Meet the Athena Team
Meet the minds behind Athena, a global team dedicated to providing comprehensive and persistent support for the world’s top women leaders.
Meet the minds behind Athena, a global team dedicated to providing comprehensive and persistent support for the world’s top women leaders.
Where we are
We are a modern workforce living in and representing numerous cultures, with wide ranging backgrounds, ideas, and capabilities. We are united in our shared passion for supporting all women at the top of business and in shaping modern leadership and the modern boardroom.
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I lead change and transformation, accelerating multimillion-dollar growth through vision, strategy, technology, and people leadership. I have held leadership roles including CEO, COO, President, board member, and advisor, partnering with F1000 companies, start-ups, and nonprofits, delivering successful outcomes for Apple, Cisco, eBay, Facebook, Silicon Valley Bank and many others. Currently, I am the founder, CEO, and board member of The Athena Alliance a game-changing executive firm helping to position top 10% of executive women for advancement and board opportunities while also transforming the board room towards a modern composition model. Since founding Athena in the Spring of 2016, I have led the organization to a network of over 1000 C-Level women, VCs, and CEOs from over 150 companies including Accenture, Cisco, Microsoft, Intuit, Autodesk, and Alphabet / Google. Within two years, we have overseen 20 board placements and have secured $2 million in income through corporate and investor service offerings.
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Gardening, baking, or throwing pottery
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An unconventional view of the world and a bold leadership style
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Liz Tinkham is a dynamic and well-respected advisor to C-level executives on issues of leadership, digital transformation and technology. Her talent for understanding the impact of the intersection of people, business and technology brought her to a top leadership position at Accenture, and enabled her to advise dozens of C-suite executives at global F500 companies. In addition to Athena, Liz also sits on the board of Particle and serves as an adjunct professor at University of Washington. She also hosts Athena’s podcast, Third Act.
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At SoulCycle, hiking, thinking about her Third Act
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Her ability to see the best in people
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Rhonda is an experienced executive and board director with vast expertise in public affairs, corporate communications, DEI, corporate social responsibility, and marketing. In addition to sitting on Athena’s Board of Directors, Rhonda also serves on the boards of Orion Acquisition Corp. and Kymera International.
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Looking at fashion magazines, decorating her home or producing a film/documentary
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Her emotional intelligence and reputation management skills
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Lexie sits at the helm of our marketing and communications wheel. She’s the brains behind our content strategy, social media, and digital marketing efforts. From flawlessly coordinated communication strategies and media outreach to fine-tuned editing and crafting marketing collateral, Lexie juggles it all while keeping our brand in line.
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Camping in the desert
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Never turning down an adventure
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Maggie carefully and thoughtfully oversees our community growth, from interviewing prospective members to creating custom membership plans. She’s our members’ go-to expert for insights into our professional services, ideas for customizing membership, stewarding corporate partnerships, and more.
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Working on her green thumb
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Finding the positive
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A people person at heart, Annie excels at delivering exceptional service to Concierge Service members and corporate clients. Hailing from Canada and based in Nicaragua, Annie’s background in customer relations, strategic development and logistical operations is leveraged to help members realize the full value of their membership and get closer to achieving their goals. Her professional, approachable and curious attitude allows her to connect with members, ensuring they have a strong advocate within Athena. Annie thrives on creativity, time spent adventuring outdoors with loved ones, and finding humor in everything. Annie’s personal philosophy: a positive attitude and a friendly smile goes a very long way.
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Either above (surfing) or below (scuba/free diving) the ocean, driving across Central America or crafting a piece of jewelry
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Her positive, energetic attitude and making people feel comfortable. Also for laughing, a lot, mostly at herself
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Marbella works closely with the Operations and Product teams to document and standardize company processes. She runs our help desk, and can assist members with technical support issues they may run into on the Athena platform.
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Diving into a new book, exploring different restaurants, or biking around Washington DC
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Finding joy in the small things
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Kate is a versatile product leader with extensive experience in software and project management. She has a track record of collaborating seamlessly with developers to deliver an engaging member experience. From member research and testing to driving our overall roadmap, Kate is always one step ahead with the future Athena.
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Hiking in the woods, exploring bookshops around the globe, listening to a true crime podcast, or doing yoga
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Her optimism, talking fast
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Maya helps to ensure Athena Self-Service members are engaged and ensures the community is invigorated and active. She is instrumental in setting up and onboarding new members. She also helps ensure events run smoothly by helping with event promotion and marketing.
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Backpacking
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Making you laugh, even on your worst days
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Priscilla has a strong knack for organically and enthusiastically bringing communities together. We count on her to drive every aspect of Athena’s events and learning, from program strategy to securing speakers to flawless execution. She brings an intuitive sense – and endless creativity – to everything she touches.
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Floating in the ocean
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Finding meaning in all things
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Joanna is the voice of Athena and serves as right hand to our CEO. She brings a background in partnership marketing, PR, and communications strategy to Athena, where she guides Athena’s content, marketing, and brand efforts. A writer at heart, she leverages her knack for storytelling to protect and promote the Athena brand and the member experience. She brings a passion for collaboration, creative processes, and technology to the role.
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Trying a new recipe, curled up with a book, or enjoying a lazy day at the beach
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Her ability to connect with others and form long-lasting relationships
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Cata’s global-minded and results-oriented personality is coupled with her varied background in non-profits, research, international relations and clinical psychology. With her professional experience and passion for helping others, she serves as our members’ advocate for all that Athena Alliance can deliver. She is strategic, resourceful and thoughtful — always thinking a few steps ahead to anticipate our members’ needs to advance their interests and achieve their goals.
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Playing with her family, which includes her one-year old daughter, Australian partner, five dogs and cat (in no particular order) on a Costa Rican beach
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Her great sense of humor, passion for projects, and dance moves
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Iris is a go-getter and self-starter at the core. She enables Athena’s operations and Salesforce teams to run smoothly, leveraging a Total Project Management approach for end-to-end success. She leads everything from data integrity and data analysis to custom Salesforce integrations and AP/AR.
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