Leadership
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Delaware County Leadership: David Freeman, CEO of QNB Bank
David Freeman, the CEO of QNB Bank, spoke with DELCO Today about growing up in Columbus, Ohio; getting married right out of high school and then completing his undergraduate work as a part-time student and full-time worker; and how he entered banking in 1975. Freeman also discussed what made him fall in love with the…
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2022 VISTA Millennial Superstars: Patrick Gallo, Law Partner Is Interboro High Graduate
Patrick Gallo, a Norwood native and Interboro High School graduate, is a Partner at MacElree Harvey, where he concentrates his practice on complex commercial, construction, products liability, insurance coverage, and business litigation. Gallo — who began working when he was 12 years old, delivering newspapers for the Daily Times — earned a bachelor’s degree in…
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Havertown Veteran Wanted to Help. Now He’s With Military Forces in Ukraine
Havertown veteran Patrick Creed, a retired Army Ranger, has voluntarily joined the fight in Ukraine, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. Creed, 54, a volunteer firefighter with Brookline Fire Co., was angered by the Russian invasion and motivated to help by “the awful sights of what the Russians are doing and the ferocious bravery…
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Delaware County Leadership: Celina “Lee” Siwula, Director, Prelicensure BSN Program, Immaculata University
Celina “Lee” Siwula, Director of the Prelicensure BSN Program at Immaculata University, spoke to DELCO Today about growing up in a tight-knit family in Chester County; how she was “painfully shy” as a teenager, and how her first job at a fabric store in Exton pulled her out of her shell; and going to school…
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Delaware County Leadership: Mary Ann Messmer, SVP, Head of Private Banking at Meridian Bank
Mary Ann Messmer, SVP, Head of Private Banking at Meridian Bank, spoke with BUCKSCO.Today about growing up in Blue Bell as the daughter of a World War II veteran; playing multiple sports, which enabled her to spend quality time with her father; and, despite the initial objection of her parents, attending La Salle University, where…
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Delaware County Leadership: Bob McGowan, Chief Operating Officer at Peddler’s Village
Bob McGowan, the COO of Peddler’s Village, the Delaware Valley’s top tourist destination in 2020, spoke with DELCO Today about growing up in Northeast Philadelphia as one of 11 people (his parents and eight siblings) living in a three-bedroom Olney row house; how his family moved to Bucks County when his father started his own…
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See Which Delaware County Movers and Shakers Made Power 100 2022 List
Six movers and shakers from Delaware County are among the Philadelphia area’s Power 100 for 2022, writes Ryan Sharrow for Philadelphia Business Journal. The movers and shakers list features individuals in alphabetical order who have the influence, skill, and effectiveness that provide them with the power to shape the look and feel of the entire…
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Delaware County Leadership: U.S. Congresswoman Madeleine Dean
U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean, who represents Pennsylvania’s 4th congressional district, a district that includes almost all of Montgomery County and a small sliver of Berks County, spoke with DELCO Today about growing up in Glenside as the youngest of her parents’ seven children; graduating near the top of her class at Abington High School; commuting…
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President of Panama Welcomes Valley Forge Academy President to Palace
Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo-Cohen has welcomed Col. Stuart B. Helgeson, USMC (Ret), president of Valley Forge Military Academy & College, along with VFMAC alumni, to the presidential palace in Panama. President Laurentino Cortizo-Cohen is a 1972 graduate of Valley Forge Military College. Col. Helgeson led the contingent of alumni to the Central American nation as…
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Delaware County Leadership: U.S. Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon
U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, who represents Pennsylvania’s 5th congressional district, a district that includes much of Delaware Couty, a small section of both Chester and Montgomery County as well as a section of South Philadelphia that includes the sports stadiums and the Navy Yard, spoke with DELCO Today about growing up in upstate New…
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Delaware County Leadership: Jordan Space, President of the Eastern Pennsylvania Region at S&T Bank
Jordan Space, President of the Eastern Pennsylvania Region at S&T Bank, spoke with DELCO Today via Zoom about growing up in Lancaster County as the son of a banker and how that led to his current work; his interest in sports, particularly golf, as he once eagled the 18th hole at the famed Oakmont Country…
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Trauma Surgeon, a Broomall Native, Works to End Gun Violence in Philadelphia
A tweet of concern about the gun violence in Philadelphia from a trauma surgeon has resonated in the community, writes Susan Snyder for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The tweet came from Broomall native Amy Goldberg, a trauma surgeon at Temple University Hospital who has treated thousands of gunshot victims. In the early hours of New Year’s…
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MLK Jr’s Social Gospel Approach Was Learned at Crozer Seminary in Chester
Martin Luther King Jr. was greatly influenced by his time as a young seminary student at Crozer Theological Seminary near Chester, but his first year there was tough, writes Noah Zucker for Philly Voice. King enrolled at Crozer after graduating Morehouse College in 1948 so he could follow in his father’s footsteps as a minister.…
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Delaware County Leadership: Matt Meyers, President, Pennsylvania Institute of Technology
Matt Meyers, the President of Pennsylvania Institute of Technology, spoke with DELCO Today about growing up in Jenkintown and the activities he was involved in throughout high school; the first time he realized that people looked to him for leadership; the jobs he held as a teenager and the lessons he learned from them that…
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WilmU Grad Named New Executive Director of Western Chester County Chamber of Commerce
The Western Chester County Chamber of Commerce has appointed Wilmington University graduate Rachel Cathell to replace Donna Steltz as Executive Director. Steltz is retiring at the end of this year after 20 years at the helm. Cathell has served as the Western Chester County Chamber Communications Coordinator for the past four years, during which she…
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Delaware County Leadership: Dr. Marilyn Wells – Chancellor of Penn State Brandywine
Dr. Marilyn Wells, the Chancellor of Penn State Brandywine, spoke with DELCO Today about growing up outside Pittsburgh as the daughter of first-generation-born Americans who didn’t have the opportunity to go to college but made it their mission to have their children go. Dr. Wells also discussed being active in Girl Scouts and other school-related…
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Delaware County Leadership: Brandon Rost, CEO of beMarketing
Brandon Rost, CEO of beMarketing, spoke with DELCO.Today about learning the values of hard work and relationships in his childhood and teen years in Plymouth Meeting; starting his own lawn cutting business and helping his general contractor father with his part-time job delivering the early morning Philadelphia Inquirer; about his nine years bussing tables and…
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Delaware County Leadership: Coach Dick Vermeil
Dick Vermeil, the legendary football coach and Chester County resident who led the Philadelphia Eagles to Super Bowl XV, spoke with DELCO Today about growing up in a close-knit community in Calistoga, Calif., where many families were immigrants from Tuscany and Italy’s Napa Valley and brought an interest in wine with them. He also discussed…
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