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2023 SELECTION COMMITTEE

EDITOR’S NOTE Women in Business would like to extend its thanks to Dr. Randy Frye and his team at the Small Business Development Center at St. Francis University for their assistance again this year in selecting the honorees for this year’s edition of Women Making a Difference from the numerous nominations we received. Their insight and expertise has truly made […]

Anne Deeter Gallaher

Owner/CEO Deeter Gallaher Group LLC Anne Deeter Gallaher is the Owner/CEO of Deeter Gallaher Group LLC, a PR, marketing, and digital media firm founded in 2000 and headquartered in Harrisburg, PA. Serving on The Salvation Army Harrisburg board since 2011, Anne was chair from 2019-2023 and is a past board member of the Harrisburg Regional Chamber/CREDC, and a member of […]

Brianna Clemente

Owner Lucky Star Dance Company In an inspiring success story, 23-year-old Brianna Clemente, a proud Penn State graduate of the class of 2022, has taken the dance world by storm with her flourishing dance studio, Lucky Star Dance Company. After graduating from Penn State, she courageously pursued her dreams of establishing a dance studio that would cater to all ages […]

Anika Dudley

Owner Phenomenal Credit Counseling While in college, Anika started to learn about credit. Anika started giving credit and financial education to coworkers. By word of mouth and social media Anika started to be known as the “credit lady”. That is how Phenomenal Credit counseling was born. Since starting Phenomenal Credit Counseling Anika has continuously participated in opportunities to educate the […]

Brittany Mayer

Vice President of Membership Education and Digital Media Blair County Chamber of Commerce Brittany Mayer is the Vice President of Membership Education and Digital Media for the Blair County Chamber of Commerce. In this position, she creates and distributes marketing content through email, social media and other media channels. She also oversees the Leadership Blair County Adult, Youth and Alumni […]

Sara (Sally) Sargent

President/Founder The Sargent’s Group The Sargent’s Group, Inc. was founded in 1980 by Sara Sargent (Sally), and consists of three sister companies, Sargent’s Court Reporting, Inc., Sargent’s Transcription Service, Inc. and Sargent’s Personnel Agency, Inc. Sargent’s Court Reporting has grown to include 21 offices spread throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky and West Virginia. For over 30 years, Sally has been a […]

Debra Dellaposta

President Doing Better Business, Inc. Debra Dellaposta is President and CEO of Doing Better Business. With eight locations across five states, DBB is the largest family & women-owned office equipment and technology services provider in our region. Dellaposta is not comfortable taking credit as the only Woman Making a Difference in her organization. DBB has 33 amazing and empowered women […]

Julieanne E. Steinbacher, Esq., CELA

Founding Shareholder Steinbacher, Goodall & Yurchak Julieanne E. Steinbacher, Esq., CELA, is the founding shareholder of Steinbacher, Goodall & Yurchak, an elder care and special needs planning law firm with offices in Altoona, State College, Wilkes- Barre, Williamsport, Wyalusing, & Wysox, PA. Julie graduated Magna Cum Laude from Widener University School of Law and is a Certified Elder Law Attorney […]

Beth Powell

President Fluid Conservation Systems Beth Powell is the president of Fluid Conservation Systems (FCS), which invented acoustic leak correlation 40 years ago. FCS manufactures leak detection sensors for drinking water networks that lose over 6 billion gallons in the US every day. FCS has over 300,000 sensors installed worldwide with over 12,000 sensors installed in Pennsylvania. These sensors listen every […]

Tea Jay Aikey

President/CEO Central Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce Tea Jay Aikey was named President & CEO of the Chamber and its affiliates in October 2017. Hired in March of 2011, she was previously the Finance & Membership Director and Executive Assistant. Tea Jay utilizes her experience in manufacturing, marketing, and customer service to assist Chamber members. She owes her success to being […]


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