Who will receive the 2010 ATHENA Award? Find out who will take home this prestigious honor at the 24th annual ATHENA Awards luncheon, set for noon to 1:30 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday, Jan. 21), at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

More than 800 people are expected to attend the luncheon, hosted by the Rochester Business Alliance's Women's Council, to honor 22 women chosen as finalists for the award for demonstrating significant achievements in business, community service and the professional advancement of women. The keynote speaker will be Maggie Wilderotter, chairman and CEO of Frontier Communications.

Finalists for the 2010 ATHENA are: M. Celeste Amaral, director and vice president, finance, of worldwide sales and customer operations and digital printing solutions, Eastman Kodak Co.; Rachel Baker August, executive director, Seneca Park Zoo Society; Dr. Nancy Bennett, director, Center for Community Health, associate vice president, University of Rochester Medical Center; professor, departments of medicine and community and preventive medicine; Lydia Boddie-Rice, manager, public affairs, Rochester Gas and Electric Corp.; Ellen Brenner-Boutillier, co-owner, Fleet Feet Sports and YellowJacket Racing; Laurie Broccolo, president, Broccolo Tree and Lawn Care Inc.; Kelley Ross Brown, partner, real estate development and finance department, Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP; Antonia Carfagna, manager, global applications operations, worldwide information systems, Eastman Kodak Co.; Catherine Cerulli, laboratory director, UR School of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Psychiatry; Bernadette Durman, acting vice president, Eastern sales ops marketing, Xerox Corporation/North American Sales Group-Eastern Sales Ops; Jennifer Leonard, president and executive director, Rochester Area Community Foundation; Angella Luyk, CEO/owner, Midnight Janitorial, Inc.; Monica Mattioli, Dean of the Lima Campus, Genesee Community College; Dianne Newhouse, president and CEO, Volunteers of America of Western New York Inc.; Christine A. Peters, president and CEO, Family First of NY Federal Credit Union; Nancy Plews, worldwide director, operational excellence, prepress solutions, Eastman Kodak Co.; Susan Salvador, vice president, student services, Monroe Community College; Rev. Susan Shafer, pastor of Evangelism and membership care, Asbury First United Methodist Church; Kristin Skarie, president, Teamworks; Sharon P. Stiller, partner, Boylan, Brown, Code, Vigdor & Wilson, LLP; Fran Weisberg, executive director, Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency; and Laurie Zaucha, senior vice president, human resources, PAETEC Holding Corp.

The recipient will be announced at the luncheon. Stay tuned tomorrow for details.

The 2009 award recipient was Holly Hillberg, chief technology officer at Carestream Health. Past recipients include Dr. Ruth Lawrence, Patricia Malgieri, G. Jean Howard, Carolyn Portanova and Ursula M. Burns.