Athena Golianis: CEO, Creator PINKK LLC and President, Founder of Founder & President of AGW Idea Group, Inc. a dynamic marketing and branding agency she founded to serve her clients changing needs. She is also Founder and Creator of PINKK LLC, a mission-based organization launched in Q4 of 2018. As a marketer and consultant, she specializes in branding for companies of all sizes including reinvigorating and developing integrated marketing campaigns for venerable blue-chip brands, launching startups and supporting entrepreneurs and emerging brands.
She is an innovative entrepreneur, storyteller, creative, experienced problem solver and integrated marketing communications leader & published author, with significant global advertising and marketing (CPG, Beauty, Food, Retail and Healthcare) experience. She conducts workshops on brand building and personal branding nationally and has experience working with not for profits. She has been a member of Impact Grants since 2018.
She has recently done leadership talks and webinars, and podcasts on: The Five Ways to Tell a Brand Story Build-your-brand-story-with-athena-golianisand The Power of Kindness in Navigating Change: real tools to lead and live by today and for a lifetime. Power of Kindness in Navigating Change
She welcomes the opportunity to help companies and brands (and all of you) to tell their stories. She believes that we all have a brand story to tell …. and we all may not look like our story. The way to be original and to make an impact is to tell your own story. True to her narrative she recently published a book in November 2019: Flying by the Seats of Their Skirts, Powerful Stories Centered in Kindness by Inspiring Women. We are proud to announce we are winner of the 2022 GOODY AWARD for WOMEN in BUSINESS for making a social impact. available to buy on Amazon
PINKK™ is a mission-based and purpose driven organization, focused on helping women from all walks of life create and experience a kinder world. Her purpose through creation of PINKK™ (Powerfully Inspiring Networking & Knowledge with Kindness) is to help women tap into their real voices and provide resources so they can make healthy informed choices and live their best lives embracing a new paradigm shift she calls the “Female Renaissance.” https://comcastnewsmakers.com/Videos/2019/10/27/Athena-Golianis
Agency experience:
- Ogilvy & Mather, J. Walter Thompson, Bozell Worldwide, Havas ( formerly EURO RSCG and owner AGW Idea Group, Inc
Client experience includes both retail and CPG brands in multi category and healthcare.
- Arthur Andersen & Co., Sears store, hardlines and soft lines/apparel, Beltone Electronics, ShopKo, Kraft Foods vertical brands and innovation, Wal-Mart, SAM’S Club, Sara Lee, Hillshire Farm, Midas, Unilver brands; TRESemme, VO5, VENeffect Beauty brands, The Secret, Diamond Bank (now Wintrust), Kiva Recovery, Dakota Beef, Citadel Healthcare, BreatheAmerica, Precision Healthcare, City of Chicago, Aspire Bakeries brands; Oakrun Farm Bakery, La Brea Bakery, Otis Spunkmeyer, La Francaise Bakery, Pennant and more
She has her Bachelor’s in Advertising and PR from Drake University School of Journalism, where she graduated magna cum laude. She has Master of Science in Advertising from the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism. She currently resides in Chicago.
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Tita Arroyo: Mentoring Program Manage 2021 PINKK Woman of the Year
National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach at LIFE LOVES Health Coaching and Sr. Procurement Specialist at Intelsat. Tita’s varied corporate career includes managing customer accounts for Emerson Electric, Mars Incorporated and currently Intelsat (formerly Gogo Commercial Aviation). Her true passion lies in cultivating a natural and healthy lifestyle while maintaining a positive mindset, and empowering others to do the same.
As a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach trained in Functional Medicine her mission is to empower and equip you with education and resources to help you take control of your health and make lasting change. Functional Medicine uncovers root causes to disease and allows your systems to function optimally through lifestyle changes in nutrition, sleep, exercise & movement, stress reduction and relationships. Her Health Transformation Program offers coaching, community and connection which are proven keys to accountability and long-term success. You can create a renewed, better, healthier version of yourself in as little as six weeks.
Tita stays active in the community as our PINKK Mentoring Manager and as Associate Board Member and Engagement Chair for Facing Forward to End Homelessness. She lives in Chicago with her energetic Boston Terrier/Boxer mix Mocha!
linkedin.com/in/tita-arroyo-68168431
JUDITH MYERS: Marketing and Communications Consultant: PINKK WOMAN of the YEAR 2023!
Throughout an accomplished career in marketing that gave voice to prominent commercial brands, Judith Myers also keeps a foothold in serving those without one.
As a communications expert, Judith transforms corporate storytelling and content into shared experiences that engage “consumers with merchandisers;” “buyers with sellers;” and advocates with causes. Her craft results in resilient customer loyalty, strong bottom-line gains and passionate allyship for charitable and civic service. For the last decade, Judith works with a variety of clients through her private consultancy, JMMyers Marketing.
Judith is a dynamic leader in areas of marketing, branding, nonprofit and organizational change management. She has strategically guided Fortune 500s, national and global nonprofits and associations to succeed with their customers, clients and constituents. She is skilled in writing and design production across multi-channel formats and a variety of industries, including pharmaceutical, healthcare, professional services, technology, manufacturing, education and humanitarian aid.
Maintaining her professional trade, Judith is certified in Google Analytics, LinkedIn Management and Customer Journey Mapping. She had a long tenure with American Marketing Association Chicago as a Board Director, where she provided leadership and mentorship. She continues as a mentor for women-based organizations: Digital Megaphone, Women of Toledo and PINKK – Powerfully Inspiring: Networking Knowledge & Kindness.
Most recently, Judith has shifted her focus from big business to allyship in support of public service, social justice and diversity-inclusion-equity advocacy to give voice to under-represented, vulnerable and at-risk populations. She is a Deputy Registrar and has registered hundreds of high school student voters in the greater Chicago area. She also serves as an Election Judge.
Judith is a practitioner of mindfulness and compassionate healing.
DEBBY PETERS, 2021 PINKK WOMAN of the YEAR and Advisory Board Member
Debby Peters is the go-to person for networking questions and practices in Northwest and Northeast Ohio. Her goal is to make it so that each person gains a positive result from the time spent on these types of activities.
But let’s take a step back in time to when Debby was a young, wet-behind-the-ears, sales person. She was working for a telecommunications consulting firm and the office atmosphere was rabidly competitive because there were no set territories and all the sales people were commission-based. It was a combination of dog eats dog and the wild, wild, west! A co-worker, John Steele, an older gentleman, who had already had a successful career in sales and sales management, took Debby under his wing and mentored her each and every day without saying the word, mentor. One day they were both at a trade show and Debby had just finished talking with two bankers and scheduled an appointment for the next week. As they walked away, John said, “Debby, you’re good, you’re damn good.” Those six words were the first time anyone had said that she might be good in sales and as a result Debby started in believing in her success. She continues to pay if forward as a way to thank John for the impact he made on her life.
In 2019 Debby published, “Tell Me Exactly What to Say: 33 Conversations That Will Make a Huge Impact on Your Networking Life.” This book came about when a student in one of her classes asked how he could get back in front of people he had already met once. When she demonstrated the conversation she might have, he asked her to slow down so he could take word-for-word notes. He wanted her to tell him exactly what to say!
It can be purchased at Amazon at this link. https://open.spotify.com/show/3etypSBKpmOadt27sPel6k
In 2001 Debby was recognized for the YWCA Milestone Award. This is given to six women each year who are making a difference in their community. There have been numerous other awards over the years, and while those are nice, Debby really likes it when someone she talked to years ago, reaches out to tell her what a huge difference she made in that person’s life. That’s all she needs. Well there is one thing more! She has taught her four granddaughters to climb trees and that makes her smile.
She teaches us ALL how to climb in so many ways and that makes ALL SMILE.
Lt. Jill Brown is a Public Affairs Officer assigned to the Navy Office of Community Outreach (NAVCO) in Millington, Tennessee. She is the Executive Engagement Department Head responsible for coordinating executive outreach for Senior Leaders. She arrived at NAVCO in 2020 and previously served with the United States Fleet Forces Command.
While serving with USFF for five years, she participated in several high-profile exercises worldwide, supported hurricane relief efforts, and oversaw the public affairs desk in the Maritime Operations Center. She prepared daily briefs for the USFF Commander, a 4-Star Admiral that were critical to operational analysis and influencing the decision-making process.
Brown began her Naval Reserve career in 1992 as an enlisted naval aircrewman assigned to VR-59 at Naval Air Station Dallas, Texas. She continued her flying career for more than 20 years transporting military members and cargo worldwide. She supported humanitarian missions to New Orleans immediately following Hurricane Katrina.
Her personal awards include the Joint Service Commendation Medal (two awards), Joint Service Achievement Medal (two awards), Navy Achievement Medals (six awards), Navy Good Conduct Medal, Naval Reserve Meritorious, Service Medal Silver Star, National Defense Service Medal, and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.
Brown holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Saint Leo University and has earned event and program management certifications from the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. She also holds the Certified Government Meeting Professional (CGMP) certification. She recently completed a Project Management Certification Course in 2021 to help prepare for the PMP certification.
As a civilian, Jill Brown is a Flight Attendant for United Airlines based at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia for more than 20 years. She was previously a management employee for United Airlines in Chicago, working in the employee engagement department. She recently affiliated with Conference Direct as a Global Project Manager with the conference management team.
She led our PINKK Military Panel and was a leadership mentor in our 2022 Mentoring Program and was an active and kind participant in so many PINKK events!
Wow! Thank you JILL for all you do!
