Celebrating our 2023 ATHENA nominees
Join us in celebrating two outstanding local women and League members: our Athena award nominee Amanda Moore and Athena Young Professional nominee Samantha Weir.
ATHENA recognizes and honors outstanding business and professional individuals for excellence in their chosen fields, for providing valuable service to their community and for actively assisting women in their attainment of professional goals and leadership skills.
Athena nominee Amanda Moore. Photo courtesy Amanda Moore.
Amanda Moore is the co-founder and co-owner of the Tennessee Center for Estate and Elder Law, PLLC. She is serving her second term as an elected member of the Board of Education for Murfreesboro City Schools. A graduate of Yale Law School, she clerked for the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and was then awarded a national fellowship to represent clients in Appalachian Kentucky. She also was a program director at the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law. She has taught at Vanderbilt Law School, Middle Tennessee State University, and Morehead State University.
Athena Young Professional nominee Samantha Weir. Photo courtesy Rutherford Athena.
Samantha Weir is a Rutherford County native who has spent her career advocating for children and families. Currently a lecturer at MTSU in Child Development and Family Studies, she focuses on family policy, advocacy and positive aging. Weir previously worked in the prevention and intervention of child abuse, where she trained thousands of children and adults on the prevention of child abuse as well as worked as a forensic interviewer for the Child Advocacy Center. Weir is an active member of the Rutherford County Coalition Against Child Abuse, MTSU’s Positive Aging Consortium, and the League of Women Voters of Rutherford County.
Attend an event in support of our nominees
The 2023 Rutherford ATHENA International Leadership Ceremony & Award® Luncheon will be Friday, May 12, at the MTSU Student Union. Tickets are $65 each, or $60 if you pay us to sit at our group table. Email us at lwvrutherford@gmail.com to reserve a spot with our group, or make your own reservation here.
You might also be interested in supporting the Patron’s Society, which has a separate event on April 13. Learn more here.
Learn more
Learn more about the Rutherford Athena awards at rutherfordcable.org/athena.
Did you know? Prior ATHENA nominees of our local League have included:
Faye Johnson, 2014
Suma M. Clark, 2015
Madelyn Scales Harris, 2017
Leslie Collum, 2019
Kory Wells, 2020
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