Let me introduce you to 100 powerful people.
And by powerful, I mean individuals who hold positions that give them the ability to shape our communities and influence our quality of life. To identify them, the editorial staff of Lehigh Valley Business considered those who make our laws, build our homes and highways, protect our health and safety, educate our children, support the vulnerable, and provide the spark that inspires innovation and economic growth. This is not a ranking. There is no score. Our intent is to introduce our readers to the people who make the decisions. To do that, we asked them to introduce themselves, and share something personal, because no matter how high up the ladder they are, they’re all human.
Garry Lenton
Managing Editor
Raja Abass
Ethos Clinic
Mike Adams
NAI Summit
Richard A. Anderson
St. Luke’s University Health Network
Abe Atiyeh
Pennsylvania Venture Capital
Gene Barr
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
Chris Barrett
Pocono Mountain Vacation Bureau
Wayne Barz
Ben Franklin TechVentures
Anne Baum
Capital BlueCross
Jennifer Berrier
Department of Labor and Industry
Ann D. Bieber
Lehigh Carbon Community College
Dan Bosket
Community Action Development Corp. of Allentown
Becky Bradley
Lehigh Valley Planning Commission
Gregory Brennan
Alfred Benesch & Co.
Kevin T. Campbell
Barry Isett & Associates Inc.
Dave Capitano
Baker Tilly US, LLP
Bob Casey Jr.
United States Senator
Ernie Choquette
Stevens & Lee
Melissa Confalone
Fraser Advanced Information Systems
Michael Conkey
Albarell Electric
Luke Cunningham
West Side/Hammer Electric
Donald T. Cunningham
Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp.
Tony DaRe
BSI Corporate Benefits
Dennis Davin
Department of Community and Economic Development
Nancy Dischnat
Workforce Board Lehigh Valley
Robert Donchez
Bethlehem
Jeffrey C. Euclide
Entech Engineering Inc.
David Evans
HADC Allentown
M. Arif Fazil
D’Huy Engineering Inc.
John Fetterman
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
Steven Fisher
RKL LLP
Joe Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba PC
Doug Frederick
Howard Hanna the Frederick Group
Jim Gerlach
Greater Reading Chamber Alliance
James J. Greenfield
DeSales University
Jack Gross
Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Cassidon Realty
Jack Gross
Gross McGinley LLP
Scott Gruber
Tompkins VIST Bank
Mike Harrakal
Whitehall
Daniel Harrigan
Spillman Farmer Architects
Mike Hawkins
Netizen Corp.
Kenneth Hawkinson
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Amy Hawley
SVN/Imperial Realty
Sean Albert Henry
Obiant LLC
David Holmberg
Highmark Inc.
Christopher Hudock
Rising Tide Community Loan Fund
T. Anthony Iannelli
Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce
Mark Jaindl
American Bank of Allentown
Loren Keim
Century 21 Keim Realtors
Michael Kelly
KCBA Architects
Gregory Kile
Populytics
Tim Kurtz
HMK Insurance
Christian Leinbach
Berks County
Louis LeMaster
Buckno Lisicky & Co
Leonard Lightner
City of Allentown
David Lobach, Jr.
Embassy Bank for the Lehigh Valley
Donna LoStocco
First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union
John R. Loyack
Alvernia University
Steve Massini
Penn State Health
Jared Mast
Greater Easton Development Partnership
Lamont McClure
Northampton County
Patrick McDonnell
Department of Environmental Protection
Mary K. McMahon
Fellowship Community
Howard Meller
People First Federal Credit Union
Eddie Moran
City of Reading
Kevin Murphy
Berks County Community Foundation
George Nahodil
Members First Federal Credit Union
Brian Nester
LVHN
Ray O’Connell
Allentown
Salvatore Panto
Easton
Brad Patt
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, Realtors
P. Sue Perrotty
Tower Health
Craig Poole
Reading Hospitality
Joe Posh
Posh Properties Real Estate Services
Tarah Probst
Stroudsburg
Todd Robbins
Robbins Rehabilitation East
Kristine Roddick
King Spry Herman Freund & Faul LLC
George Rudolph
PSECU
James J. Schlegel
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Todd Shamash
Capital BlueCross
Tom Shaughnessy
J.G. Petrucci
Alan Shuman
Shuman Development
Jay Sidhu
Customers Bank
Abby Silfies
American Heart Association
John D. Simon
Lehigh University
Jay Snowden
Penn National Gaming
Vincent Sorgi
PPL
Barry Spayd
Pagoda Electric
Michael Spigel
Good Shepherd
Jane Spradlin
Concannon Miller & Co. CPA
David Stonesifer
Herbein+ Co. Inc.
Ed Swoyer
Greater Berks Development Fund
Richard Thompson
Factory.llc.com
Pat Toomey
United States Senator
R. Scott Unger
Allentown Economic Development Corp.
John N. Vanarthos
Norris McLaughlin P.A.
John Weidenhammer
Weidenhammer
Ted Witman
Concannon Miller & Co. PC
Tom Wolf
Governor of Pennsylvania
Frank Zukas
Schuylkill Economic Development Corp
