Chamber Announces Three Phoenix Businesswomen as 2024 Athena Award Recipients

The Greater Phoenix Chamber announced the 2024 ATHENA private sector, public sector, and young professional award recipients at its 37^th Annual ATHENA Awards.

Jenny Holsman Tetreault, Vice President & Associate General Counsel, TPI, was awarded the 2024 ATHENA Award in the private sector. Shannon Clancy, CEO, St. Vincent de Paul, earned the 2024 ATHENA Award in the public sector. Hillary Walsh, Founder & Lawyer, New Frontier Immigration Law, took home the 2024 ATHENA Young Professional Award.

“The Greater Phoenix Chamber’s ATHENA Awards celebrates the most inspiring women leaders in the Valley,” said Todd Sanders, president & CEO of the Greater Phoenix Chamber. “These influential women are dedicated to building a brighter future and ensuring our community remains strong. They embody the best of the Arizona business community, and we look forward to seeing how they will carry the legacy of ATHENA through their work.”

The ATHENA Awards, an internationally prized honor through ATHENA International, recognizes women across the Valley for achievements in leadership, community service, and mentoring.

“I am honored and humbled to be the private sector ATHENA recipient, and I look forward to working with the public sector and young professional recipients in the upcoming year,” says Jenny Holsman Tetreault, the private sector ATHENA Award recipient. “We have a lot of work to do and look forward to investing and working together to make our community stronger as a result of this team!”

Jenny Holsman Tetreault is a highly respected and innovative legal, business, and community leader with two decades of experience delivering strategic services in law firms and corporate and non-profit settings. She is the VP and Associate General Counsel at TPI Composites and teaches at ASU School of Law while mentoring others and serving our community. Simultaneously, she is actively involved with ten nonprofit boards, chairing three. She chaired/co-chaired three large fundraising events over the past year. Jenny is a role model and mentor to many people. She mentors younger associates at work. She mentors new board members on five of her nonprofit boards. For over two years, her family has been matched with a “Little” through Big Brothers Big Sisters. She is the co-leader of her son’s Webelos Troop and the leader of her daughter’s Brownies Troop.

Shannon Clancy is the first woman CEO at the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Phoenix, which feeds, clothes, houses, and heals Arizonans in need while offering others a chance to serve. She leads 375 employees, who, together with volunteers, operate a network of food pantries, charity dining rooms, urban farms, shelters, family services, and a charity health clinic. Shannon has devoted her 30+ year career to working for nonprofit organizations that serve individuals and families in need. A Phoenix native, she attended Xavier College Preparatory, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Maryland at College Park.

“I’m very honored and humbled by this award and I feel really grateful for the people I work alongside at St. Vincent De Paul and so many partners in the community that care about others,” says Shannon Clancy, the 2024 public sector ATHENA recipient. “It’s a blessing for me to be surrounded by people who inspire me to be the best version of myself.”

A small-town Kansas kid turned big-city lawyer, Hillary Walsh, helps immigrants who have survived human trafficking and domestic violence get their immigration documents. Through her experiences of suffering child abuse, being put in foster care, and serving a stint in lockup, Hillary became committed to fighting for the rights of others. Hillary’s firm is the fastest-growing law firm in Arizona, and she mentors other lawyers on how to grow their businesses so they can help more people. Her work has been featured on the TEDx stage, in briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court, in law journals, Forbes, and Newsweek. Hillary is also the founder of New Frontier Foundation, which provides free healing services to human trafficking and domestic violence survivors in Arizona.

“I feel very honored and humbled among the other nominees who are truly incredible!” says Hillary Walsh, the 2024 young professional ATHENA recipient. “The best part of all this is seeing all the work we are all doing collectively.”

Tetreault, Clancy, and Walsh were chosen from 11 ATHENA finalists selected from a large group of nominees. The following is a complete list of the 2024 ATHENA finalists:

The 11 finalists are:

Private Sector finalists:

Pam Giannonatti, Corporate Affairs Manager, Kroger/Fry’s Food Stores
Jenny Holsman Tetreault, Vice President & Associate General Counsel, TPI Composites
Joanne H. Osborne, Owner & CFO, Osborne Jewelers
Marian Zapata-Rossa, Partner, Snell & Wilmer

Public Sector finalists: