Fay Pharo-Frank knew she wanted to work for York Traditions bank years ago after having a seamless personal mortgage experience. “What I saw was an organization with a mission and a culture that was going to fully support me being the relationship-builder I wanted to be,” she said. As the branch manager for York Traditions’ ...

About 27 years ago, a nine-month-old Genesis Ortega left the Dominican Republic with her parents for a new life in the United States. The family eventually settled in Allentown, leaving the unstable political environment of their homeland behind, in hopes of better opportunities.

What started in 2006 as a side business for John Luckenbaugh has morphed into his full-time job. He’s the owner and chief audio engineer of Q’d Up Audio Services, based in Hummelstown.

Tax experts agree: adjusting to new accounting standards and the effects of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act can make the nonprofit world more confusing – and challenging. Here are some tips to help ensure your nonprofit, one of more than 13,000 operating in Pennsylvania, maintains the strong financial backing it needs to continue its meaningful work while meeting today’s state and federal regulations.

An annual week long banking academy has been just one example of methods that local banks, along with the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Financing, have utilized to grow interest in careers in the financial industry among young people.

A chain of Pilates studios in Cumberland County received official designation as a B Corporation following years of investing back into its communities.

As career transiency becomes the norm, more “adult learners” and “non-traditional” students enter — or re-enter — the higher education space. And, due to life experience, family demands and other characteristics, the traditional model for higher education doesn’t necessarily work for this growing part of the student population.

A love for roasting coffee beans and a knack for management led Andrea Grove to open a coffee shop in the Broad Street Market in 2014.

Student-loan debt continues to be a major obstacle along the path to home ownership across the nation, particularly for millennials. But it’s not the only one.

Busy laborers hammer, saw and measure as Josh Divers and Jordan Serulneck walk through the site of the future Seven Sirens Brewing Company in Bethlehem. The two men, just 32 and 30 respectively, are co-owners of the microbrewery, set to open in late September or early October. A lot is on the line for the ...

Referred to as one of Elizabethtown’s “best-kept secrets,” a web design and development firm is making a push to make itself better known among potential clients.

A recent U.S. Supreme Court Decision regarding residency requirements for liquor sales in Tennessee is giving hope to some Pennsylvania distillers, who see direct shipping of vodka, rum and gin as the future of their industry. Others, however, are more circumspect. Robert Cassell, president of the Pennsylvania Distillers Guild, said shipping spirits directly to consumers ...

The Central Penn Business Journal is proud to announce the winners of its 25th annual Forty Under 40 awards, which recognize up-and-coming leaders in Central Pennsylvania.

Ten up-and-coming executives in Central Pennsylvania have signed on for a leadership development program run by executive coach John Dame.

Being part of a small college campus is part of what Whitney Jones, director of Elizabethtown College’s new Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being, loves about the position she started at the beginning of 2019. Jones is the college's first director for the center, which is slated to open on campus in the fall.