March is designated Women’s History Month by presidential proclamation. In honor of this designation, we at the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce are featuring women in business throughout the month!
Today we are featuring Jessica Spare. Jessica recently accepted a position with Honesdale National Bank as the Vice President Commercial Loan Officer. She will be serving the Luzerne County Area.
She has been in the banking industry for the past 26 years, with her first position as a part-time teller at First Federal Saving & Loan of Hazleton. As a small business lender, for the past 10 years, she has enjoyed being a strong advocate for her clients and working closely to uniquely serve, grow, and fulfill their business and lending needs.
Ms. Spare enjoys mentoring her friends and family with any of their business or personal and finance needs. And she truly enjoys being her customers, “go to” person whenever they have a question or need help with anything financial!
For the past few years, she has been an active member of all four of our Chamber’s Women in Business Planning Committees and currently serves as Chair of one sub-committee and Vice Chair of two other sub-committees!
Jessica was born and raised in the Hazleton Area and currently live in Drums with her fiancé, daughter, son, and bonus-daughter.
The Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce is holding their second woman in business luncheon program for 2024 on Tuesday, March 26TH from 12 noon to 1 pm at Damon’s Restaurant on Route 93 Hazleton. The event is being sponsored by Silver Pines Treatment Center and it is open for any woman to attend.
The program will begin promptly at 12 noon and will include lunch. Our guest speaker will be Bill Stegura, CRS, CFRS, Peer Recovery Specialist from Recovery Friendly Workplace – PA. He will present, What is the Recovery Friendly Workplace Initiative & How It Improves Community, Businesses & Employees. Attendees will learn how this initiative is designed to help employers of ALL TYPES become more supportive of employees who are seeking recovery from substance use and mental health disorders. The RFW initiative is completely free to employers and can save thousands in costs each year, which is money that can be reinvested back into the community.
Everyone will enjoy lunch, a 50/50 raffle and doorprize drawings. Attendees are encouraged to bring your business cards, brochures, coupons or giveaways to share on our "Business Resource Table".
Additional luncheon programs for the remainder of the year have been set for Tuesdays, May 21st; July 30th, September 24th; and November 19th.
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March is designated Women’s History Month by presidential proclamation. In honor of this designation, we at the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce are featuring women in business throughout the month!
Roxie Rose is the owner of Powder & Ink Permanent Cosmetics and Tattoo Studio which is located in the CAN BE Incubator in West Hazleton.
Ms. Rose has lived in the Greater Hazleton area most of her life. She graduated from Hazleton Area High School in 2010 and then graduated from college in 2013.
She is the proud owner of her small business since 2019!
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March is designated Women’s History Month by presidential proclamation. In honor of this designation, we at the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce are featuring women in business throughout the month!
Today we are featuring Kelly King, Executive Center Director for BOTH the Keystone Job Corps Center in Drums AND the Red Rock Job Corps Center in Sullivan County.
Ms. King has dedicated her career to the students at the Job Corp! She is only one of three female Executive Center Directors for the Job Corp nationwide and she is the ONLY Executive Center Director that covers two campuses! Her commitment to the students and staff is unmatched!
The KJCC is celebrating their 60th anniversary this year! Did you know that for the first three years of their existence they only accepted women in to the program? And in the early 70's they were the first center, nationwide, to accept women into the construction and trades programs! Currently they offer 23 trades to their students between the two campuses.
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