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Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar co-authored a research paper on the Utilization of Help America Voting Act (HAVA) Election Funding by States for the Institute for Responsive Government. Kathy and Ashish Sinha reported that federal funds have been robustly utilized, with 85% spent by the end of 2021 and remaining funds have largely been set aside … Read more

Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar is joining the University of Pittsburgh’s Institute for Cyber Law, Policy and Security, also known as Pitt Cyber, as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar and an adjunct professor in the School of Law. She will focus on election security, disinformation, and other issues at the intersection of democracy and technology. Read … Read more

Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar sat down with Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon, hosts of High Turnout, Wide Margins, a podcast on election administration. Kathy shared her experiences working with law enforcement and other cross-sector partners as Pennsylvania Secretary of State and as a member of the Committee for Safe and Secure Elections, and discussed … Read more

Athena Strategies’ Kathy Boockvar was interviewed by Reuters for a piece about threats of violence and voter intimidation at the polls. Kathy expressed that these types of threats and fears of intimidation are contrary to American democratic tradition and the foundation of our country.  Read the full story here.

Kathy Boockvar, president of Athena Strategies, was interviewed by Route Fifty for an article focusing on potentially volatile election scenarios and means for election officials to deescalate these situations and protect themselves. Kathy spoke about the need for increased coordination and communication between law enforcement and elections officials and why it matters. Read the full … Read more

Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar spoke with StateScoop about the importance of collaborative cross-sector efforts of law enforcement and election officials to strengthen security for voters and election workers alike, and provide election officials with the resources they need.   Read the full story here.

In a joint interview with Commissioner Ben Hovland of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission ahead of the 2022 midterm election, Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar spoke on the importance of protecting election workers. As Kathy stated, “We need to have their backs just like they have ours.” Read the full story here.

Read this report written in 2022 by prominent political conservative experts, who were so troubled by the continuing conspiracies and allegations of the 2020 election being “stolen,” that they examined in great detail all the most substantial allegations of wrongdoing across the country. These conservative experts report the detailed results of their investigations, and came … Read more

StateScoop shares a story about an election security tabletop exercise which Kathy Boockvar helped plan and lead at the National Association of Counties (NACo) conference, helping counties develop continuity-of-operations and incident response plans when preparing for elections, as well as building cross-sector collaboration. Read the full story here.

Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar participated on a panel with other election experts covering a range of topics in the election security, disinformation, and threats against election officials realms. Read about Kathy’s correcting disinformation in real time during the panel, and their discussion of the many layers of security and reconciliation that go into elections, … Read more