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Empowering Women
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The Empowering Women awards shine a light on companies and organizations that have demonstrated tangible efforts and documented results in supporting and empowering women in Central and Eastern PA.
Application Deadline: May 29, 2026
Event details coming soon!
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Reading
701 Penn St, Reading, PA 19601
Mission:
The Empowering Women awards shine a light on companies and organizations that have demonstrated tangible efforts and documented results in supporting and empowering women in Central and Eastern PA.
Event Format:
Empowering Women honorees are selected by a panel of judges made up of the Lehigh Valley Business and Central Penn Business Journal leadership teams. Applications are judged based on documented hiring and promoting of women; leadership positions held by women; advocacy for the cause of women internally and externally; and efforts to cultivate the next generation of women professionals and letters of recommendation.
Honorees will be profiled in print and online. Each honoree will be celebrated at an awards celebration.
Application:
To be considered for the Empowering Women awards, companies must complete an application form. There is a fee to submit the application. It is strongly considered for all company applicants to submit up to three letters of recommendation to https://lvb.com/recommendation-letter-form/ If you have any questions, please email [email protected].
Criteria:
Program judges will use a variety of criteria to evaluate companies and to showcase those that have earned recognition. Empowering Women will honor companies that can demonstrate a commitment to some or all of the following:
- Have a track record of recruiting, hiring and promoting women in their organization.
- Offer a mentoring program for women.
- Work toward systemic change in society to combat inequality.
- Place women on their board or C-Suite.
- Contribute to advancing the cause of women through outside philanthropic or community endeavors.
- Support programs that assist marginalized women.
- Provide scholarship assistance to women.
2025 Winners
Winners are listed in alphabetical order. This is not a ranked event.
Alera Group
Army Heritage Center Foundation
Barry Isett & Associates
BeBalanced
Brubaker Inc
Cedar Crest College
Christian Churches United
Cornerstone Advisors Asset Management, LLC
CREW Lehigh Valley
Da Vinci Science Center at the PPL Pavilion
Girl Scouts in the Heart of PA
HNL Lab Medicine
JMA Resources, Inc.
Keller Williams of Central PA
Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Jefferson Health
OraSure Technologies, Inc.
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Social T Marketing & PR
TurboExecs
Warfel Construction
YMI Insurance
YWCA Carlisle & Cumberland County
Click here to view past winners using our award honoree database
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