Leadership
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Montgomery County Leadership: Roger Zacharia, CEO of Ambler Savings Bank
Roger Zacharia, the CEO of Ambler Savings Bank, spoke with MONTCO Today about growing up in Huntingdon Valley as the son of hard-working immigrants; playing baseball and becoming passionate about the strategy of the sport; and being drawn to the immensity of Penn State after graduating high school in a class of just 60 students.…
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Montgomery County Leadership: Marc Lucca, President of Aqua Pennsylvania
Marc Lucca, the President of Aqua Pennsylvania, spoke with MONTCO Today about growing up in South Philly; being motivated to work at an early age; bussing tables at restaurants his father managed throughout the city; and the lessons he learned from the many part-time jobs he had when he was younger. Marc Lucca also discussed…
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Montgomery County Leadership: Chris Powell, SVP of Global Field & Partner Marketing at Qlik
Chris Powell, the Senior Vice President of Global Field & Partner Marketing at Qlik, a King of Prussia company delivering end-to-end, real-time data integration and analytics cloud solutions to close the gaps between data, insights and action, spoke with MONTCO Today about growing up in King of Prussia, which looks much different today than it…
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Montgomery County Leadership: David Freeman, CEO of QNB Bank in Quakertown
David Freeman, the CEO of QNB Bank, spoke with MONTCO 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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Montgomery County Leadership Profile: David Galluch, Candidate, U.S. House of Representatives in Pennsylvania’s 5th Congressional District
David Galluch, a Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Pennsylvania’s 5th Congressional District, spoke with MONTCO Today about losing his father before he was born; growing up in suburban Buffalo, and playing multiple sports in high school and the impact his football coach had on him. Galluch also discussed his family’s military…
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Montgomery 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 MONTCO 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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Montgomery 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 MONTCO 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,…
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Montgomery 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 MONTCO 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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Montgomery 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 MONTCO 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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Montgomery 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 Montgomery and Chester County as well as a section of South Philadelphia that includes the sports stadiums and the Navy Yard, spoke with MONTCO Today about growing up in upstate New…
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Montgomery 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 MONTCO 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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Montgomery County Leadership: Halyna Keller, Vice President, Finance at UKRFCU
Halyna Keller, the Vice President of Finance at UKRFCU (Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal Credit Union), spoke with MONTCO Today about growing up in the “Ukrainian Ghetto” of Philadelphia; losing her father when she was just five years old; having falsified working papers that enabled her to work when she was 14, and the lessons she learned…
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Montgomery County Leadership: Michelle Venema, Chief Executive Officer, Home of the Sparrow
Michelle Venema, CEO of Home of the Sparrow, spoke with MONTCO Today about being raised as the daughter of German immigrants who grew up during World War II; her childhood in West Chester when there was hardly any traffic on Paoli Pike; cheerleading in high school; and wanting to work as a teen but not…
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Montgomery County Leadership: Victoria L. Bastecki-Perez, President of Montgomery County Community College
Dr. Victoria L. Bastecki-Perez, President of Montgomery County Community College, spoke with MONTCO Today about growing up the youngest of four children outside Pittsburgh. She attended the University of Pittsburgh with the hope of becoming a dental hygienist before discovering a love of learning and teaching and landing her first job, a full-time faculty position…
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Montgomery County Leadership: Jeane M. Vidoni, President & CEO of Penn Community Bank
Jeane Vidoni, the CEO of Penn Community Bank, spoke with MONTCO Today about being born in Cleveland and growing up in Allentown; being inspired by the compassion and tolerance her father displayed as her mother suffered from an untreated mental illness; getting her license and a job on her 16th birthday, and working full-time at…
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Montgomery County Leadership: Dr. Marilyn Wells, Chancellor of Penn State Brandywine
Dr. Marilyn Wells, the Chancellor of Penn State Brandywine, spoke with MONTCO 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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Montgomery County Leadership: Zane Moore, President & CEO of YMCA of Bucks County
Zane Moore, the President and CEO of the YMCA of Bucks County, spoke with MONTCO Today about growing up in Levittown and Fairless Hills; his vivid memories of selling lemonade, coffee, and cookies to drivers waiting in line to buy gas during the gasoline shortage of the late 1970s; the lessons he’s learned from the…
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