The ATHENA Global Cafe offers the opportunity for relevant, real-life conversations about leadership and effective collaboration in today’s current climate. The relaxed, informal setting allows participants to foster connections, explore questions and promote the innovative thinking that directly impacts the future of women’s leadership. This kind of discussion encourages each person to conduct a highly personal review of their own leadership values while tapping into the diversity and intelligence of their fellow participants. It provides all who are involved a brilliant opportunity to hear what works for others, share a myriad of experiences, find their commonalities, discover new aspects of efficacy and understanding so that everyone may continue to learn and teach in their own lives, communities and the larger world.