Athena Valley of the Sun Foundation is an a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization of women who are committed to their profession, their community and to helping other women achieve their leadership potential. Our mission is to help develop future women leaders for gender equality. ATHENA Valley of the Sun provides a platform for emerging and established women leaders to have a deep, inspiring conversations to help them identify, embrace and realize their aspirations. Our ATHENA AZ Foundation promotes the advancement of Arizona’s women in leadership through scholarships; which would include sponsorship for the ATHENA leadership luncheons, seed funding for leadership training, and providing intensive mentoring for upward mobility. The Foundation also helps to cultivate the development of future Women Leaders by providing free Leadership Training workshops to high school young women