The Signature Series offers innovative, thought-provoking programs and workshops on leadership, personal development, and business skills that reflect the interests and values of Athena members.

Speakers are internationally renowned leaders and experts such as Lynn Martin, former U.S. Secretary of Labor; Sharon Allen, chairman of the board, Deloitte USA LLP; and Gail Evans, former executive VP of CNN and best-seller author of Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman.

Signature Series programs are designed for both Athena San Diego members and the San Diego business community at large.

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• Women as Leaders – Barbara Bry, Executive Director San Diego News Network, Katherine Bowdish, CEO Anaphore, Inc., Jeanette Filippone, Associate Morrison & Foerster, Alana McNulty CFO BrainCells, Inc. and Joan Waltman, Senior VP of Technology Qualcomm
• Leading Change – Garry Ridge, CEO WD-40, Kellee Wip, Director of Employee Development and Training Provide Commerce, Dr. Johanna Hunsaker, Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior UC San Diego and Anthony Shimkin, VP Strategic Marketing Quidel Corporation
• Leading the Entrepreneurial Company – Tres Conrique, CEO Rancho Santa Fe Technologies, Chris Wollerman, CEO of InnovaSystems, Magda Marquet, Founder and Co-Chairman of Althea Technologies, Inc. and Wendy Johnson, CEO Aires Pharmaceuticals and Venture Partner ProQuest Investments
• Leading High Performance Teams – John Kontopuls, President and CEO Elite Show Services, Inc., Molly Cartmill, Director of Local Government Relations Sempra Energy, Kristie Burns, Senior Director of Market Development ResMed and Janet Fiorti, VP of Sales and Marketing Huntington Hotel Group

• Women as Leaders – Ginger Graham, Former President & CEO Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Tina Nova, President & CEO Genoptix and Joan Waltman, President Wireless Business Solutions Qualcomm
• The J Curve of Change, Making Things Happen Fast with Jerry Jellison, Ph.D. 
 
• Gail Evans, Author of "Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman" and "She Wins, You Win"

• Women as Leaders -  Melissa Hayden Cook, CEO Sharp Health Plan, Joan Waltman, President Qualcomm, Diana De Walt, Senior VP Human Resources Gen-Probe and Linda Strause PhD, Head of Clinical Research Vical
• “Do You Have it in You? Characteristics of Successful Global Leaders”  - Mabel Miguel, Director Office of International Programs and Professor of Organizational Behavior and Strategy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler School of Business
 
• Lessons Learned From My Time as United States Attorney General with Carol Lam 
• Genevieve Bos, founder "Pink Magazine"
• Life/Work Balance with Deborah Szekely, founder of the Golden Door Spa

• What Great Leaders Know and Do with Ken Blanchard
• The Art of Original Thinking with Jan Phillips
• Michael Robertson, founder of MP3.com
• "Women Don't Ask:  Negotiation and the Gender Divide" with Linda C. Babcock, PhD

• A Conversation with Susan Nowakowski, CEO, AMN Healthcare, Inc.
• Gail Evans, Author of “Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman”
• What Aspiring Board Members Need to Know
• A Conversation with Sharon Allen, Chairwoman of Deloitte USA LLP
• “Who Am I & Who the Heck Are You?”