{"id":107458,"date":"2021-07-30T16:55:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T20:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=107458"},"modified":"2021-07-30T16:55:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T20:55:41","slug":"big-brothers-big-sisters-of-the-lehigh-valley-announces-two-new-board-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=107458","title":{"rendered":"Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lehigh Valley Announces Two New Board Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Allentown, PA (July 29, 2021) \u2013 Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lehigh Valley (BBBSLV) is pleased to announce the appointment of two new board members, attorney Glennis Clark of the Law Offices of Glennis L Clark, and Rocco Zegalia with TWG Security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Board of Directors is comprised of a dedicated team of community leaders who are passionate about defending the potential of Lehigh Valley youth\u201d said Susan Bartels, CEO of BBBSLV. \u201cWe are excited to incorporate Glennis and Rocco\u2019s talents and expertise into furthering our mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-107459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Glennis_Clark_384x384-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Glennis_Clark_384x384-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Glennis_Clark_384x384-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Glennis_Clark_384x384-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Glennis_Clark_384x384-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Glennis_Clark_384x384-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Glennis_Clark_384x384.jpg 1132w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Glennis Clark is a civil and criminal litigator, who also handles family court and immigration matters. Licensed for 38 years, Clark possesses a wealth of experience in many facets of the judicial system. Before entering into private practice, he worked for 10 years in the District Attorney\u2019s office. Clark\u2019s community involvement spans decades as well, with time spent supporting organizations such as the United Way, Minsi Trails Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and the Allentown Human Relations Commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is my distinct honor and privilege to serve on the Board with such highly committed and dedicated leaders in our community to improve the welfare of young people,\u201d added Clark.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-107460 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Rocco-Z.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Rocco-Z.png 200w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Rocco-Z-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Rocco-Z-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Rocco Zegalia is the Director of Sales at TWG Security in Emmaus. He possesses over two decades of enterprise sales and marketing experience. A graduate of Mansfield University, he remains very active as a fundraiser for the university football program and with the alumni community. Zegalia is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and has been active with the Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce Veterans and Military Affairs Council, the Lehigh Carbon Community College Veterans and Military Affairs Council and the Lehigh Valley Homeless Veteran Fund Committee. He currently serves as an Executive Board Member of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and is a member of the Executive Forum of the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was a young teen, I was matched with a Big and he was able to help me navigate through a somewhat difficult period of my life. I am honored and privileged to be able to serve on this board and give back in any way I can to this fantastic organization,\u201d said Zegalia.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The 2021-2022 BBBSLV Board of Directors are: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chair, Christopher Zajacik of Grace Realty Co.; Vice Chair, Cynthia Allan of PPL Corporation; Treasurer, Luke Schaeffer of Stoudt Associates; Secretary, Lisa Liddington of Lehigh Valley Health Network; Immediate Past Chair, Josh Hinkle of Stifel, Valley Wealth Management Group; Eric Bartosz of Contra Vision; Lorena Bravo of Organic Tans; Victoria Brifo of Air Products; A. Terry Burnett of the Pennsylvania State Education Association; Matthew Dorman of Jones Lang LaSalle; Arundhati Khanwalkar, Attorney; Mike Lahanas of Embassy Bank; Judy Nymberg of The Dale Group; Murdocc Saunders of Herff Jones Yearbooks; and Susan Bartels of BBBSLV.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lehigh Valley:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. Children enrolled in our programs experience improvements in academics, sociability and self-confidence. In 2021, BBBSLV is celebrating its 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BBBSLV.org\">www.BBBSLV.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow BBBSLV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bbbslv\">www.facebook.com\/bbbslv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instagram: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intstagram.com\/bbbslv\">www.intstagram.com\/bbbslv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/bbbslv\">www.twitter.com\/bbbslv<\/a><br \/>\nYouTube: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/bbbslehighvalley\" data-rel=\"lightbox-video-0\">www.youtube.com\/bbbslehighvalley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/big-brothers-big-sisters-of-the-lehigh-valley\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/big-brothers-big-sisters-of-the-lehigh-valley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation and images provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nKIMBERLY HOPKINS<br \/>\nMarketing &#038; Communications Manager<br \/>\nBig Brothers Big Sisters of the Lehigh Valley<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Allentown, PA (July 29, 2021) \u2013 Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lehigh Valley (BBBSLV) is pleased to announce the appointment of two new board members, attorney Glennis Clark &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=107458\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lehigh Valley Announces Two New Board Members<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bbbs-lv-board.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/107461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}