The Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce Women’s Networking Committee is holding their third in a series of woman’s networking luncheon program for 2025 on Tuesday, May 20th from 12 noon to 1 pm at Damon’s Grill & Sports Bar in Hazleton . The event is being sponsored by The Honesdale National Bank and it is open for any woman to attend.
The program will begin promptly at 12 noon and will include a buffet lunch. Our guest speaker will be The Honesdale National Bank CEO, Kate Bryant who will present Rising Together. Only one-third of US financial institutions have a woman president and CEO. Whether taking on the organizational helm in a male dominated industry, or any industry, you have not grown into that position alone. Growing is key - for you and the employees that comprise your team. Learn the art of developing relationships internally and externally that help develop the best in you, your team members, and the future of your organization.
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Ms. Rossanna Gabriel, Executive Director of the Hazleton Integration Project (H.I.P. Center), has been selected to receive the 2025 Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce Athena Award, sponsored by Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton.
Ms. Gabriel started as a H.I.P. volunteer in 2013, was hired full-time in 2014, was promoted to Assistant shortly thereafter, and then promoted to Executive Director in 2020. She directs the work of five key programs and a multitude of community initiatives at the center. Her team consists of twenty full-time and part-time employees and 200+ volunteers.
Ms. Gabriel’s impact work includes: over 600 new American Citizens, over 150 English as a second language students per semester, and 700,000 meals served as part of the Food Insecurity Project, which started in May of 2023. These are just a few highlights of Ms. Gabriel’s work environment, where her creative thinking has provided pragmatic solutions to a variety of challenges in a rapidly changing work environment.
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The Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce has announced plans are well underway for their 133rd Anniversary and Executive Business Exposition, which is taking place on Thursday, May 15th at Capriotti’s, One Banks Avenue in McAdoo.
This is the Chamber’s largest event of the year. The presenting sponsor for this year’s event is once again, PPL.
In order to provide the opportunity for all Chamber members to take part in event, plenty of options are available, whether it is attending with a reservation, participating in the expo or as an event sponsor.
The event will kick off at 5 pm with a short program, recognizing the Chamber’s outgoing Board of Directors, and then, honoring the Athena Businesswoman of the Year, Rossanna Gabriel from the Hazleton Integration Project. The Athena Businesswoman of the Year award is sponsored by Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton. After the short program, which will take place in the Capella at Capriotti’s, attendees will then move to the main banquet facility for the Executive Business Exposition. The expo portion of the event will be a “Western Theme – Membership Roundup” and include hand-passed hors d’oeuvres, a 5-station meal and a cash bar. The Expo provides Chamber member businesses and attendees with an informal way to combine the social benefits of the evening, with the opportunity to see some of the goods and services available through local business.
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The Greater Hazleton Chamber holds monthly Red Carpet breakfasts that feature local, state and federal elected officials with an opportunity to update the business community as well as a lively question and answer with the breakfast attendees.
The double shot that featured both Congressmen whose districts cover the Greater Hazleton Area was successful on many fronts. Thank you to Congressman Bresnahan and Congressman Meuser for splitting time and giving an inside perspective on critical topics impacting our nation in the early days of the new administration. The thoughtful questions included one from Keystone Job Corps Center related to the federal government's role in continuing to assist students in education and trade pursuit.
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