Donna Wilk Cardillo, RN Presented With 1999 Athena Award

Donna Wilk Cardillo, RN, President of Cardillo & Associates, Wall, NJ, has been named the 1999 Athena Award winner by the Western Monmouth Chamber of Commerce.

Athena Award recipients are selected for their professional excellence, community service, and for actively and generously assisting women in their attainment of professional excellence. Athena Award winners are those who excel in their chosen fields, devote time energy to the community in a meaningful way, and who open paths so that others may follow.

Ms. Cardillo, a professional keynote speaker, was named the award winner at the Athena Award Presentation Luncheon on Friday, November 5, 1999 at the Greystone Manor at Van’s Freehold Inn. Ms. Cardillo is also president of the Monmouth Chapter of the New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners (NJAWBO). Earlier this year, NJAWBO chose Ms. Cardillo as their Business Women of the Year.

Ms. Cardillo says "A goal of the Athena Award is to give women of achievement more visibility. As a nurse, I am particularly proud to receive this award. By so doing, I hope to create more positive visibility for the nursing profession as a whole. I also hope to expand the general population’s view of who a nurse is, what we do, and how we contribute to society. Nurses are multitalented and versatile individuals. We make an impact on many different levels."

The Athena Award program was created in 1981 and seeks to achieve a representative balance of leadership by honoring individuals and companies who assist women in achieving their full leadership potential. The prestigious Athena Award program recognizes individuals and companies on local, state, national, and international levels. More than 2,666 people across the world participate in the program each year. The Athena Foundation, which sponsors this award, is dedicated to opening doors of leadership opportunity for women in the workplace and beyond and to make women of achievement more visible.

Ms. Cardillo is also a member of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey League for Nursing, is a member of the American and New Jersey State Nurses Association, the National Speakers Association, the National Nurses in Business Association, and the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO).

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