Meet the Team - Athena Alliance

Meet the Athena Team

Meet the minds behind Athena, a global team dedicated to providing comprehensive and persistent support for the world’s top leaders.

Globally Located, United in Mission

We are a modern workforce living in and representing numerous cultures, with wide ranging backgrounds, ideas, and capabilities. We are united in our shared passion for supporting all women at the top of business and in shaping modern leadership and the modern boardroom.

CEO & Board

Coco Brown

Founder & CEO

Erin Essenmacher

Chair of the Advisory Board

Rhonda Mims

Board Director

Liz Tinkham

Board Director

Andrea Bonime-Blanc

Advisory Board

Tama Smith

Advisory Board

Tahjar Roamartinez

Advisory Board

Purvee Kondal

Advisory Board

Carol Coughlin

Advisory Board

Lloyd Taylor

Advisory Board

The People Behind Athena

Kate Batten

Chief Product Officer

Annie Dabrowski

VP of Member Success

Justin Reeves

VP of Growth

Marcela Bustillos

Head of Operations

Alex Duffner

Head of User Experience & Design

Andreina Gomez

Director of Membership

Samantha Lorenzo

Director of Board Recruitment & Portfolio Talent Services

Rachel Kirkwood

Chief of Staff to the CEO

Arturo Garcia

Member Operations Manager

Cailyn Johnson

Digital Marketing Manager

Marielle Turkowski

Learning & Events Manager

Amanda Mahoney

Manager of Sales Development

Gabriela Aneas

Member Success Manager

Cristina Scharffenorth

Member Success Manager

Analuisa Martinez

Member Success Manager

Michael Chong

Sales Development Representative

Ishana Desai

Sales Development Representative

Stacy Crooks

Network Broker

Tamas Zolcsak

Lead Designer

Anelia De Klerk

Social Media Coordinator

Dominika Palinko

Salesforce Administrator

Marek Suchanek

A/V Editor

Wenceslao Negrete

Senior Software Engineer and Team Lead

Luis Guillermo Rafael López

Software Developer

Oscar Malgiaritta

Developer