Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce - Hazleton, PA

The Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit organization under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The organization, funded primarily through the support of individual member businesses was formed as the Hazleton Board of Trade in 1892 "For the purpose of advancing the commercial, professional, industrial, civic and general interests of the Greater Hazleton Area."

The mission of the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce is to contribute to its members' business success by providing them valuable information, services and networking opportunities, and by taking active measures to help them improve the business climate and quality of life in Greater Hazleton.

The philosophy of the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce is to do what is necessary to accomplish the mission of taking a leadership role in the enhancement of business and the quality of life in the Greater Hazleton Area through business development, economic, civic, cultural and educational programming.

Chamber goals include:

• To act as a centralized and accessible source of business, legislative and community information for Chamber members, and to enable communication between members and area business, community and governmental organizations.

• To provide Chamber members with a wide range of value-added products and services, including member discounts, selected products and business management education and training.

• To provide Chamber members with a variety of quality business networking opportunities.

• To improve the business and economic climate of Greater Hazleton by addressing issues related to economic development, promoting the business community and facilitating partnerships among business, community and governmental organizations.

• To enhance the physical, social, educational and cultural elements of Greater Hazleton.
  

In addition to the Chamber of Commerce itself, the organization consists of a number of affiliates formed to address specific community issues. These vary from wholly owned to totally independent organizations.

The Chamber is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors who are responsible for establishing policy, and Executive oversight. The administration of the organization is directed by the President, who is totally responsible for the day-to-day operations of the organization.

GREATER HAZLETON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2010/2011

Mr. Llewellyn Dryfoos III, Dryfoos Insurance Agency Inc.
Chairman of the Board

Atty. George Hludzik, Law Offices of George R. Hludzik
Immediate Past Chairman

Ms. Donna Palermo, Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce
President

Vice Chairs

Ms. Lonnie Polli, Earley-Polli Agency
Transportation

Mr. Dominic Yannuzzi, alfred benesch & company
Community Affairs

Angeline Yenchko, M&T Bank
Government Affairs

Atty. Elizabeth Maguschak, McNees, Wallace & Nurick LLC
Human Relations

Secretary

Mr. Gary Yacubeck, Panorama

Treasurer

Mr. Terrence Malloy, Landmark Community Bank

Directors

Mr. Amilcar Arroyo, El Mensajero

Mr. Don Elko, Covenant Abstract Inc.

Mr. James Edwards, Greater Hazleton Health Alliance

Ms. Carla Hill, Hampton/Residence Inn 

Mr. Barry Jais, WYLN TV

Mr. Terry Jones, Jones Kohanski & Company PC

Mr. Scott Koch, UGI Utilities, Inc.

Dr. Gary Lawler, Penn State Hazleton

Mr. Steve Peterson, CTC Manufacturing, Inc.

Mr. John Scanlan, Eagle Rock Resort

Mr. Alexander Sloot, WAZL/Panorama

Mr. Eugene Tannler, The Hershey Company 

Mr. Ross Valenti, Keystone Job Corps Center

Mr. Allen S. Wagner, Wagner, Whitaker & John, LLC

Staff:

Leann Fallabel, Vice President of Marketing,  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Linda Mantush, Marketing Assistant, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Nancy Zolota, Bookkeeper, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Daniel Guydish, Membership Director, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Judiann McGrogan, FUNFEST Executive Director, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Julie Ferry, Executive Secretary/FUNFEST Public Relations Coordinator, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Affiliates:

Robert Skulsky, Executive Director, GHACP/COG, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Joe Clark, Executive Director, Leadership Hazleton, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Daniel Guydish, Executive Director, Mountain Council of Governments, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it