Jenny Englerth President & CEO Family First Health Englerth’s primary duties are centered around delivering on the mission of the organization. She works with Family First Health’s board of directors and senior leaders to ensure alignment between the organizational capacity and resources and the health needs of our patients and the communities that Family First serves. On a daily basis ...
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Manal El Harrak
Manal El Harrak CEO Sadler Health Center El Harrak said as a federally qualified health center CEO, she is first and foremost a voice and a change agent for the most vulnerable in the community. She is responsible for the successful achievement of the organization’s mission and strategic initiatives, by optimizing its human and financial capital to improve the health ...
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Douglas C. Dyer Executive Director Central Penn Business Group on Health Dyer is a healthcare executive with over 25 years of experience in the central Pennsylvania marketplace. Prior to joining Central Penn Business Group on Health, he served as senior vice president of strategic planning and business development for UPMC Pinnacle, Harrisburg. He managed the seven hospital system-wide strategic planning ...
Read More »Barry D. Buckingham
Barry D. Buckingham Executive Director Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) As executive director Buckingham’s role is to direct operations and support the excellent PHC4 team so that they can continue to effectively collect, analyze, and publicly report quality and cost related health care data in the Commonwealth. He also works with the various constituencies represented on the council ...
Read More »Kimberly Brister
Kimberly Brister Vice President and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer WellSpan Health Brister is responsible for advancing WellSpan’s long-range strategy to build an engaged, diverse workforce representative of its diverse communities, and an equitable and inclusive workplace where individuals from every background and lived experience have the opportunity to excel in their chosen career path. She was promoted to ...
Read More »Allison Beam
Allison Beam Acting Secretary of Health Commonwealth of Pennsylvania The Secretary of Health advises the Governor on policy relating to all public-health and medical issues, while leading the agency of over 1,100 colleagues to implement public health education and interventions. The secretary protects the health of Pennsylvanians and determines and employs disease prevention strategies, most recently demonstrated through the COVID-19 ...
Read More »Anne Bahn
Anne Bahn President & CEO Byrnes Health Education In her role as president and CEO, Bahn provides ethics-centered leadership, fiscal management, staff recruitment and training and oversight of fundraising initiatives. She is also responsible for meeting short and long term strategic objectives, developing and enhancing revenue streams, and developing and retaining high quality, diverse staff. Bahn’s duties also include cultivating ...
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Reader Rankings Correction 
A number of errors were made in the printed version of the Central Penn Business Journal’s 2021 Reader Rankings magazine. We apologize to our winners who were impacted, and to you, our readers. A corrected version of the magazine can be found online at: www.cpbj.com/2021-reader-rankings/
Read More »Heather Adams
Heather Adams District Attorney Lancaster County Adams was sworn in as district attorney in January 2020 after being elected in November 2019. She oversees an office that prosecutes criminal cases on behalf of the citizens of Lancaster County. “While I do not think of my election in terms of ‘firsts,’” said Adams, the county’s first female DA, “I am incredibly proud that my professional ...
Read More »Facebook’s Kustomer deal may hurt competition, EU regulators say
BRUSSELS, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Facebook's acquisition of U.S. customer service startup Kustomer may hurt competition and boost its market power in online advertising, European Union antitrust regulators warned on Monday as they opened a full-scale investigation into the deal.
Read More »Afterpay lets you buy now and pay later. Square just bought it for $29 billion
New York (CNN Business) - Jack Dorsey's Square (SQ) is spending $29 billion on an Australian buy now, pay later firm — a massive purchase that will help his company build out its global payments empire.
Read More »Pet food shortages leave owners on the hunt for kibble and cat treats
CHICAGO, July 29 (Reuters) - Black short-haired kitty Astra, one of millions of pets acquired during the COVID-19 pandemic last year, had to go without salmon-flavored Whiskas treats that were sold out at stores in New Orleans this month.
Read More »In Robinhood’s stock debut, a tumble and then sharp swings
NEW YORK (AP) — Robinhood made its own leap into the stock market Thursday, the one it helped reshape by bringing millions of new investors to Wall Street, and its initial reception was wild.
Read More »The world’s biggest food company says prices are going even higher
London (CNN Business)The world's largest food and beverage company is introducing even bigger price hikes as commodity and transportation costs surge.
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