2008 Athena Award Winner
The 2008 ATHENA Award was presented to Martha Barton, President & Chief Executive Officer of Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care. at the Athena luncheon held in conjunction with their Women in Business conference at the Broadmoor on April 17, 2008
Barton is a pioneer in end-of-life care who has worked with Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care for 24 years.
Barton lead the small non-profit organization which had a staff of 20, a handful of volunteers, six beds and a quarter million dollar budget when she started to a national leadership role in hospice care. Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care is now one of the largest hospice organizations in Colorado with a $15 million dollar annual budget, caring for 200 patients a day.
Barton is considered a consummate health care professional and leader by her colleagues, friends and business associates who nominated her for the award. Her nomination letters commended her for demonstrating extraordinary competence, enthusiasm and innovation. “She leads by example, and is a role model and mentor,” her employees and associates said. “She has forged new partnerships of influence for hospice care and carried messages across the state and into national circles, raising the bar in her industry.”
Barton has served on many national boards and committees for Hospice and Palliative Care, on ethics committees for Memorial Health Systems and Penrose-St. Francis, has received the President’s Award from the Colorado Hospice Organization, and been named the Colorado Springs Business Journal’s “Dynamic Woman of the Year” and “Business Leader of the Year” by the Southern Colorado Women’s Chamber.
Ten other extraordinary women were honored at the Luncheon as Nominees for the 2008 Award. They are Sallie Clark, El Paso County Commissioner; Joan Klein, Art C Klein Construction; Jacqueline Lundquist, Colorado College; Jan Martin, City Council; Laura Neumann, Cheyenne Mountain Resort; Diane Price, Child Nursery Centers; Susan Saksa, Leadership Pikes Peak; Carole Schoffstall, UCCS; Lynne Telford, Center for Nonprofit Excellence; Terry Zarsky, Pikes Peak Library District.
The Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce presents the annual ATHENA Award to a woman community leader who best exemplifies three factors: mentoring -- assisting women in reaching their full leadership potential -- business accomplishment and community service. Five confidential judges score each nominee. Results go to the Chamber and the scores are blind-calculated to determine the ATHENA recipient.
More than 5000 awards have been presented since the program’s inception in 1982. ATHENA Awards are presented in over 500 communities in the United States, Canada, China, Russia, the United Arab Emirates and most recently the United Kingdom. By honoring exceptional leaders, the ATHENA Award seeks to inspire others to achieve excellence in their professional and personal lives.
This year's nominee's
Sallie Clark
El Paso County Commissioner
Joan Klein
Art C Klein Construction
Jacqueline Lundquist
Colorado College
Jan Martin
City Council
Laura Neumann
Cheyenne Mountain Resort
Diane Price
Child Nursery Centers
Susan Saksa
Leadership Pikes Peak
Carole Schoffstall
UCCS
Lynne Telford
Center for Nonprofit Excellence
Terry Zarsky
Pikes Peak Library District
Former Athena Award winners
1994 Mary Shields
1995 Cari Shaffer
1996 Brenda Smith
1997 Marijane Paulsen
1998 Lea Roads
1999 Elizabeth Youngquist
2000 Mary Ellen McNally
2001 Shirley Stewart
2002 Barbara Winter
2003 Pam Shockley-Zalabak
2004 Patsy Buchwald
2005 Judy Cara
2006 CJ Moore
2007 Mary Lou Makepeace
We would like to thank this year's sponsors:
Presenting Sponsor:
The Gazette
Media Sponsor:
NEWS FIRST 5/30
Keynote Sponsor:
US Bank
Athena Award Sponsor:
Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado
Gold Sponsor:
DANIELS Chevyland
Silver Sponsors:
Cukjati
JPMorganChase
PINNACOL Assurance
Bronze Sponsors:
Six and Geving Insurance Inc.
OfficeScapes
Agilent Technologies
Colorado College
Key Bank
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