Quad-City Times: A woman who broke a corporate gender barrier decades ago and a construction company president working today to elevate women in his male-dominated industry were honored for their gender diversity efforts. LuAnn Haydon, retired from Deere & Co., received the Quad-Cities 2018 Athena Award during a ceremony Thursday night at the Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention Center, Bettendorf. AJ Loss, president and CEO of Bush Construction, was named the 2018 Quad-Cities Male Champion of Change. The pair were chosen on March 30 from a group of 10 Quad-City women and men honorees for the awards, presented by Iowa Women Lead Change.