Excellence Exchange: Cultivating Excellence

Description

DATE: Wednesday, September 13, 2023

TIME: 8 - 9:30 a.m.

LOCATION: Eden Resorts & Suites

222 Eden Road

Lancaster, PA 17601

COST: $40 Members

            $55 Future Members

Interested in Membership? Contact Tom Wallace, Director of Business Development, at twallace@lancasterchamber.com.

What to Expect!

Organizational excellence is the cornerstone of long-term success. In this session, you'll have the opportunity to learn from the experiences of three professionals from both the nonprofit and private sectors as we take a deeper dive on excellence - the foundation of our Excellence Exchange program. Join us for this dynamic session that will offer actionable strategies to cultivate excellence within your organization, perspective on how to navigate the unique challenges and opportunities in your company, and insights that will set you and your team on a trajectory toward enduring success.

We'll be covering:

• Innovation and adaptation;
• Purpose, profit, and resource management;
• Culture and organizational values; and
• Ambiguity, change management, and resilience.

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.

Meet the panelists!

Sara Bruton, COO & Partner, Simon Lever

Sara joined the Simon Lever team following graduation from Messiah University. As Partner and Chief Operating Officer, Sara is responsible for executing strategic initiatives and improving operational effectiveness for our firm. Leveraging her 15 years of experience in maximizing the success of others, Sara instinctively notices and appreciates the uniqueness of her clients and her fellow team members. Enthusiastic and optimistic, she has been instrumental in providing leadership, encouraging excellence, and inspiring those she partners with.

Penn Ketchum, Managing Partner, Penn Cinema Management Co., LLC

Penn was a longtime Lancaster County employee who followed his dream of owning his own business. Given his passion for going to the movies, building a movie theater was a very natural step in that direction. Penn built Penn Cinema in Lititz, opening as a 10-plex in 2006. By 2008 he added four screens, in 2010 he and his partners added the county's only IMAX screen and would go on to open another 15-plex in Wilmington, DE and a 7-plex in Huntingdon Valley, PA. Penn Cinema in Lititz is the State's highest grossing independent theater regularly competing with, for example, the Regal at King of Prussia or the AMC 24-plex in Neshaminy, PA. Penn is the recipient of the Lancaster Chamber's 2018 Small Businessperson of the Year Award. 

He lives in Lititz with his wife. They have a daughter studying early childhood education at Millersville University and a daughter who graduated from University of Delaware and now lives in Philly.

Sherry Harry, Senior VP and Chief Business Officer, VisionCorps

Sherry has been with VisionCorps since 2012. As part of the Executive leadership team, she is responsible for researching and developing new business opportunities that lead to increased revenue and employment for the blind and vision impaired. She is also responsible for the sales of products, customer service, administrative services and oversees all of Operations and the Enterprise Group (Manufacturing) for 3 locations. 

She is a company liaison for the AbilityOne Program, National Industries for the Blind, Unique Source, PennDOT, PA Turnpike and the agencies government partners like Department of Defense/ Defense Logistics Agency (DOD/DLA), Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA),United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Bureau of Prisons (BOP). She manages all government relations, business strategy, federal procurement process, contracts and solicitations as it pertains to the global supply chain to support our warfighters. 

She is active in the Lancaster downtown Penn Square Rotary; serves on the Board and as VP of the club, Lancaster City Alliance Downtown Merchants Committee, Lancaster Chamber Athena Award Selection Committee, the Millersville University Disability Arts Committee, Cargas Manufacturing Advisory Council, member of the Samaritan Counseling Ethics in Business committee, member of the Women’s networking group L3 and a member of Lancaster Chamber of Commerce. In the past she’s served on the Advisory Board for Women in Business Mentoring Committee for the Chamber, on the Board of Directors for Humane League of Lancaster County, an Advisory Board member of LYP (Lancaster Young Professionals), an Ambassador for the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce, the YWCA’s Events Committee and Mentor for the Young Professionals Network (YPN) group for the Chamber and Chair of the Extraordinary Give event, Great Giving Gig. 

She was one of the featured Women in Business in Susquehanna Style magazine in 2013. She was the 2017 recipient of the Chamber's Athena Award. She has been a guest speaker for Community First Fund, Leadership Lancaster and PA Travel & Tourism. She attended Penn State and holds a degree in Business Management with a minor in Marketing. Contact her for business partnership opportunities, purchasing VisionCorps’ products, or regarding sales for the Business & Industry Group.  

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