QCBJ Acquires the Rights to the Athena Awards in the Quad Cities
The Quad Cities Regional Business Journal (QCBJ) has acquired the rights to the Athena Awards in the Quad Cities from Women Lead Change, which has hosted these awards in the Quad Cities since 2017. The Athena Awards were first introduced in the region in 2006.
“We are pleased to transition these awards over to the Quad Cities Regional Business Journal. They have a proven track record with awards-based events and we look forward to seeing what’s in store for this event going forward,” said Tiffany O’Donnell, CEO of Women Lead Change. “WLC programming continues in the Quad Cities region with a growing membership for Quad Cities Women Connect and annual leadership conference on Nov. 14, 2023.”
“We are excited to have the opportunity to highlight and honor some of the Quad Cities’ most influential women,” said Beth Clark, Associate Publisher of the QCBJ. “We anticipate that this reimagined awards event will take place in May of 2024, with more details still to come.”
The QCBJ’s sister publication, the Corridor Business Journal, has been hosting a similar awards event in the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Corridor region for the past 19 years. Its event – Women of Influence Awards – is widely known throughout the region in recognizing some of the Corridor’s most impactful women leaders.
American Bank & Trust is the Platinum Sponsor for the May 2024 event and is eager to lend its support to ensure the success of the QCBJ’s first women’s leadership awards event in the Quad Cities.
More details on this upcoming awards event are coming soon. Continue to monitor quadcitiesbusiness.com for more information on this event.
About Women Lead Change:
IWLC d/b/a Women Lead Change (WLC) is a non-partisan, 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to the development, advancement, and promotion of women, their organizations and to impacting the economy and future workforce. WLC hosts an annual leadership conference in the Quad Cities on Nov. 14, 2023, as well as Quad Cities Women Connect. For more information visit WLCglobal.org.
About Corridor Media Group:
The Corridor Media Group Inc. (CMG) is a family-owned media company based in North Liberty, Iowa, and publishes the Corridor Business Journal (CBJ) and Quad Cities Regional Business Journal (QCBJ), bi-weekly sources of comprehensive local business coverage. CMG also provides custom publishing, digital news, business data, and hosts corporate and awards-based events. For more information visit www.corridorbusiness.com and www.quadcitiesbusiness.com.
