重点大学 Professional Development

约翰L. Augustine III is the President/CEO of 佩恩东北, a regional non-profit economic development agency dedicated to attracting quality employers to Northeastern PA.

John has more than 25 years of economic development experience working with local and national firms and elected officials, 业务, 以及社区领袖. His background includes economic and community development, 选址, 区域规划, technology implementation, 资本融资, 操作, and strategic planning.

他最近担任Marcellus页岩联盟的社区外展经理, 该州负责马塞勒斯和尤蒂卡页岩的主要贸易组织.

在那之前, 约翰是大威尔克斯-巴雷商会的高级经济发展总监 & 行业. 他负责五个商业园区内的房地产市场营销. 他还监督了宾夕法尼亚州威尔克斯-巴雷创新中心的发展和增长., a successful 业务 and technology incubator.

2014年1月16日，联合运营委员会董事会任命Thomas bailey, Ed. D. 作为拉克万纳县职业技术中心的行政主管. Dr. 贝利斯之前曾担任伊斯顿20号殖民地中间单元的技术总监, Pa. Baileys还曾担任west Wayne学区的技术总监数年.

Dr. Baileys earned a doctorate in Educational and Organizational Leadership from The University of 宾西法尼亚, completed his master’s degree and Pa. 在玛丽伍德大学获得了教学技术认证，并获得了B.S. degree in Engineering from the University of Maryland. Dr. Baileys also served in the United States Air Force and attended the Lackawanna County Area Vocational Technical School (Currently the CTC of Lackawanna County).

米E. Belicove is a 业务 theorist, 品牌架构师, 管理顾问, and ghostwriter specializing in higher education, 健康与科学, consumer-packed商品, and emerging technologies. 整合营销传播机构Atomic Unit的创始人, the third edition of his latest co-authored book — “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Facebook” — was published by Penguin Group (USA), 而他的下一本书暂定名为《立博客户端app下载》!”

As a 业务 theorist and 管理顾问, Belicove has spent nearly 25 years working for and consulting with Fortune 100 firms and venture-backed startups in the areas of board governance, institutional and 业务 planning, 品牌发展, and marketplace positioning. 他还接受过品牌架构方面的额外培训和专业知识, 网站开发, 设计, 品牌新闻, 内容营销.

A graduate of 重点大学, 他在2012年的毕业典礼上发表演讲时获得了荣誉人文文学博士学位.

He also attended the University of Houston and participated in continuing education and professional development offerings through Rice University and the University of Colorado-Boulder. 当他不工作的时候，你会发现米卡尔在加州的拉古纳海滩享受生活.

彭妮常见 has spent 29 years with 单一资源人员配置. Penny是人事管理、招聘、员工安置和销售方面的专家.
Penny serves on the following board of directors; American Red Cross of Lackawanna County, The Scranton Chamber of Commerce, The Scranton-Pocono Girl Scout Council, NEPA社团, 和SLIBCO董事会. Penny is also involved in an array of community activities. Penny is a graduate of Florida Junior College.

迈克尔一个. Dziak是一名退休高管，刚刚结束了在地球保护协会(EC)的26年工作。. Mike was the President and CEO of EC, 一家位于卢塞恩县的私人非营利性矿山土地复垦和土地再利用组织, 宾西法尼亚. 1994年，EC从破产法庭购买了蓝煤公司的资产, 16,000 acres of land in eleven different communities in the county. 在社区参与下制定了全面的土地利用计划后，目标得以确立.

该组织的目标是开垦地雷破坏的土地，为重新利用做准备, 节约约10个,000 acres for open space/recreational use, 制定交通计划，加强与主要道路系统的联系. 到目前为止, 超过7,000 acres are conserved for open space/recreation uses, / 2,耗资5000多万美元开垦了000英亩土地, a new $85 million South Valley Parkway has been constructed all resulting in companies investing over $280 million developing industrial sites resulting in over 4,000个新工作岗位，年工资超过1.66亿美元，未来还会增加.

Before returning to Luzerne County, Mike was an executive with IBM for 27 years involved in the manufacturing/development of technologies found in IBM’s systems. Mike also spent four years in the US Navy and returned home to attend and graduate from Wilkes University in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science, 商业/金融. 迈克和他伟大的妻子瑞秋·菲利普斯·迪亚克结婚57年了, residing at Harvey’s Lake, 宾西法尼亚. Proud parents of two sons and four grandchildren.

Kelly graduated 重点大学 with Associate’s degree in accounting and continued her education at Wilkes University for BS and MBA.
She served on the Connections committee of The Commonwealth Medical College (currently Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine) and has coordinated and participated in many community outreach programs that help people achieve their goals. Kelly is passionate about putting people to work in meaningful jobs and matching the right employee to the job, 因为更好的人意味着更好的业务，更好的业务意味着更强大的社区.

Elizabeth Leo is an attorney in Northeast 宾西法尼亚 and her practice primarily focuses on labor and employment matters. Prior to returning to private practice, Ms. 里奥曾在联邦卫生斯克兰顿担任市场人力资源主管多年.

Ms. Leo obtained her undergraduate degree from the Hobart and William Smith Colleges and her law degree from St. John’s University School of Law. She began her career serving as a clerk to the Honorable Kevin Thomas Duffy in New York City and then worked at Morgan, Lewis and Bockius as an associate. After relocating to Northeast 宾西法尼亚, Ms. Leo在进入医疗行业之前曾在Rosenn, Jenkins and Greenwald工作.
Ms. 利奥和她的丈夫查尔斯以及两个孩子住在沙弗敦.

海伦以结果为中心，是一位积极进取的领导者，在劳动力发展方面有着丰富的经验. She is skilled in Career Coaching, 格兰特写作, 非营利组织, Technical Education in 医疗保健, 制造业, and Applied Technologies, 事件管理, 劳动力市场研究, 志愿者管理, 和公众演讲. Strong program and project management professional with a Masters of Public Administration focused in Non-Profit/Public Human Resource Management from The 宾西法尼亚 State University. Certified Career Coach and Workforce Development Professional. National Mentor to Department of Labor grantees.

杰拉德T. O’Donnell is the president of GTO Consulting. 以前, 他曾担任Motorworld Automotive Group的总裁兼首席运营官, 时, 并拥有超过30年的汽车行业高级管理职位经验. Active in the community, Gerald serves on the 时 Chamber of Business and 行业 Board and King’s College Business 咨询委员会. 以前, he served on the board of St. 文森特汤厨, the Osterhout Free 图书馆, the American Diabetes Association, Junior Achievement of Northeast PA, 和麦考利大厦.

Kenneth G. Okrepkie, MHR, 担任Ben Franklin Technology Partners的区域经理, 他负责监督宾夕法尼亚州东北部40多家公司的投资组合. 这些公司每年将创造数亿美元的收入, creating good family-sustaining jobs in the region. For every $1 Ben Franklin invested in its companies, they return $3.90 in tax revenue to the Commonwealth of 宾西法尼亚.

For more than a decade at Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Ken has supported early-stage technology companies and connected manufacturing firms to college and university resources supporting process improvement and product development projects. Okrepkie的职业生涯融合了从高等教育到企业家世界的各种经历. He started his career at the University of Scranton, ultimately serving as Assistant Dean of 招生, followed by Junior Achievement of Northeastern 宾西法尼亚, where he held the position of President, 领导一个向12岁儿童传授生活技能和美国自由企业制度的组织,000 young people a year. 随后，他成为了一家互联网初创公司CollegeRecruiting的创始成员.com, where he led the sales and strategic initiatives.

Prior to Ben Franklin in 2004, he joined the Great Valley Technology Alliance, 现在TecBridge, 作为副总统. He is credited with creating the Lackawanna and Luzerne County Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) program that generates more than $2M each year for technology companies in the region, 现在总共是26美元.4M since the inception of the program. In support of regional economic development and local nonprofits, he has served the community as Chair of the Boards for SLIBCO- the Scranton Chamber’s Economic Development arm and Scranton Tomorrow, 这个组织正在领导斯克兰顿市中心的复兴, and the Great Valley Technology Alliance. In addition to serving as the Chair for the Board of Governors for the Scranton Area Community Foundation, Mr. Okrepkie also Chaired the Hazleton based CAN BE Business Incubator for CANDO along with continuously serving on all five Business Incubator Boards in the region. 他还花了两年时间担任TecBridge商业计划竞赛的主席. Kenneth has been both Commissioner and/or Coach for girls’ basketball and soccer in the Abington Youth programs and coached his daughter’s Holy Cross High School girl’s soccer team.

A graduate of the University of Scranton, Okrepkie拥有市场营销学士学位和人力资源硕士学位. 他目前是斯克兰顿大学卡尼亚管理学院的兼职教员, teaching in the Entrepreneurship program where he has been selected into the Sigma Nu Tau Entrepreneurship Honor Society, while also being recognized as the 2017 宾西法尼亚 Technology Acceleration Leader of the Year by Accelerate PA. In 2018, he received the CANDO Chairman’s Award. Mr. Okrepkie provided the Johnson College 2017 Commencement Speech and received the 2013 TecBridge Bill McNally Mentor of the Year Award. He was a Wilkes University Allan P. Kirby Center Mentor of the Year recipient in 2016 and NEPA Business Journal “Top 20 Under 40 Business Professional” in 2008.

约翰F. Pullo,老. is founder and CEO of Chartwell Strategies, 有限责任公司, a strategic advisory services and consulting firm formed in 2018.
Prior to founding Chartwell, he was employed for 35 years at Gentex Corporation, where he held a variety of senior positions in 业务 leadership, 公司发展, R&D, 业务 development, and 操作. 加入Gentex之前的行业经验包括在山特维克公司工作12年, 他在公司和部门层面担任过重要的管理职位.

A proud 1969 alum of 重点大学, he also holds a BA in Economics from Wilkes University and an MBA with a concentration in Operations Management from the University of Scranton. He also received a MS in Technology Management from the University of 宾西法尼亚 conferred jointly by the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Wharton School.

此外，历史悠久的服务于宾夕法尼亚州的经济发展事务, he is a Trustee at 重点大学 in La Plume, PA, having served most recently as Chair. 他也是Carbondale Technology Transfer Center的董事会主席, a regional 业务 incubator serving northern Lackawanna County, and serves on the Board of Directors of WVIA, 这是一家公共媒体和PBS的分支机构，服务于宾夕法尼亚州东北部和中部.