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Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar is proud to be selected as one of City & State NY’s 2023 Responsible 100 honorees! Born and raised in NY, Boockvar’s work across the U.S. to strengthen election security and democracy has included efforts to bolster vote by mail and other voting rights in NY. In being awarded this … Read more

Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar recently sat down with Marquis Lupton of WITF The Spark to discuss election security and efforts needed to fortify our election processes and strengthen democracy ahead of the 2024 election. The conversation covered a broad range of topics including Boockvar’s experiences in Pennsylvania’s elections, and the need to address the … Read more

Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar recently spoke with WITF about the 2023 Supreme Court election and what needs to be done ahead of 2024 to ensure election security. She addressed  a broad array of issues, including the rise of AI and its implications for the spread of misinformation, the layers of security involved in mail-in … Read more

WHYY featured a radio segment on AI’s impact on election misinformation and included Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar’s input on work that needs to be done to limit the potential damage. The segment discusses AI deepfakes and the role they could potentially play in the 2024 election.  “We need to be doing more to make … Read more

Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar was featured in the Bucks County Herald discussing the formal launch of Athena Strategies. She discussed the firm’s work to improve election security, democracy, and civil discourse across the country. The piece highlights Athena Strategies’ mission to better share accurate information about how American elections work in the U.S. “I … Read more

Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar was recently interviewed by NPR about election misinformation and our ability to counter it as we head into the 2024 election. She discussed resources that were available during and after the 2020 election to explain and debunk inaccurate and false election claims, including a CISA initiative called Rumor Control, and how these resources … Read more

Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar spoke this week with the Pennsylvania Capital-Star to discuss the Pennsylvania Supreme Court race and other races on the ballot, and the role that issues, including abortion rights, were playing in this week’s election. She shared insights into campaign financing issues that make it harder for voters to learn genuine … Read more

Former Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar announced today the formal launch of Athena Strategies, a non-partisan consulting firm that advises and collaborates with a broad base of organizations, institutions, and government officials to strengthen election security, democracy, and civil discourse in the United States. Drawing upon her broad election experience, Boockvar founded Athena Strategies … Read more

In a recent op-ed in The Hill, Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar conveys the increasing threats and intimidation being inflicted on election officials, and the devastating impact on our democracy.  She shares her experiences as Pennsylvania Secretary of State and their hope at the time that as facts and the rule of law were upheld, … Read more

Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar recently spoke with Votebeat about the implications of a government shutdown on voting and the electoral process. Drawing from her experiences as Pennsylvania Secretary of State during the 2019 U.S. government shutdown, Boockvar described how Pennsylvania was at a critical point in the process of certifying new voting systems as … Read more

Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar was proud to support and attend New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s voting rights bill signing ceremony this week, enacting a series of election reform measures that will give NY voters more options on how to vote. After the ceremony, Boockvar spoke with NNY360 about this slate of election laws, including … Read more

In a recent interview with Gothamist, Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar discussed New York’s new legislation to expand voting access by allowing any registered voter to cast an early ballot by mail. She drew on her experience leading the implementation of similar new provisions passed in Pennsylvania in 2019, which allowed all qualified Pennsylvania voters … Read more