Congratulations to the current FLEX Membership Committee Chair and past FLEX Vice President & Secretary Alan McBride for a recent job promotion! Alan is now the Global Manager of Inclusion & Diversity at Komatsu Mining Corp. In this new position, Alan will focus on customer engagement, design for diversity, formal mentoring programs, recruiting and hiring Read More…
CASA Names Volunteer of the Year
Holly Watson (pictured left with CASA Executive Director, Cinnamon Evans) has been named CASA of Venango County’s 2018 Volunteer of the Year. Holly is a dedicated, hard-working child advocate who fights tirelessly for children and families. She works as a full-time legal secretary for Venango County in addition to her work with CASA. Many caseworkers Read More…
Four New Faces at the Oil Region Alliance
The Oil Region Alliance (ORA) is an economic development and tourist promotion agency serving the Oil Region—comprised of Venango County, the City of Titusville, and Oil Creek Township. The Alliance works to increase the prosperity of the Oil Region and they have recently added four new staff members to their ranks. Bringing a new energy Read More…
Leadership Venango Holds Second Session: Honorable Leadership
The 2019 Class of Leadership Venango reconnected on October 10 at the Venango County Courthouse Annex in Franklin. Dr. Raymond Feroz, Professor at Clarion University, was the morning guest speaker who started the day by having the class participate in an exercise to identify what characteristics honorable leaders have. Denise Jones, the former Chief Clerk Read More…
VNA to host screening of “Being Mortal”
In 2014, Dr. Atul Gawande wrote Being Mortal, a book that was groundbreaking in both the frankness and compassion in which he encouraged us all to “have the conversation.” Based on his experiences as a surgeon and a son he gently helps us all to find the words and courage to talk about what matters Read More…