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The ATHENA Leadership Award Breakfast, organized by the Harford Community College Foundation, will be held Friday, March 3, from 7:30 to 10 a.m. at the Richlin Ballroom, 1700 Van Bibber Road in Edgewood. Networking begins at 7:30 a.m., with the program starting at 8 a.m. Suzanne Fischer-Huettner, group publisher for BridgeTower Media who provides leadership for three news operations (The Daily Record in Maryland and two publications in Rochester, N.Y.--The New York Daily Record and Rochester Business Journal), will be the keynote speaker. Two awards will be presented at the breakfast. The first, the ATHENA Leadership Award, will be presented to an exemplary leader who has achieved excellence in business or profession, served the community in a meaningful way and assisted women to achieve their full leadership potential. Carolyn Evans, a partner at Sengstacke and Evans, LLC, was the 2016 recipient. A new award will be presented at this year's breakfast. The ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award will be presented for the first time to an emerging leader age 40 or under. Tickets to the breakfast cost $40 per person or $350 for a table of 10. Tickets should be purchased by February 17 by visiting harford.edu/ATHENA.