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Athena Honors Local Executives’ Leadership Skills

Two local executives and an educator have been singled out for praise by the Athena organization of UCSD Connect.

Athena’s third annual Pinnacle Awards ceremony, held April 12, also honored Teal Electronics Corp.

Tina Nova, CEO of San Diego-based GenOptix, Inc., received Athena’s individual leadership award in the technology category.

Susan Ten Eyck, senior vice president of City National Bank, received the individual leadership award in the service category. City National Bank is headquartered in Beverly Hills.

Leadership awards were presented to executives who promote diversity in the work environment, who empower and promote women in the work and community environments, and who foster positive personal and professional change in their employees.

Patricia Winter, education outreach coordinator at the San Diego Science Alliance, received the special educator award. The award recognizes contributions in preparing the next generation of women for a career in math or science.

Teal Electronics Corp., a division of SL Industries of Mount Laurel, N.J., won the corporate award.

To be considered for the latter, companies must have done several things. Among them: increasing their percentage of women senior executives since 1996, and offering employees options such as flextime, compressed work weeks, job sharing and childbirth leave for both parents.

The ceremonies also saw five high school seniors receive scholarships to help them pursue degrees in math or the sciences.

They are Jenny Ha Truong of Grossmont High School, Lydia Dahoussi of Granite Hills High School, Melissa Morelos of Escondido High School, Vera Trofimenko of Francis Parker High School and Mary Presley of University City High School.

The awards , which include a minimum of $1,000 and a computer from Gateway Inc. , are made possible by San Diego National Bank and the Waitt Family Foundation.

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