Power passion: Colorado women's chamber of commerce celebrates excellence, leadership and community service.

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ATHENA AWARD WINNER

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Power passion: Colorado women's chamber of commerce celebrates excellence, leadership and community service.

Call them power women with a purpose.

This year's Athena Award finalists are high-ranking professionals who care about their communities--and help other women achieve success.

On the following pages we profile Athena winner Caz Matthews, president of the WellPoint Foundation; and finalists Jill Tietjen, president and CEO of engineering consulting firm Technically Speaking; Sharon Linhart, managing partner of Linhart Public Relations; Cathy Hart, vice president of corporate services for Xcel Energy; and Tensie Homan, managing partner of accounting firm KPMG's Denver office.

"The caliber of women leaders who were nominated for this prestigious award made it extremely difficult to select the Athena finalists and recipient," said Donna Evans, president and chief executive officer of the Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerce. "At the same time it is gratifying to recognize Colorado's outstanding women leaders."

From Caz Matthews' loft on Market Street, you can see the southeast wall of Coors Field. You can also read the clock on that wall: Matthews times her workout to it when she uses the treadmill tucked by the street-view window.

"I watch the clock and trust me, I watch it," Matthews says with a laugh.

It's that down-to-earth attitude that carries through Matthews' work as president of the Well-Point Foundation, the charitable arm of WellPoint Inc., one of the nation's largest insurers. Matthews took the helm of the foundation in 2006 aft...

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