Athena Center

Launched in September, 2009 as a special initiative of Barnard’s President, Debora Spar, the Athena Center for Leadership Studies has quickly grown into a premier interdisciplinary center devoted to the theory and practice of women’s leadership.

The Center offers specialized academic courses, mentoring and leadership opportunities for Barnard students.  It also sponsors public lectures and forums with notable leaders from across the globe and this film festival which we hope will become an annual event.

Our  Leadership Lab workshops — open to women from across the region — teach the practical elements of leadership from the art of negotiation to effective public speaking, from financial fluency to management savvy. Our goal: provide women with the knowledge and know-how that will empower them to assume positions of leadership in the workplace and in their communities.

As we grow, the Athena Center will bring together leading scholars, practitioners, and activists from across disciplines to examine the ideas at the forefront of women’s leadership — what it means to lead, to motivate, to collaborate and to excel.

The Athena Center is directed by Kathryn Kolbert, a public-interest attorney, journalist and leader in the not-for profit world, who brings to Barnard an extraordinary depth of experience in collaborative leadership, educational programming and civil rights advocacy.

For more information about the Athena Center visit our website or contact us at 212 854.1264.  Meet the Athena Center Board of Advisors and Leadership Council.

Barnard College

Barnard College has been a distinguished leader in American higher education for over 100 years and is today the most sought after liberal arts college for women in the United States.  Founded in 1889, the College was the first in New York City, and one of the few in the world, where women could receive the same rigorous liberal arts education available to men.

From its four-acre campus in Manhattan, Barnard’s world-class faculty educates over 2400 gifted, curious and independent undergraduate women, many of whom have gone on to become world leaders in diverse fields including literature, science, commerce, law and the arts.  The College’s dedication to the advancement of women, combined with its partnership with neighboring Columbia University and its setting in an international city, makes Barnard unique among American liberal arts colleges today and an ideal host for the Athena Film Festival.

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