Kate Purmal and Lee Epting are Athena coaches, business partners, and co-authors of the book COMPOSURE: The Art of Executive Presence. Together, they combine a neuroscience-informed approach along with classic executive coaching principles to work with executives to shift the way they feel inside — and how they present themselves…

Once you achieve a board seat, the next challenge you will face is onboarding and becoming an effective board member in meetings. Unlike other executive roles, onboarding as a new board director is often heavily dependent on relationship-building, fostering connections outside of official meetings, and boardroom etiquette. These elements will…

Samantha Lorenzo is Athena’s Director of Board Recruitment. She has been partnering directly with boards to help them discover just the right match for their open board seat since 2018. She also has extensive experience working directly with Athena members, strategizing ways they can put their best foot forward when…

by Athena Founder & CEO Coco Brown I’ve been an executive for 24 years, having achieved my first VP title in 1999 at 28 years old. Like most modern executives, I had very little time or tolerance for a learning curve. Pressures of both boom and bust times, heavy competition…

Tissa Richards is a keynote speaker, executive coach, and facilitator who works with Fortune 1000 and hyperscale organizations. She guides clients to create blueprints for individual and organizational success, developing high-performance cultures and diversifying C-suites and corporate boards. Clients trust Tissa to guide their most senior leaders on their value…

Margaret Hardin is a global products CXO and board director who came to Athena Alliance in October 2020 with the goal of landing a board seat. Margaret previously served on a publicly-traded board in the mid-2000s, but was told her past board experience was too old to be relevant. Athena…

Karen Roter Davis is Managing Partner at Entrada Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund, where she invests in B2B software and deep tech companies, partnering with founders and executive teams to build successful businesses. Karen has a long history of executive leadership at Alphabet and oversaw internal operations for Google’s…

by Coco Brown, Founder & CEO of Athena Alliance Recently, I attended a three-day in-person conference. Shaking hands, seeing presentations live, enjoying morning coffees face to face with others — it was nothing short of energizing. After going completely virtual for two years, I was again reminded of the massive…

Recently, Athena Alliance hosted a Salon on the Ukraine conflict-examining the past and present roots of the conflict, its impact on international businesses, and what each of us can do to create a positive impact. This Salon was hosted by Andrea Bonime-Blanc, an Athena Coach and category steward for ESGT…