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Aligning Community Investment with Business Strategy

Strong communities drive strong businesses. Strategic community investment, including thoughtful philanthropic efforts, can strengthen the talent pipeline, engage employees, enhance your brand, and support long-term growth.

In this session, led by the Lancaster County Community Foundation, we’ll explore the business case for giving back: how investing in your community creates real, measurable benefits for both your company and the broader ecosystem. Leaders will walk away with practical ideas for aligning community initiatives with business priorities and understanding the impact of their giving.

Meet our Presenters:

Clinton Bublitz, Senior Philanthropic Officer at Lancaster County Community Foundation

Clinton joined the Community Foundation to make a greater impact close to home, support local and build an extraordinary community across Lancaster County.  As a Senior Philanthropic Officer, Clinton enjoys meeting fund holders, learning their passions, and building relationships to collaborate and serve Lancaster County’s diverse community.   

A graduate of Michigan State University with National Sales experience, Clinton has built unified teams across the United States with a successful history of developing people through positive and encouraging relationships.

Tracy Cutler, Executive Vice President at Lancaster County Community Foundation

Tracy Cutler is Executive Vice President at the Lancaster County Community Foundation which stewards a community endowment of more than $260 million dollars.  She directs brand, culture, and strategy for the Foundation and leads innovative community-building initiatives including the ExtraGive® that has raised $120 million to support more than 500 nonprofits. Previously, Tracy co-founded the publication Fig® and served as partner in a boutique branding design firm. 

Before landing in Lancaster PA, she lived in in Portland, OR, France, the UK, and the Netherlands. She has studied at the University of Delaware and Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies. 

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What is the Excellence Exchange? Excellence Exchange cultivates a space for you to hear innovative, noteworthy business practices and participate in small group discussions with other leaders in the community. You will gain insight into the successes and challenges facing organizations across a range of industries and discuss practical strategies for applying the lessons learned within your own workplace.

Want to support this program while getting your brand in front of top decision makers in Lancaster County? Sponsorships are available! Contact Molly Crouser, mcrouser@lancasterchamber.com.

Thank you to our Sponsors!

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