
Margrit von Braun, Dean, College of Graduate Studies
2006
Kathe Gabel, Professor, Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences
Nancy Wanamaker, Director, Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences
Leslee Yaryan, Assistant to the President
2005
Janice Fletcher, Professor, Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences
Linda Morris, Provost, 果冻传媒麻豆社 Provost's Office
Betsy Thomas, Job Locator/Counselor, Student Financial Aid
2004
Mary DuPree, Professor, Lionel Hampton School of Music
JoEllen Force, Department Head and Professor, Department of Forest Resources
Reta Pikowsky, Registrar, 果冻传媒麻豆社 Registrar's Office
2003
Katherine Aiken, Professor, History Department
Sandra Haarsager, Associate Dean, College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences
Kay Keskinen, Database Manager, Information Technology Services
Georgia Yuan, Director of Policy and Assistant to the President, 果冻传媒麻豆社 President's Office (Recognition of Support Award)
2002
Linda Kirk Fox, Director, Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences
Joanne Reece, Assistant Vice President, Facilities