Lehigh Valley Business has selected 38 women for its 2021 Women of Influence awards.
The award honors high-achieving women for their career accomplishments. The honorees are selected based on their professional experience, community involvement, leadership and sustained commitment to mentoring.
Circle of Excellence honorees are women of longstanding, notable success in the community who are leading the way for other women.
LVB added a new category this year, “Women to Watch,” which honors women leaders 35 or younger who demonstrate outstanding professional accomplishments, community involvement and commitment to positive change.
To be eligible for the awards, candidates must live or work in the Greater Lehigh Valley area, which includes Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Lower Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, upper Bucks, Schuylkill or Warren counties.
“The 2021 Women of Influence honorees are extremely accomplished,” said Suzanne Fischer-Huettner, group publisher of Lehigh Valley Business. “They are innovators, creators and mentors who inspire others with service to their professions and to their communities. “They mentor and pave the way for future generations of women leaders. Lehigh Valley Business is pleased to honor them.”
The 2021 honorees are:
Women of Influence
Lina Barbieri
Associate Vice President, Annual Giving, DeSales University
Carmen A. Bell
Director, Healthy Aging, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley
Angela Gehman Berkosky
Chief Investment Officer, Domani Wealth
Ikhlas Darkhalil
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Integration Officer, Lehigh Valley Health System- HNL Lab Medicine
Maria Esposito
Communities In Schools of Eastern Pennsylvania
Debbi Fetter
Partner, Financial Outsourcing Solutions
Carmen A. Flosdorf
Vice President, Commercial Lending Officer, Peoples Security Bank & Trust Company
Mimi Griffin
President & Founder, MSG Promotions, Inc.
Jane Heft
VP, Director of Project Design, City Center Allentown
Danielle M. Joseph
Executive Vice President, Diversity Councils, Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce
Lisa A. Luciano
Vice President, Commercial Lending, American Bank
Francine Marz
Culinary Director, Northampton Community College
Mary Kay McMahon
President and CEO, Fellowship Community
Maureen Michael
Chief Administrative Officer, Da Vinci Science Center
Angela Nolan
Chief Operating Officer, Vistacom Inc.
Jessica O’Donnell
EVP, Affiliated Chambers, Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce
Lisa Oliver
Life Safety Advisor, Keystone Fire Protection
Lisa Pektor
President, PennCap Properties
Kellie Rahl-Heffner
Partner, Gross McGinley, LLP
Kim Rompilla
Executive Vice President, Global Marketing, Development & Activation, Crayola, LLC
Ashlee Scavazzo
Store Manager, The Giant Company
Maraleen D. Shields
Shareholder & Attorney, Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba, P.C.
Jodie Stetz SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Vice President of Human Resources, Lehigh Valley Restaurant Group, Inc.
Katie Suppes, M. Ed.
Director of Programs, Research, & Evaluation, Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center
Irene Titus
General Manager, Elek Plumbing
Sarah Trimmer
General Manager & Director of Sales, The Sayre Mansion Inn
Heather Walbridge
VP, Relationship Manager, NCR Payroll & HR Solutions
Jennifer Walls
Director, Operations Programs and Integration, Buckeye Partners, LP
Susan Worobec
Area Manager AVP, Unity Bank
Angela Zanelli
VP Policy and Advocacy, Lehigh Valley Public Media
Women to Watch
Jessica Elliott
Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley
Staci Saeger
Director of Marketing, NAI Summit
Paola Gaitan
Vice President, Senior Branch Manager, M&T Bank
Circle of Excellence
Dawn J. Anuszkiewicz
Chief Operating Officer, Reading Hospital
Ranju Gupta, MD
Medical Oncologist with specialization in Breast Cancer, Lehigh Valley Health Network
Judith A. Harris, Esq.
Equity Member, Co-Chair, Estate Trust and Tax Group, Norris McLaughlin
Christina “Tori” Morgan
Commissioner, South Whitehall Township
Jeane M. Vidoni
President & CEO, Penn Community Bank
Rebecca A. Young, Esq.
Partner, King, Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul, LLC.
