Recent Articles from LVB Staff
Sam Sidhu
Sam Sidhu President and CEO Customers Bank Since July 2021, Sidhu has been the chief executive of the bank, running all operations and services. He joined the board of Customers Bancorp in 2012 and became a full-time officer of the bank early in 2020. Prior to joining Customers fulltime, Sidhu was founder and CEO of […]
Alan Shuman
Alan Shuman President and Broker of Record Shuman Development Group President and broker of record at Shuman Development Group, Alan Shuman oversees every facet of real estate development and management from project creation to completion, including design, financing, approvals, construction management, and ongoing property management and leasing. “2022 was a great year for downtown Reading [&he[...]
Erich J. Schock
Erich J. Schock Managing Shareholder and Chair, Real Estate, Land Use and Development Group Fitzpatrick, Lentz & Bubba PC “In addition to my legal practice, I serve as the managing shareholder of Fitzpatrick, Lentz & Bubba PC,” said Erich Schock. “FLB is a 40-lawyer law firm located in Center City Allentown. The role of the […]
Barry Schlouch
Barry Schlouch President and Founder Schlouch Inc. Schlouch is the longtime president and founder of Schlouch Inc., which provides site construction services throughout Pennsylvania and surrounding states. The company performs $65 million in annual revenue and owns 175 pieces of heavy construction equipment, according to Schlouch’s LinkedIn profile. “My most important responsibility is to genu[...]
Julien Sauvagnargues
Julien Sauvagnargues President Olympus Corp. of the Americas As president, Sauvagnargues oversees Olympus Corp. of the America’s activities throughout North and South America from headquarters in Center Valley, including management of shared corporate services supporting the sales, marketing and manufacturing teams in finance, compliance, human resources and other areas. “Olympus has consisten[...]
Kristine Roddick
Kristine Roddick Partner, Education Law Chair and Member of the Executive Committee KingSpry Herman Freund & Faul LLC “As a member of the executive committee, I manage the personnel, financial, operations, facilities and marketing arms of the firm,” said Kristine Roddick, a partner in KingSpry. “As an attorney, I represent school clients in various legal […]
Richard Reppert
Richard Reppert President R.L. Reppert Inc. “My responsibilities are to oversee the daily operations of the entire company,” said Reppert. “However, my main responsibility is to ensure that each employee has a job and is able to provide for their families while working for our company. I work with the estimators to review the projects […]
Chris Pruitt
Chris Pruitt CEO and President East Penn Manufacturing Co. Pruitt is CEO and president of East Penn Manufacturing Co., manufacturer of Deka Batteries. “East Penn Manufacturing operates the largest single-site manufacturing facility in the world,” he said. “We are a privately held, family-owned company with over 10,000 employees globally and over 7,500 in the area. […]
Craig Poole
Craig Poole President and Chief Operating Officer Reading Hospitality Management Poole is president of Reading Hospitality Management, which includes the DoubleTree by Hilton in Reading and Catering by DoubleTree. A former American Hotel and Lodging Association General Manager of the Year, he also does consulting. During the past year, “the biggest challenge was being able […]
Elaine Pivinski
Elaine Pivinski Owner Franklin Hill Vineyards “As the owner of Franklin Hill Vineyards, my duties are to make sure my staff has all of the tools they need to do their job well,” said Pivinski. “I hire the best in their field and get out of their way!” Her most important responsibility is to make […]
P. Sue Perrotty
P. Sue Perrotty President and CEO Tower Health President and CEO Perrotty is responsible for providing executive leadership to all aspects of Tower Health’s operations, performance, strategy, employee and physician engagement, and service to the community. “With a focus on charting our health system’s future, we launched ‘TowerTogether’ to improve the patient and provider experience [&he[...]
Brian A. Nester
Brian A. Nester President and CEO Lehigh Valley Health Network As president and CEO, Nester leads and oversees Lehigh Valley Health Network’s 13 hospital campuses, five health institutes, Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital, 28 health centers, primary and specialty care physician practices, 20 ExpressCARE locations, and its pharmacy, imaging, home health and rehabilitation services. Strat[...]