Bedford
County
Deepwood Gallery
Retail gift
Web Site: www.deepwoodgallery.com
Leader: Constance Howes
Year Established: 1970
Number of Employees: Six
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Bringing new item lines into our store
that are unique yet affordable. We are also bringing in items made
by local artisans.
Plans for 2006: We are expanding our store. We will be carrying more
lines of products and collectibles and hope to gain items by local
artists.
Reed, Wertz & Roadman Inc.
Insurance agency
Web Site: www.rwrinsurance.com
Leader: Todd N. Roadman
Year Established: Incorporated in 1980 – agency is more than
100 years old.
Number of Employees: 20
Top Accomplishment in 2005: DNR
Plans for 2006: DNR |
Blair County
Altoona Regional Health System
Health care (two hospitals and more than 20 affiliated companies)
Web Site: www.altoonaregional.org
Leader: James W. Barner, President & CEO
Year Established: 2004
Number of Employees: Nearly 4,000
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Altoona Regional Health System (the new
entity that resulted from the merger of Altoona Hospital and Bon
Secours-Holy Family Hospital) has strengthened and is expanding many
of its regional medical services for the residents of central Pennsylvania.
Plans for 2006: As a provider for all of central Pennsylvania, Altoona
Regional Health System is embarking upon many new initiatives in
2006, including: pursuit of many new medical quality initiatives
to strengthen our high quality clinical care; completion of a new
comprehensive facility and service planning model; recruitment of
medical and surgical physician specialists to best serve our regional
community; innovatively looking at new ways to make our patients
exceedingly satisfied with all of our services; continue to purchase
new medical technologies that put Altoona Regional in the forefront
of clinical medicine.
Blair Insurance Services Inc.
Independent insurance agency
Web Site: www.blair-insurance.com
Leader: Bonnie Hand, Owner
Year Established: 1980
Number of Employees: Four
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Along with celebrating its 25th anniversary
in business, Bonnie Hand received the honor of Women Business Advocate
of the Year from the U.S. Small Business Administration
Plans for 2006: The agency plans to add more insurance lines and
give customers access to more providers.
The Hancock Group Inc.
Insurance & financial services
Leader: Allan G. Hancock, CEO
Year Established: 1963
Number of Employees: 15
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Increase in insurance sales & retirement
planning. Large growth in our registered investment advisory firm.
CEO Allan Hancock was elected as the 2005 MDRT Foundation president.
Plans for 2006: Build a larger client base and continue to service
our many existing clients.
Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital
Rehabilitation – inpatient and outpatient
Web Site: www.www.healthsouth.com
Leader: Scott Filler, CEO
Year Established: 1986
Number of Employees: 375
Top Accomplishment in 2005: First in northeastern U.S. for patient
outcomes in second and third quarters 2005.
Plans for 2006: New center of excellence with new Autoambulator and
SaeboFlex; disease-specific accreditation.
Home Nursing Agency
In-Home and Community-Based Services
Web Site: www.homenursingagency.com
Year Established: 1968
Number of Employees: 850
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Reinforced strong financial performance
of prior years while exhibiting growth in all services and programs
by serving over 20,000 individuals during the past year throughout
Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Huntingdon, Franklin and Fulton
counties
Plans for 2006:
•
To exhibit growth in all services/programs and to expand the agency’s
service area into other regions throughout central Pennsylvania
•
To continue providing a culture where employees can succeed both
individually and professionally; thereby sustaining Home Nursing
Agency’s ranking as an employer of choice in Pennsylvania
•
To expand research technology of ‘telehealth’ through
collaboration with several notable entities including CERMUSA at
Saint Francis University, University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania
Homecare Association
McAleer Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning Inc.
Plumbing, heating and air conditioning service and installation
Web Site: www.mcaleerplumbing.com
Leader: Larry McAleer
Year Established : 1886
Number of Employees: 14
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Continue our family tradition of good
and honest work.
Plans for 2006: Prepare for our 120th consecutive year in business!
Tyrone Hospital
Health care provider
Web Site: www.tyronehospital.org
Leader: Walter Van Dyke, President & CEO
Year Established: 1954
Number of Employees: approximately 160
Reason for nomination: Blair County Chamber George Award recipient
The Patt Organization
Leaders: Jules & Maggie Patt
Reason for Nomination: Renovations at The Atherton, expansion
at their Raystown Resort and a new shopping center and townhome
complex
near The Nittany Mall which will generate a projected $300 million
in sales and has created many new jobs.
U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs/James E. Van Zandt VA Medical
Center
Non-profit/health care
Web Site: www1.va.gov/directory/guide/facility.asp?ID=4&dnum=ALL&map=1
Leader: Gerald L. Williams, Director
Year Established: 1950
Number of Employees: 475
Top Accomplishments in 2005:
• Overcame projected $5 million deficit, while maintaining quality
health care services for veterans in central Pennsylvania.
• Expanded behavioral health services
•
Expanded women’s health services
Plans for 2006: Continue to provide quality health care to veterans
in Central Pennsylvania.
New Pig Corporation
Manufacturing
Web Site: www.newpig.com
Leader: Ben Stapelfeld
Year Established: 1985
Number of Employees: 300
Top accomplishments 2005:
• Development of alternative channels for growth through key integrated
suppliers and other niche markets
• Sales growth of 9.5 percent
•
CATALOG AGE GOLD Award – 2005 Big Pigalog®
•
CATALOG AGE GOLD Award – 2005 UK Pigalog
•
CATALOG AGE Finalist – 2005 German Pigalog
Plans for 2006:
• Expand product offering for Facility Savers catalog
•
Increased investment in innovation & new markets
• Increased investment in international reorganization
• Continue evaluation of acquisition opportunities for growth
• Maintain standards of excellence in all areas of our business
Reclamere Inc.
I.T. asset management and electronic data destruction
Web site: www.reclamere.com
Leader: Robert Dornich, President
Year Established: 2001
Number of Employees: 15
Top Accomplishments in 2005: Signed national contracts with two Fortune 500
companies, panel presenter as subject matter expert at national meetings for
electronic
data destruction, awarded the SBDC Small Business Exporter of the Year, experienced
70 percent growth in sales revenue, expanded operations into the Philadelphia
market.
Plans for 2006: Open at least two more locations, sign at least two more
national contracts, present at international data destruction and security
conferences,
increase sales revenue by 65 percent, employ 30 people.
Sheetz Inc.
Convenience store chain
Web site: www.sheetz.com
Leader: Stan Sheetz, President
Year established: 1952
Number of Employees: 11,000
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Ranked No. 87 on Forbes Top 500 List of Privately
Owned Companies. Awarded 1st Place in the International Store Design Competition
from Visual Store.
Plans for 2006: Sheetz plans to open 20 new units while continuing to remodel
and rebuild many of the older stores.
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Cambria County
1st Summit Bank
Financial institution
Web Site: www.1stsummit.com
Leader: Elmer C. Laslo
Year Established: 1924
Number of Employees: 160
Top Accomplishment in 2005: The success of our three new Wal-Mart
offices in Johnstown, Altoona and Greensburg. All have surpassed
expectations for deposit growth.
Plans for 2006: Continued growth and the relocation and construction
of our downtown Johnstown office.
Allegheny Home Health Inc.
In-home health care
Web Site: www.alleghenyhomehealth.com
Leader: Peggy Watkins
Year Established: 1985
Number of Employees: 27
Top Accomplishments in 2005: Recent expansion with office in Cresson;
exceeded several outcomes by national averages.
Plans for 2006: Continue growth of the agency as well as to maintain
and exceed national average outcomes.
Arbutus Park Retirement Community
Licensed continuing care retirement community
Leader: Richard Wilson, Licensed Administrator
Year Established: 1967
Number of Employees: 250
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Continuing our mission of providing quality
care and services to our 176 residents in Personal Care, semi and
skilled nursing and in Crossroads – the Alzheimer’s Unit.
Plans for 2006: Continuing our mission.
Community Nursing Service of UPMC Lee Regional Hospital
Home health care
Reason for Nomination: The Quality Insights organization has presented
this home nursing agency with a 2005 Quality Excellence Award.
Concurrent Technologies Corporation
Non profit 501(c) (3)
Leader: Daniel R. DeVos, President & CEO
Year Established: 1988
Number of Employees: 1,450
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Secured follow-on contract award (value
five years, $150 million) from the Department of Defense to operate
the Navy Metalworking Center; ranked number 33 in Best Places to
Work in Pennsylvania, Large-sized Company category.
Plans for 2006: Continue to expand business base.
Conemaugh Home Health
Home health agency, a department of Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
Web Site: www.conemaugh.org/homehealth/default.cfm
Leader: Dennis J. Munko, Executive Director
Year Established: 1985
Number of Employees: FY 05, 170; FY 06 250 (approximate)
Top Accomplishments of 2005:
•
Being recognized by Fazzi Associates, a national consulting firm,
for being in the top 8 percent of home health agencies in the country
for the low level of unplanned hospitalizations while patients are
under our care.
•
Additionally, consistently high Home Health Compare scores when matched
against state and national benchmarks. These scores, compiled by
Medicare, rate agencies in 10 key areas of patient outcomes.
•
Conemaugh Home Health has consistently received high patient satisfaction
scores as measured through Press Ganey.
Plans for 2006: Continue efforts to further enhance the quality of
care that we deliver to our patients.
Evergreen Insurance Associates, LLC, a subsidiary of S&T Bank
Independent insurance agency
Web Site: www.evergreeninsurance.net
Leader: Joseph R. Imler, President
Year established: 1980; joined S&T Bank in August 2002
Number of employees: 34
Top Accomplishments in 2005: We establish aggressive, yet attainable
agency revenue and new business revenue growth goals each year. In
2005 we reached our agency revenue goal of 3.5 million and exceeded
the new business revenue goal of $450,000. An equally important accomplishment
was the acquisition of the Fred H. Sharbaugh Agency, the Lindsay
Insurance Agency and the Cowher, Nehrig & Co. on Jan. 1, 2005,
which added two new locations. Throughout 2005, we added 10 new members
to our staff throughout our various offices.
Plans for 2006: We have again set our sights high for growth in the
agency revenue and the new business revenue areas. With the help
of our strategic plan and the assistance of our newest staff members,
via a Jan. 1, 2006 acquisition of the Holsinger Agency located in
Indiana, Pa, we are well positioned to meet the challenges of this
New Year. We are strengthening our New Business Commercial Lines
Marketing Department to prepare for new account marketing and remarketing
of our current accounts to assure the best product, coverage, pricing
and carrier selection. The Holsinger group has brought us four new
members. We are planning on hiring approximately four additional
members throughout this year for a total of eight new hires for 2006.
Gleason Inc.
Insurance/Financial/Technology
Web Site: www.gleasoninc.com
Leader: Robert A. Gleason Jr., CEO & Chairman
Year Established: 1924
Number of Employees: 65
Top accomplishment in 2005: Record growth in earnings.
Plans for 2006: Continued growth.
L. Robert Kimball & Associates
Architecture and engineering
Web Site: www.lrkimball.com
Leader: R. Jeffrey Kimball, CEO; L. Robert Kimball, Chairman
Year Established: 1953
Number of Employees: 519
Top accomplishment in 2005:
Continued increase in revenue; opened two new regional offices; named
to Best Places to Work in Western PA List.
Plans for 2006: Sustained growth, increased staff and new business
opportunities in new states
Memorial Medical Center Hospital
Web Site: www.conemaugh.org
Leader: Scott Becker, Chief Executive Officer; Steve Tucker, President
Year Established: 1889
Number of Employees: 3,622
Top Accomplishment in 2005: On Aug. 1, 2005, Memorial Medical Center
successfully completed the acquisition of Johnstown-based UPMC Lee
Regional, positioning Conemaugh as the third largest health system
in western Pennsylvania. By consolidating all local health care services
within Conemaugh Health System, the region has traded expensive duplication
and unnecessary competition between local providers for the promise
of lower health care costs, service expansion and a unified voice
on issues affecting its communities. In addition, approximately 95
percent of UPMC Lee Regional employees have accepted positions with
Conemaugh, indicating minimal job loss.
Plans for 2006: Memorial Medical Center will continue to grow and
flourish as we introduce new state-of-the-art programs that improve
the health and well being of the communities we serve including a
new, comprehensive Diabetes Center incorporating prevention, education,
treatment and research, an enhanced neurosurgical program and pain-free
surgery using continuous peripheral nerve blocks.
We will also maintain our momentum in the clinical, research and
economic development arenas acting as an engine, spurring growth
and revitalizing the city of Johnstown and surrounding areas with
the creation of the Regional Technology Complex. Construction on
the complex will get underway in 2006 and the first major tenants
will be announced. |
Centre County
AciesHealth Inc.
Health care company specializing in chronic wound and burn
care treatment pharmaceuticals, dressings and devices.
Web Site: www.acieshealth.com
Leader: Mark Capriani, President
Year Established: 2004
Number of Employees: 21
Top Accomplishment in 2005: In April 2005 AciesHealth launched
commercial operations. In that short time, AciesHealth has branded
the company
to wound care clinicians, acquired and or launched five (5) products,
and launched a 15-person national sales team. In addition, AciesHealth
sold to three of the top four national health care distributors.
Plans for 2006: AciesHealth will continue our strategy of acquiring
and developing Innovative Solutions for the wound and burn market.
The company plans to continue to add sales representatives and
increase our customer base by marketing to hospitals, long-term
care facilities,
and wound-care centers.
Blackbird Media Group, Inc.
Media production
Web Site: www.blackbirdmedia.com
Leader: Michael Podolski, President; Trace Brown, Vice President
Year Established: 2001
Number of Employees: Two
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Winning a Telly Award for producing
a pitch video for a speculative Los Angeles-based reality series.
Plans for 2006: Having recently moved into our new facility that
includes a 2,500-square-foot studio space, we plan to continue
providing high quality productions, from concept to completion,
for our higher
education, health care, corporate, and entertainment industry
clients.
Brookline Village
Retirement community
Web Site: www.brooklinevillage.com
Leader: Janie Provan, General Partner & Administrator
Year Established: 1983
Top Accomplishments of 2005: Voted number one retirement community
in State College Magazine; top team participating in the 2005
Memory Walk for Alzheimer’s.
Plans for 2006: Remain the leading provider of quality healthcare
and retirement services in Centre County by continuing to offer
living solutions for life at Brookline.
Business Planning Service
Reason for Nomination: The Spring Mills-based company was given
Health America’s President’s Club Achievement Award
for the 11th consecutive year.
ClearWater Conservancy
Nonprofit natural resource conservation organization
Web Site: www.clearwaterconservancy.org
Leader: Dan Crust, Board President; Jennifer Shuey, Executive
Director
Year Established: 1980
Number of Employees: Three full time; two part time
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Watershed Cleanup Day exceeded all
expectations: volunteers removed 410 tons of trash and debris
from the watershed’s
sinkholes and stream banks. Of course, it will be an even better
accomplishment when there isn’t this much to clean up anymore – when
people understand the relationship between this form of pollution
and their drinking water and streams.
Plans for 2006: Purchase and protect Musser Gap between Shingletown
Gap and Pine Grove Mills on Tussey Mountain; Ensure the protection
of the natural resources of the Spring Creek Canyon; Work with
landowners to place conservation easements on special habitats
and landscapes,
especially in the Scotia Barrens ecosystem; Restore the vegetated
riparian buffer on several properties along Spring Creek; Monitor
the water resources of the Spring Creek Watershed; Educate the
community and encourage their participation in actions to conserve
our natural
heritage; Partner with others to achieve our goals; Encourage
the public to join us in our efforts!
Culbertson Financial Services
Insurance, investments, employee benefits
Leader: R. Scott Culbertson
Year Established: 1976
Number of Employees: Five
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Created many efficiencies for the
company and its clients thru educational meetings on new investment
and insurance
products and strategies to enhance their bottom line.
Plans for 2006: To help improve our clients’ balance thru
improved use of technology.
Frost & Conn
Insurance agency
Web Site: www.frostandconn.com
Leader: Robert Medsger & Rodney Fletcher, Partners
Year Established: 1929
Number of Employees: Approximately 18
Reason Nominated: Named to the Cincinnati Insurance President’s
Club and Mutual Benefit Inner Circle.
Global Appliances LLC, dba SurferQuest
Software development
Web Site: www.surferquest.com
Leader: Kathryn E. Koning
Year Established: 2000
Number of Employees:
Top Accomplishment in 2005: 2005 has proven to be the best year
to date for SurferQuest in many ways – financially, company and
customer growth. Yet our team at SurferQuest is most proud of an
accomplishment that we achieved in a non-monetary sense. Perhaps
due to the financially prosperous year, the team was able to lend
a hand to a fantastic non-profit organization that we partnered with
at the end of the second quarter of 2005 – The National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Plans for 2006: To continue our work with our kiosk division
and non-profit assistance, as well as continue the development
of new
software to make life a little easier.
HP Architects
Architectural design
Web Site: www.hparchitects.com
Leader: Alan R. Popovich, AIA
Year established: 1997
Number of employees: Five
Number of Employees: Five
Top Accomplishment in 2005: The completion of the Centre County
Courthouse Annex.
Plans for 2006: Continue expansion of historic preservation design
services into adjacent counties.
Intuitive Control Systems LLC dba All Traffic Solutions
Manufacturing
Web Site: www.alltrafficsolutions.com
Leader: Ted Graef, President
Year Established: 1999
Number of Employees: 17
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Nationwide rollout of the instALERT
Rapid Messenger portable variable message sign and the speedALERTTM
speed
condtional “YOUR SPEED” displays.
Plans for 2006: Introduction of WebEmpoweredTM Web-based data
management system for SPEEDsentry radar speed displays.
McNees Wallace & Nurick
Law firm
Web site: www.mwn.com
Leader: Steven J. Weingarten, Managing Attorney
Year Established: Firm opened in 1935, State College office opened
in 2002
Number of Employees: Entire firm: 230. State College office:
three attorneys and two support staff.
Top Accomplishment in 2005: McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC continued
to grow and thrive; we are one of the fastest growing law firms in
Pennsylvania. We are very proud of our strong central Pennsylvania
client base, and every attorney (in fact, every employee) at the
firm understands fully that our firm’s success depends on providing
consistently outstanding service to these clients. That is what we
strive to do – every day, for every client.
Plans for 2006: Further expansion. The firm as a whole continues
to experience substantial growth, and we would expect that to
continue through 2006. We are particularly excited about our
State College
office and its ability to grow with, and service, the burgeoning
central Pennsylvania market. We plan to add a number of attorneys
to the State College office in 2006.
Meadows Psychiatric Center/UCBH
Acute inpatient psychiatric care and outpatient mental health
services
Web Site: www.themeadows.net
Leader: Felicia Stehley, CEO
Year Established: 1984
Number of Employees: 450
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Expansiom of The Meadows role in
Centre County crisis services.
Plans for 2006: Expansion of community-based mental health services.
Mount Nittany Medical Center
Acute care hospital and ancillary services
Web Site: www.mountnittany.org
Leader: Thomas J. Murray, President & CEO
Year Established: 1902
No. of employees: More than 1,100
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Bringing a top-notch neurosurgical
program to the counties we serve.
Plans for 2006: Enhancement of our Cardiac Cath lab to provide Interventional
procedures; further expansion and renovation of the medical center; implementation
of Picture Archiving and Communications System.
Pennoni Associates Inc.
Full service engineering firm
Web Site: www.pennoni.com
Leader: Patrick S. Powers, Associate Vice President
Year Established: Firm: 1966. State College office: 2004
Number of Employees: Firm: 688. State College office: 19
Top Accomplishment in 2005: The State College office has more than doubled
in both number of employees and gross billings.
Plans for 2006: Our plans for 2006 are to start a full-time survey department
in the Centre Region and continue to expand our client base in central Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania State University
University
Web Site: www.psu.edu
Leader: Graham B. Spanier, President
Year Established: 1855
Number of Employees: 21,952 full-time employees, 38,541 part-time employees,
in all units across Pennsylvania
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Having generated more than $600 million in research
expenditures, Penn State remains one of the largest economic engines in Pennsylvania.
Plans for 2006: Penn State will continue to be a key resource for Pennsylvania – in
educating students, making new discoveries in a broad range of disciplines, and
being economically productive, toward fulfilling the university’s three-fold
mission of teaching, research and service.
Schaedler Yesco Distribution
Electrical, lighting, industrial, and datacomm wholesale distributor
Web Site: www.sydist.com
Leader: Mathew Brnik, President
Year Established: 1924
Number of Employees: 142
Top Accomplishment in 2005: #13 Best Places to Work in PA
Plans for 2006: Adding 60,000-sq.-ft. to central warehouse in Harrisburg.
Skelly & Loy Inc.
Professional engineering and environmental services, based in Harrisburg
with office in Port Matilda
Web Site: www.skellyloy.com
Year Established: 1969
Reason for Nomination: 2005 ACEC/PA Honor Award for Engineering for a zero-discharge
wastewater treatment system.
theprinters.com
Design, print and mailing company
Web Site: www.theprinters.com
Leader: Ray Caravan, Chairman & Founder
Reason for Nomination: Inc. magazine ranking of number 163 in America’s
fastest-growing private companies, with a three-year sales growth of 658
percent.
The Village at Penn State Life Care Retirement Community
Continuing care retirement community
Web Site: www.villageatpennstate.com
Leader: Tom Clements, Executive Director
Year Established: 2004
Number of Employees: 125
Top Accomplishment in 2005: By offering a unique and stimulating lifestyle
to people 62 years of age and older, we have managed to reach 93 percent
occupancy.
In addition, we have been recognized in various national publications as
one of the premier university-affiliated retirement communities in the country.
Plans for 2006: Our goal is to attain 100 percent occupancy in the year 2006.
We will also strive to be a role model and template for other university-affiliated
retirement communities throughout the country.
Weber Murphy Fox
Architecture interiors construction
Web Site: www.webermurphyfox.com
Leader: Chuck P. Haynes
Year Established: 1967
Number of Employees: Local – 2; Other Offices - 32
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Becoming one of Penn State’s “Go To” firms.
Plans for 2006: Building our practice in Central Pennsylvania through the
acquisition of clients outside of Penn State.
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Clearfield County
Appalachian Wood Products Inc.
Manufacturing
Web Site: www.appwood.com
Leader: Dennis C. McCahan
Year Established: 1989
Number of Employees: 550
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Recorded 20 percent growth.
Plans for 2006: Maintain sales, continue to automate.
Clearfield Bank & Trust Company
Community Bank
Web Site: www.cbtfinancial.com
Leader: William E. Wood, Chairman, President & CEO
Year Established: 1902
Number of Employees: 148
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Our acquisition of seven branch locations
from another institution allowed us to expand our area of operations
into Centre, Blair, Bedford and Huntingdon counties increasing our
deposits by more than $100 million and our asset size to $380 million.
Plans for 2006: We will use our new locations as an opportunity to
introduce Clearfield Bank & Trust Company’s community banking
products and services, along with our high quality service culture
to our new customer base. We will also continue to look for additional
locations to expand our operations.
DuBois Regional Medical Center
Hospital
Web Site: www.drmc.org
Year Established: DuBois Hospital and Maple Avenue Hospital opened
in 1897. In 1985, the two organizations joined to create DuBois Regional
Medical Center.
Reason for Nomination: Ranked number five in Best Places to Work
in Pennsylvania in the Large-sized Company category; Solucient Top
100 Hospital ranking.
KTH Architects, Inc.
Architectural Design
Web Site: www.ktharch.com
Leader: Robert. M. Hallstrom, President & CEO
Year Established: 1979
Number of Employees: 16
Top Accomplishments of 2005:
•
Robert Hallstrom, President, officially became a Designated Design-Build
Professional TM, as accredited by the Design Build Institute of America
•
Jerry Bankovich, Education Group Manager, became LEED Certified
•
KTH’s 23.5 Million Dollar expansion project at DuBois Regional
Medical Center was finished in May, 2005
Plans for 2006: DNR
Laurel Mountain Vineyard
Wine producer and seller
Leaders: John & Barbara Nordberg, Owners
Reason for Nomination: Early in 2005, The Greater DuBois Chamber
of Commerce presented their Small Business of the Year award to this
Falls Creek winery. The award was presented for promotion of tourism
and exceptional community service. |
Clinton County
Gearhart Herr & Co.
Insurance company
Web Site: www.insuranceinpa.com
Reason for Nomination: This Lock Haven company received several awards
in 2005, including Travelers Excellence & Elite Agency, CNA HPA
Agency, Selective Chairman’s Council and Penn National Keystone
Agent.
Woolrich Inc.
A brand known worldwide, Woolrich products include functional, comfortable
and durable men’s and women’s sportswear and outerwear,
hunting wear, well-designed Home and Outdoor Living products, innovative
fabrications and licensed products.
Web Site: www.woolrich.com
Leader: Roswell Brayton, Jr., President & CEO
Year Established: 1830
Number of Employees: 621
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Woolrich celebrated its 175th anniversary
in 2005. It also started two new businesses: a bottled water division
using the spring water from a spring on Woolrich land, and a government
division, bidding on apparel production for the military.
Plans for 2006: Plans include growing their wholesale business and
their direct consumer business, as well as solidifying the new business
enterprises begun in 2005. “We expect growth both domestically
and internationally, and, among other initiatives, will strive to
increase the sales of the woolen fabric made in the oldest woolen
mill in America.” |
Huntingdon County
Evergreen Farm Inc.
Dairy farm
Web Site: None
Leader: M. Abraham Harpster, President
Year Established: 1965
Number of Employees: 80
Top Accomplishment for 2005: Shipped over 53 million pounds of the
highest quality milk to customers in Florida, Georgia, North and
South Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.
Plans for 2006: $2 million expansion, adding 450 cows and eight to
10 employees.
J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital
Hospital
Web Site: www.jcblair.org
Leader: Roger Feldt, FACHE
Year established: 1911
Number of Employees: 341 FTEs (full time equivalents)
Top accomplishment in 2005: Reduced operational losses by more than
$2 million; Foundation raised over $100,000 for second mammography
system with computer-aided detection capabilities.
Plans for 2006: Completion of new CT suite with new 16-slice scanner;
hiring of permanent CEO and CFO; recruitment of radiologist, orthopedic
surgeon, family practice physicians and internist/hospitalist.
Juniata College
Higher education – bachelor’s degrees
Web Site: www.juniata.edu
Leader: Thomas R. Kepple, Jr.
Year Established: 1876
Number of Employees: 403 (as of 10/1/05)
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Completed capital campaign with an original
target of $70 million, which was well exceeded by our final total
of $103 million.
Plans for 2006: Opening and dedication of the new Halbritter Center
for the Performing Arts in April 2006.
NAC New Age Consulting Corp.
IT products and solutions for small and mid-sized businesses
Web Site: www.naccorp.com
Reason for Nomination: Recipient of the Greater Huntingdon County
Chamber of Commerce Appreciation Award.
NAC New Age Consulting Corp
IT solutions for small and medium-sized companies
Web Site: www.naccorp.com
Reason for Nomination: This IT consulting group was the recipient
of the 2005 Greater Huntingdon Area Chamber of Commerce Appreciation
Award. |
Indiana
County
Gorell Enterprises Inc.
Manufacturer of vinyl windows and doors
Web Site: www.gorell.com
Leader: Wayne Gorell, Chairman & CEO
Mike Rempel, President & COO
Year Established: 1994
Number of Employees: 405
Top Accomplishments in 2005: The U.S. Department of Energy and the
EPA named Gorell Enterprises the exclusive Energy Star Partner of
the Year in the Windows & Doors category for the second year
in a row; Gorell windows and doors were featured on the Discovery
Channel’s It Takes A Thief for their home security and crime
prevention aspects.
Plans for 2006: To continue to grow the company between 10 percent
and 20 percent per year – as we have every year since the company
was formed – so we can continue to provide jobs in Indiana
County.
Indiana Regional Medical Center
Community hospital
Web Site: www.indianarmc.org
Leader: Stephen A. Wolfe, CEO
Year established: 1914
No. of employees: 1,146
Top Accomplishment in 2005: April 2005 Health Executive magazine
recognition as one of the fastest growing hospitals in the United
States over the past five years. Top 20 national finalist in Press
Ganey patient satisfaction success story. No. 1 Best Place to Work
in state of Pennsylvania and No. 1 Best Place to Work for western
Pennsylvania region.
Plans for 2006: Achieve No. 1 Best Place to Work second consecutive
year. Sustain customer satisfaction ratings.
Eberly College of Business and Information Technology, Indiana
University of Pennsylvania
Higher education
Web Site: www.www.iup.edu/business
Leader: Robert C. Camp, Dean
Year Established: IUP founded in 1875
Number of Employees: 78
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Continued accreditation by The Association
to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business – the highest honor
for business schools worldwide. Selected for inclusion in The Princeton
Review, 2005 Edition of the Best 143 Business Schools. 2005 Entrepreneur
Magazine Top 73 colleges and universities in the nation ranked
for excellence in “entrepreneurship emphasis.”
Plans for 2006: Expansion of online program offerings including
a second degree in international business (for students already
holding a bachelor’s degree in a different discipline) and
an online Master’s of Business Administration. Expanded efforts
in community outreach and partnerships with companies and other
educational institutions.
Recschini Group
Insurance agency
Web site: www.www.reschini.com
Leader: Roger Reschini
Year Established: 1938
Number of Employees: 75
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Appointed by Highmark as the sole administrator
for the Rural County Health Alliance. This large consortium is
a medical insurance pool available to all rural county governments.
Plans for 2006: More of the same!
S&T Bank
Financial services
Web Site: www.stbank.com
Leader: James C. Miller, Chairman & CEO
Year Established: 1902
Number of Employees: 800+
Top Accomplishments in 2005:
• Chosen as one of the Best 100 Places to Work In Pennsylvania
•
2005 Mergent’s List of Dividend Achievers
• number 2 of the Top 150 Performing Banks in the U.S. by Bank Director
magazine.
•
S&T insurance subsidiary, Evergreen Insurance Associates, was
recognized by the ABIA
•
S&T Bank chairman & CEO rings opening bell at NASDAQ stock
market.
Plans for 2006: To continue to expand the S&T footprint with
new branch locations. |
Juniata County
Empire Kosher Poultry Inc.
Kosher poultry producer
Web Site: www.empirekosher.com
Leader: Robert Van Naarden, President & CEO
Year Established: 1938
Number of Employees: Approximately 100
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Introduced many new products to the Kosher
marketplace during the year.
Plans for 2006: Continue to provide consumers with high quality,
great tasting Kosher poultry products.
Zimmerman Truck Lines Inc.
Trucking
Web Site: www.ztlinc.com
Leader: Ron Zimmerman
Year Established: 1941
Number of Employees: 325
Top Accomplishment in 2005: $40.5 million
Plans for 2006: $50 million |
Lycoming
Jersey Shore State Bank
Community bank with offices in Lycoming, Clinton and Centre counties
Web Site: www.jssb.com
Leader: Ronald A. Walko, President & CEO
Year Established: 1934
Number of Employees: 184
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Opening of office at 2050 N. Atherton
St., State College; ranking at position 12 of the Top ROA Subchapter
C Banks in Independent Banker magazine.
Plans for 2006: To open a new office in Montoursville.
Keystone Mobile Shredding Inc.
Secure, on-site document destruction service for Pennsylvania, northern
Maryland and northern New Jersey
Web Site: www.keystonemobileshredding.com
Leader: Karen Metz
Year Established : 2003
Number of Employees: Three
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Keystone Mobile Shredding Inc. tripled
its growth in 2005.
Plans for 2006: The company anticipates a busy and exciting year
as we service our present customers and continue to add new business
relationships.
Larson Design Group Inc.
Architectural, engineering & survey services
Web Site: www.larsondesigngroup.com
Leader: Keith S. Kuzio, President
Year Established: 1993
Number of Employees: 142
Top Accomplishments of 2005: Growth and penetration in regional markets;
record revenue and profitability; employee ownership grew from 30
percent to 39 percent.
Plans for 2006: Additional growth and penetration; increased recognition
as a full-service multi-state design firm; enhance site development
service via the addition of traffic engineering capability.
Penns Woods Bancorp
Bank
Leader: Ronald A. Walko, President & CEO
Reason for Nomination: Ranked number 22 on Top Publicly Traded Community
Banks, in US Banker.
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Post-secondary school
Web Site: www.pct.edu
Reason for Nomination: Penn College was given a Workforce Leadership
Award by the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Bureau
of Technical Education. The awards are given to schools that have
established a unified curriculum across two- and four-year technical
programs as well as two- and four-year secondary degrees.
The Legacy Bank
Commercial bank
Web Site: www.thelegacybank.com
Leader: George H. Groves, Chairman & CEO
Year established: 1999
Number of Employees: 99
Top Accomplishment in 2005:
•
April 1st – The Legacy Bank completed the purchase of the Harleysville
National Bank office located in McAdoo, Pennsylvania.
•
September 28th – The Legacy Bank was ranked number 5 on the
Central Penn Business Journal 50 Fastest Growing Companies list.
•
October 3rd – a full service Legacy Bank branch opened for
business in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
Plans for 2006: On December 21, 2005, the announcement was made that
F.N.B. Corporation planned to expand its franchise by a merger with
The Legacy Bank. The transaction is expected to be completed during
the 2nd quarter of 2006, pending regulatory approvals & the approval
of shareholders of Legacy.
Susquehanna Health System
Integrated health care delivery system
Web Site: www.shscares.org
Leader: Steven P. Johnson, President & CEO
Year Established: SHS was established in 1994. Williamsport Hospital
and Medical Center was established in 1873, Divine Providence in
1949 and Muncy Valley in 1923.
Number of Employees: Approximately 3,000
Top Accomplishments in 2005: Employer of Choice designation (a national
distinction) by Employer of Choice Inc.; Penn State Cancer Institute
affiliation announced; opened Vascular Center component of Heart & Vascular
Center; health system facility decision to remain in Williamsport
and develop a partnership with the city through a joint steering
committee for expansion of the Williamsport Hospital and Medical
Center.
Plans for 2006: Facility expansion and renovation process will continue
on all three campuses; expand Cancer Services through Penn State
Cancer Institute affiliation. |
Northumberland
Central PA Chamber of Commerce
Economic development
Web Site: www.centpa.com
Leader: Robert B. Hickox
Year Established: 1905
Number of Employees: Four
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Record breaking membership numbers (353).
This is due to great events, seminars, and by taking care of the
membership.
Plans for 2006: Plan more great events for networking and by providing
quality opportunities for members. We will be more involved with
our elected officials and government affairs, as well as business
education.
The Coup Agency
Independent insurance agency & ERA real estate agency
Web Site: ww.coupagency.com
Leader: R. Jeffrey Coup CPCU AIC (President), Richard E. Coup GRI
(Sec./Treas.)
Year established: 1926
Number of Employees: 15 plus three exclusive independent contractors
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Very successful year for both the Real
Estate and Insurance departments.
Plans for 2006: Continued professional development for the entire
staff.
Milton Area Industrial Development Association
Economic development
Web Site: www.centpa.com
Leader: Robert B. Hickox
Year Established: 1965
Number of Employees: Four
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Sold 14 acres of KOZ land for business
expansion and business relocation, creating nearly 75 new jobs. Completion
of a road with a state IDP grant.
Plans for 2006: Complete a PennDOT road, opening up existing KOZ
land in the Milton Industrial Park. Work with the Economic Development
Council of Central PA to create a business incubator.
Phase One Marketing and Design
Ad One Advertising Specialties
Marketing and design/advertising
specialties
Web Site: www.phase-one.com and www.addone.com
Leader: Greg Underkoffler
Year Established: 1983
Number of Employees: 30
Top Accomplishments in 2005: Recipient of multiple advertising and
design awards. Expansion of fulfillment programs to include additional
national and international clients (ie: British Virgin Islands, Ritz-Craft,
Bloomsburg University Alumni Association).
Plans for 2006: Expand sales territories by adding sales reps. Expand
in-house embroidery capabilities. Continue to remain a leader in
the marketing and design, prepress services, and advertising specialties
areas.
Somerset
Adams-Croyle Recreation Authority
Municipal agency in South Fork
Reason for Nomination: The Governor’s Center for Local Government
Services and the DCED awarded the recreation authority the Intergovernmental
Cooperation Award through the Governor’s Award for Local Government
Excellence.
Coldwell Banker Rita Halverson, Realtor
Real estate brokerage
Web Site: www.coldwellbanker.com and www.SomersetPaRealEstate.com
Leader: Rita Halverson, Owner
Year Established: 1979
Number of Employees: 20
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Received Coldwell Banker’s Office
Manager’s Award for Excellence; addition of several quality
sales associates and support staff.
Plans for 2006: Celebrating Coldwell Banker’s 100-year anniversary.
Implementing Coldwell banker’s award-winning LeadRouter System
that enables our sales to respond to prospective customers within
minutes of receiving an online request.
Kuchera Industries
Electronic contract manufacturer
Web Site: www.kuchera.com
Leader: Bill Kuchera, CEO
Year Established: 1985
Reason for Nomination: The Pennsylvania Association for Individuals
with Disabilities (PAID) awarded the company its Outstanding Employer
Award for their commitment to employing persons with disabilities.
Windber Medical Center
Full Service Acute Care Hospital
Web Site: www.windbercare.com
Leader: F. Nicholas Jacobs, President & CEO
Year Established: 1906
Number of Employees: 550
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Named top Psychologically Healthy Workplace
Plans for 2006: Expanded services for the GE 3.0Tesla High Definition
MRI, Breast Coil for MRI . |
Union
Bucknell University
University
Web Site: www.bucknell.edu
Leader: Brian C. Mitchell, President
Year Established: 1846
Reason for Nomination: Ranked number 26 on the America’s Best
Liberal Arts Colleges of 2005 U.S. News & World Report.
Coldwell Banker Penn One Real Estate, Inc.
Real estate
Web Site: www.coldwellbankerpennone.com
Leader: Martha A. Barrick
Year Established: 1986
Number of Employees: Seven employees and 16 independent contractors
Top Accomplishment in 2005: We grew our company client base by 10
percent. We received the Coldwell Banker International Premier Office
Award and the Coldwell Banker International Managers Award for Excellance.
Plans for 2006:To provide customer service that exceeds expectations,
to develop and incorporate an auction division, and to develop and
incorporate a concierge program.
CVC Mechanical Contractors Inc.
HVAC and central vac contractor
Web Site: www.cvc-contractors.com
Leader: William Metzger, Jr.
Year Established: 1974
Reason for Nomination: They received recognition in the Carrier National
Safety Program through Associated Builders and Contractors.
Evangelical Community Hospital
Hospital
Web Site: www.evanhospital.com
Leader: Michael N. O’Keefe, President & CEO
Year Established: 1926
Number of Employees: Approximately 1300
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Opening of Donehower Center, cancer treatment
facility in conjunction with Cancer Care of Central PA
Plans for 2006: Enhancements to our obstetrics program.
Playworld Systems Inc.
Manufacturer of playground and recreational equipment
Web Site: www.playworldsystems.com
Leader: Matthew Miller, President
Year Founded: 1952
Number of Employees: 260 regular full time
Top Accomplishment in 2005: Ranked number 25 in Best Places to Work
in Pennsylvania, Large-sized Company category, fourth time in five
years.
Plans for 2006: DNR |
Westmoreland
Excela Health
Health care marketing agency
Reason for Nomination: The Greensburg-based company was recognized
in the 2005 Aster Awards program as one of the best health care marketing
companies in the nation – winning a Silver Award for Better
Together, a direct mail piece.
Seton Hill University’s National Education Center for Women
in Business
A division to strengthen the economic impact of women business owners
Leader: Jayne H. Huston, Director
Year Established: 1991
Reason for Nomination: The NECWB presents a number of opportunities
for women to succeed in business, including the 2005 Building A Worldclass
Business, an annual conference. Since its inception, the center has
reached thousands of women with its model educational initiatives
and has distinguished itself as an authority on small business issues.
Westmoreland Regional Hospital
Hospital
Web Site: www.westmoreland.org
Reason for Nomination: Ranked in the 2005 Solucient 100 Top Hospitals
Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success study that identifies industry
benchmarks by recognizing U.S. heart hospitals that demonstrate superior
performance. |
Region
QuantumBio Inc.
Reason for Nomination: This Philadelphia company is part of the Life
Sciences Greenhouse of Central Pennsylvania. The Department of Defense
awarded it grants of more than a half million dollars to explore
the application of quantum mechanics-based technology to the study
of tools to counter bioterrorism.
Capital BlueCross
Health insurer
Web Site: www.capbluecross.com
Leader: Anita M. Smith, President & CEO
Year Established : 1938
Number of Employees: More than 2,300
Top Accomplishment in 2005: In 2005, Capital BlueCross was named
Lehigh Valley Style Magazine’s 2005 Leader in Health Insurance
in the Lehigh Valley. The company’s health maintenance organization
product line, Keystone Health Plan Central, received a number of
accolades.
In the fall of 2005, Keystone Health Plan Central was ranked as the
top health maintenance organization Medicare plan in Pennsylvania,
and No. 8 overall in the country in U.S. News & World Reports/
National Committee for Quality Assurance America’s Best Health
Plans 2005. Keystone Health Plan Central was also ranked in the top
15 percent of health plans nationwide for its commercial business
in U.S. News & World Reports/NCQA America’s Best Health
Plans 2005
Also in early 2005, Keystone Health Plan Central was identified by
the NCQA as one of the nation’s highest quality Medicare health
plans on its “top 10” list. Plans on the list are the
nation’s top overall performers on a range of key clinical
performance measures related to issues such as cancer, diabetes,
asthma, heart disease and immunizations.
Plans for 2006: Capital BlueCross will remain committed to making
health insurance simple, offering innovative and easy to use health
care and personal service at competitive prices for its nearly 1
million members in central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley.
Citizens Bank
Bank
County: Philadelphia
Web Site: www.citizensbank.com
Leader: Stephen D. Steinour, Chairman & CEO
Year Established: 2001
Number of Employees: 5,383
Top Accomplishment in 2005: No. 1 SBA Lender in New England and Mid-Atlantic
Plans for 2006: DNR
First National Bank
Community Financial Institution
Counties: Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Indiana, Somerset and Westmoreland.
Web Site: www.fnb-online.com
Senior Executive: Gary J. Roberts, President & CEO
Year Established: 1864 in Greenville, PA.
Number of Employees: 1681
Top Accomplishments for 2005: Recognition in 2005 from the ABA Banking
Journal that placed First National Bank as one of the top 10 banks
in the nation. This designation was based on 2004 return on equity
among banks and holding companies with $3 billion in assets or greater.
The first bank in the Cleveland Federal Reserve District to offer
First Desktop Banker, an innovative new way to process checks from
a business office. Completion of mergers with NSD Bancorp, Inc.,
parent company of NorthSide Bank in Pittsburgh and with North East
Bancshares Inc., parent company of The National Bank of North East
in North East, Pa.
Plans for 2006: At the beginning of 2006, First National Bank will
be introducing a suite of products that can meet the needs of all
of their customers. This suite of products, entitled FirstRate, will
offer a checking, savings and money market account. First National
Bank has also announced the signing of a definitive agreement to
acquire The Legacy Bank of Harrisburg, PA. The transaction is expected
to be completed during the second quarter of 2006, pending regulatory
approvals and the approval of shareholders by Legacy.
Fulton Bank
Finance/banking
County: Headquartered in Lancaster, branches in central Pennsylvania
Web Site: www.fultonbank.com
Leader: Philip Wenger
Year Established: 1882
Number of employees: 750
Top accomplishment in 2005: Earning record profits for our shareholders,
being named as one of the top companies to work for and being able
to contribute to the communities we serve.
Plans for 2006: Continue to help the communities in which we serve,
create financial success for our customers and shareholders and we
hope to be named again as one of the top places to work in the state.
Giant Food Stores
Grocer
Counties: Based in Carlisle, multiple stores in most PBC counties
including Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Mifflin, Huntingdon, Indiana,
Lycoming and Snyder counties.
Web Site: www.giantpa.com
Reason for Nomination: Ranked number 47 in Best Places to Work in
Pennsylvania, Large-sized Company category.
Geisinger Health Plan
HMO
Web Site: www.thehealthplan.com
Year Established: 1985
Reasons for Nomination:
•
Ranked number 15 in the nation in the US News & World Report’s
America’s Best Health Plans for 2005
•
Silver Award in the American Cancer Society Cancer Control Awards
for GHP’s 2004 Provider Colorectal Cancer Strategy Program.
Hayes Large Architects LLP
Full service architecture and engineering firm
Web Site: www.hayeslarge.com
Leader: Firm is a partnership: G. Randolph Hudson, S. Dwight Knouse,
Ronald S. Miller, John A. Missell, Robert E. Wedge
Year Established: 1922
Number of Employees: 100
Top Accomplishment 2005: More than 48,000 students graduated from
HLA designed schools in 2005, and another generation of children
began or continued their educational careers in new HLA educational
facilities that opened across Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia and The
People’s Republic of China. The firm’s library design
practice reached across state lines with the opening of Schlow Library
in State College and library commissions in Virginia and West Virginia.
The firm completed a comprehensive planning study and commenced projects
as a result of a merger that created the Altoona Regional Medical
Center.
Plans for 2006: In the spirit of the firm’s mission to create
exceptional environments for learning, healing and culture, Hayes
Large looks forward to expanding regionally with multiple new and
renovated schools, health care and higher education projects “on
the boards” for 2006 and beyond. EdVise, the firm’s educational
planning division will continue to work with a growing list of clients
who want to improve learning for their community’s children.
Helpmates Inc.
Home health care agency that specializes in providing personal care
and homemaker services in clients’ homes in order to assist
them in maintaining their independence. Skilled nursing care services
and hospice are also available in limited areas.
County: Home office in Elk, offices throughout the area.
Web Site: www.helpmatesinc.com
Leader: Helpmates Inc Management Team
Year Established: Incorporated in 1987.
Number of Employees: 700+
Top Accomplishment in 2005: The establishment of a not-for-profit
foundation, Helpmates Charitable Giving Foundation. In July of 2005,
Helpmates Inc. donated a beautiful new building for the foundation
to house its Guardian Angel Center, a grass roots organization that
collects and distributes new and used clothing to school-age children
of needy families in the surrounding areas. Since August 2005, the
center has provided clothing to more than 1,000 needy children.
Plans for 2006: To continue to expand and enhance services throughout
Pennsylvania and increase our hospice service areas.
Iron Workers Union Local 527 &
L.B. Foster Company
Construction
Reason for Nomination: They were the recipient of the Governor’s
Award for Safety Excellence for demonstrating outstanding workplace
safety initiatives and programs The steel bridge deck workers were
honored for their commitment to a safe work environment, by producing
a decreased total incident rate from 34.1 percent in 2001 to 3.9
percent, thanks to the company’s new safety programs.
Herbert, Rowland & Grubic Inc.
Full-service consulting engineering firm
Web Site: www.hrg-inc.com
Leader: Brian Book, P.E., Regional Manager (State College office)
Robert Grubic, P.E., President
County: Dauphin (home office), Centre (regional office)
Year Established: 1962
Number of Employees: 270
Top Accomplishments in 2005:
• Just opened its newest office in Lackawanna County in November 2005
• Company-wide HRG hired more than 67 people in 2005, putting total
employment at a record high for HRG. HRG earned record-high revenue
in 2005.
•
HRG received numerous awards in 2005, including: Engineering News
Record’s Top 500 Design Firms (fourth consecutive year); Top
50 Fastest Growing Firms in Central Pennsylvania, by Central Penn
Business Journal (fourth time); Pittsburgh’s 100 Fastest Growing
Companies, by the Pittsburgh Business Times (fourth time); and a
National Timber Bridge Award of Merit and a Pennsylvania Historic
Preservation Award from Preservation Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum Commission for HRG’s Henninger Farm Covered
Bridge project in Dauphin County.
• University Area Joint Authority and HRG designed an innovative water
reuse system that provides additional wastewater treatment capacity
to meet the future needs of the growing Centre Region. The project
treats wastewater to produce ultra-filtrated, high-quality water
that will be used for many applications, including manufacturing,
fire hydrants and irrigation.
Plans for 2006: Herbert, Rowland & Grubic Inc. will continue
strategic growth in all of the firm’s nine offices throughout
Pennsylvania.
JLG Enterprises
The world’s leader producer of access equipment including aerial
work platforms and telescopic hydraulic excavators.
County: Fulton
Reason for Nomination: The Southern Alleghenies Workforce Investment
Board presented the 2005 Governor’s Workforce Development Award
for the Centre Region.
Lobar Inc.
Commercial construction company
County: Dillsburg headquarters, Lycoming County office
Web Site: www.lobar.com
Leader: L. Richard Eichelberger, Jr., President
Year Established: 1967
Reason for Nomination: The American Subcontractors Association of
Central Pennsylvania presented Lobar with General Contractor of the
Year Award, which they’ve received for three consecutive years.
Murray Associates Architects, P.C.
Architectural
County: Dauphin
Web Site: www.murrayassoc.com
Leader: D. Michael Frye, R.A.
Year Established: 1935
Number of Employees: 18
Top Accomplishments in 2005:
• Education Design Showcase Project of Distinction award for Student
and Administrative Services Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology,
Williamsport.
• U.S. Green Building Council LEED Gold certification for Pennsylvania
Housing Finance Agency building, Harrisburg.
• Education Design Showcase Grand Prize award for Sci Tech High School,
Harrisburg University, Harrisburg.
• Completion of Market Square Plaza, 18-story office, parking, and
hospitality complex, Harrisburg.
• Completion of New Laboratory Building for Pinnacle Health System,
a 30,000 square foot state-of-the-art clinical and research facility,
designed for additional 6 stories of vertical expansion.
Plans for 2006:
•
Completion of new Madigan Library, 104,000-square-foot facility,
including an art gallery, café, and archive suite at Pennsylvania
College of Technology, Williamsport.
• Design of new Educational Facility at Pennsylvania College of Technology,
Williamsport
• Design of new Student Health Center at Milton Hershey School.
• Design of Renovations and Expansion to Community General Osteopathic
Hospital, Pinnacle Health System.
• Expected U.S. Green Building Council LEED Silver certification for
the Londonderry School, Harrisburg
SCORE “Counselors to America’s Small Business”
Nonprofit
Web Site: www.score.org
Year Established: 1964
Number of Employees: 15
Top Accomplishment in 2005: The International Academy of the Digital
Arts and Sciences honored the SCORE Small Business Web Site, www.score.org,
as a Webby Worthy Award winner as part of the 9th Annual Webby Awards.
Less than 20 percent of the 4,300 sites entered in the Webby Awards
were deemed worthy of this distinction. SCORE also received a 2005
APEX Award for Publication Excellence for the SCORE Chapter Marketing
Guide & CD-ROM. APEX is the Annual Awards for Publication Excellence
Competition. It is open to communicators in corporate, nonprofit
and independent settings.
Plans for 2006: SCORE will serve as the lead co-sponsor for SBA Expo ’06
and Small Business Week. SCORE chapters nationwide hold special programs,
ceremonies and events to commemorate Small Business Week. SBA Expo ’06
also features the announcement of SCORE’s Chapter of the Year.
In addition, SCORE continues to serve as the lead co-sponsor for
SBA Business Matchmaking, which matches small business owners with
procurement opportunities. SCORE provides on-site counseling.
SEDA-COG Community Resource Center
Regional economic development agency
Counties: Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union, Centre,
Clinton, Lycoming, Juniata, Mifflin and Perry counties
Web Site: www.seda-cog.org
Leader: Dennis E. Robinson, Executive Director
Year Established: 1957
Reason for Nomination: Two projects developed through the agency
received 2005 Innovation Awards from the National Development Organizations.
Awards were presented for the Susquehanna Greenway Partnership and
the Pennsylvania German Furniture-making Initiative.
UPMC Health Plan
Health benefits company
County: Regional
Web Site: www.upmchealthplan.com
Leader: Diane P. Holder, President
Year Established: 1996
Number of Employees: 950
Top Accomplishment of 2005: The National Committee for Quality Assurance
(NCQA) and U.S. News & World Report listed UPMC Health Plan as
one of the top-50 health plans in the United States. The Health Plan
was also the highest-ranked managed care company in the nation for
breast cancer screening, for the second consecutive year. UPMC Health
Plan earned five stars in the categories of “Prevention” and “Treatment,” the
only Pennsylvania health plan on the list to do so.
Plans for 2006: UPMC Health Plan will continue to build on our success
of delivering world-class products and service to our customers by
continuing to lead the health benefits marketplace. We know the enduring
issues in health care administration are infrastructure, people and
service, and we will continue to differentiate ourselves by operationalizing
consumer-centric programs that improve the general health of Pennsylvanians.
VNA Health Systems
Home health agency
County: Northumberland, Lycoming, Clinton, Centre, Schuylkill, Columbia,
Montour, Snyder & Union
Web Site: None
Leader: Joseph L. Scopelliti, Jr., President & CEO
Year Established: 1913
Number of Employees: 148
Top Accomplishment in 2005: VNA Health System became actively involved
in OBQI (Outcome Based Quality Improvement) and Outcome Based Quality
Management processes. As a result, VNA Health System improved in
every nationally targeted area, helping us to provide the highest
level of care to our patients. VNA Health System was the recipient
of the “Commitment to Quality” award presented by Quality
Insights of Pennsylvania.
Plans for 2006: VNA Health System will continue to be the leader
in providing quality home health care and hospice services throughout
our nine-county service territory. To selectively invest in health
care technological infrastructure, therein providing for optimum
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