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Community First Fund receives $2.25 million grant to launch EJFund
Truist Foundation Friday announced a $2.25 million grant to Community First Fund to help launch its Economic Justice Fund (EJFund). Community First Fund, a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), dedicated to aligning capital with social justice for low-income communities and low-wealth individuals, will use the grant to support lending[...]
Cedar Crest addresses gender equity with new MBA focus
To address gender equality in the workplace, Cedar Crest College is expanding its Masters in Business Administration (MBA) program to include women’s leadership. Cedar Crest College, Allentown, said the program, while rooted in the college’s mission of educating the next generation of women leaders, is designed for students of all[...]
Defender of workplace disputes is appointed vice president of Pa. Bar Association
Nancy Conrad, partner with White and Williams, who defends high profile faculty and student dismissal matters and complex discrimination and retaliation claims, has been appointed vice president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. She will become president-elect in 2023 and take the helm as president in 2024. The Philadelphia-based law firm[...]
Vistacom certified as Women’s Business Enterprise
Vistacom Inc. of Allentown, a provider of audiovisual, communications and control room solutions, said that it has achieved national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) by the Women’s Business Enterprise Center – East, a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). “After meeting the WBENC’s[...]
Acting Secretary of Health resigning April 22
Pennsylvania Acting Secretary of Health is leaving the Wolf administration on April 22. Gov. Tom Wolf said he intends to name Physician General Dr. Denise Johnson as Keara Klinepeter’s replacement. “Keara has been an asset to the Department of Health and the Wolf Administration throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, providing necessary[...]
Three Lehigh Valley women offer advice through mentorships
Mentorship can be a powerful tool, especially for high school girls looking toward career paths. So say three Lehigh Valley women who took time recently to work with three Girl Scouts involved in the Take the Lead leadership program they have been preparing for since joining the group. “Girls need[...]
Azzur Group celebrates 10 years of growth and change
When Kym Faylor started Azzur Labs in Schnecksville back in 2012 she had high hopes for the growth and success of the lab services company, but she said she didn't have expectations. “I wasn’t sure we’d get to this point,” she said. She knew that many smaller labs, like Azzur,[...]
First Commonwealth exec to become first woman president of Maryland credit union
Tricia C. Szurgot, executive vice president and COO of First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union in Trexlertown is leaving her post, and the state to take on an exciting new role in Maryland. Szurgot will become the first ever female president of Securityplus Federal Credit Union in Baltimore. “We are excited[...]
As CFO of Lehigh Valley Restaurant Group, Nikki Bloom has learned to adapt
The new chief financial officer at Lehigh Valley Restaurant Group didn’t start out looking to be in charge of a company’s finances. Nikki Bloom entered the business world with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. She started out as a credit counselor, but when an administrative position opened at the restaurant group 17 years ago, she saw[...]
Bloom named CFO of Lehigh Valley Restaurant Group
Lehigh Valley Restaurant Group, the Allentown-based Red Robin franchisee covering the Lehigh Valley and Harrisburg regions, has named Nikki Bloom as its new chief financial officer. In her new role, Bloom will oversee all finance and accounting functions while leveraging creative problem-solving skills to maximize financial performance at all restaurant locations. Bloom has[...]
Three women entrepreneurs say business ownership means controlling your own destiny
Nov. 19 is Women’s Entrepreneurship Day and the Lehigh Valley certainly has no shortage of women entrepreneurs. To recognize the day, LVB spoke with three local women about why they decided to start and run their now successful businesses. The three women shared a common theme – disappointment in working[...]
Kathleen Harring inaugurated as president of Muhlenberg
Friday, they make it official. Kathleen Harring was named president of Muhlenberg College in Allentown in June of 2020. She had been serving as interim president of the liberal arts college since June of 2019, but the COVID-19 pandemic pushed back any official inauguration festivities. That inauguration will finally be held starting[...]
