Mid Penn Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc., has partnered with WITF to inform and educate its employees and communities on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within the Mid Penn Community. 

Erie Insurance, with offices throughout Central Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley, has named Lance Hyde vice president of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), effective August 22.  

In celebration of Pennsylvania’s national leadership in direct sales to consumers and Pride Month, state Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding visited Harrisburg’s Broad Street Market and its LGBTQ+ stand owners today. 

Pride celebrations have marked the month of June throughout the region, but for Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Inc., the month is just part of its culture of inclusion. 

The American economy added 390,000 jobs in May as the unemployment rate remained at 3.6% for the third straight month, the U.S. Labor Department reported Friday. 

The Hershey Co.'s plan to increase diversity, equity and inclusion has been recognized by DiversityInc. 

“Why do we even care about doing this?”  Launching a panel discussion, Monica Gould posed the question at the March 29 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Summit hosted by Central Penn Business Journal and Lehigh Valley Business. 

Six Black-owned businesses in the region are 2022 recipients of grants for a year’s worth of legal services from McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC, courtesy of the Legal Equity Advancement Program.  

Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding will serve on the newly created USDA Equity Commission’s Subcommittee on Agriculture to provide insight on equity in agriculture. 

For Midstate businesses finding success as diverse hirers, company-wide diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) goals have become less like objectives and more like a part of their DNA.