Board of Directors

2023 PEDA Officers (Voting Members)

• President
  Stephen McKnight
  President & CEO
  Altoona Blair County Development Corp
• 1st Vice President
  Laura Goodrich Cairns
  Commerce Director
  Delaware County Commerce Center
  
• 2nd Vice President
  Robert Swales
  Chief Executive Officer
  Clearly Ahead Development
• Treasurer / Secretary
  Melissa Stone
  Vice President of Economic Development
  Harrisburg Regional Chamber & CREDC
• Immediate Past President
  Michael Grigalonis
  President & COO
  Chester County Economic Development Council
  

2023 PEDA Directors (Voting Members)

• Angela Annibale
  Deputy Executive Director
  Economic Progress Alliance of Crawford County
  
• John Biemiller
  Director, BRE
  Economic Development Company of Lancaster County
• Michelle Bisbing
  Director of Marketing
  Pocono Mountains Economic Development Corporation
• Jeffrey Box
  President & CEO
  Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance
  
• Phil Eastman
  Director of Economic Development
  PECO, an Exelon Company
• Ryan Glenn
  Director of Statewide Initiatives
  Ben Franklin Technology Partners
  

• Kenetha Hansen
  Director, Economic Development & Financing
  York County Economic Alliance

• Ernie Post
  State Director, Pennsylvania SBDC Network
  Kutztown University
• Rachel Prosser
  Accounting Manager
  Altoona Blair County Development Corporation
• Lisa Riggs
  Senior Managing Director, Economic Growth Strategy & Partnerships
  Team Pennsylvania
  
• Abby Smith
  President & CEO
  Team Pennsylvania Foundation
• Ryan Unger
  President and CEO
  Harrisburg Regional Chamber & CREDC
  
• Mary Beth Wood
  Executive Director
  Wayne Economic Development Corporation
  
• David Zellers, Jr.
  
  

2023 PEDA Committee Chairs (non voting members except where noted above)

• Advocacy
  Laura Goodrich Cairns
  Acting Director of Commerce
  Delaware County Commerce Center
  
• Advocacy
  Robert Swales
  Chief Executive Officer
  Clearly Ahead Development
• Audit
  Melissa Stone
  Vice President of Economic Development
  Harrisburg Regional Chamber & CREDC
  
• Awards
  Michael Grigalonis
  President & COO
  Chester County Economic Development Council
  
• Conference
  Michelle Bisbing
  Director of Marketing
  Pocono Mountains Economic Development Corporation
  
  
  
• Finance
  Melissa Stone
  Vice President of Economic Development
  Harrisburg Regional Chamber & CREDC
  
• EDC
  Vacant
• EDC
  Vacant
  
• Membership & Communications
  Angela Annibale
  Director of Business Development
  Economic Progress Alliance of Crawford County
  
  
• Nominating
  Laura Goodrich Cairns
  Acting Director of Commerce
  Delaware County Commerce Center
  
• Young Professionals
  Rachel Prosser
  Accounting Manager
  Altoona Blair County Development Corporation
• Pennsylvania DCED
  Mandy Book
  Acting Deputy Secretary, Office of Business Financing & Workforce Development
  Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development (DCED)
  
  
  

PEDA Staff

• Joshua Skopp
  Executive Director
  908 North Second Street
  Harrisburg, PA 17102
  717-441-6047
  717-236-2046 (fax)
  jskopp@wannerassoc.com
• Alex Rahn
  Government Relations
  908 North Second Street
  Harrisburg, PA 17102
  717-441-6047
  717-236-2046 (fax)
  arahn@wannerassoc.com
  
• Jason Tobias
  Membership & Registration Coordinator
  908 North Second Street
  Harrisburg, PA 17102
  717-441-6047
  717-236-2046 (fax)
  jtobias@wannerassoc.com
• Julie Williams
  Bookkeeper
  908 North Second Street
  Harrisburg, PA 17102
  717-441-6047
  717-236-2046 (fax)
  jwilliams@wannerassoc.com