{"id":141186,"date":"2025-03-24T21:02:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T01:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=141186"},"modified":"2025-03-24T21:02:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T01:02:44","slug":"artsquest-president-and-ceo-kassie-hilgert-awarded-lehigh-valley-business-power-100-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=141186","title":{"rendered":"ArtsQuest President and CEO, Kassie Hilgert Awarded Lehigh Valley Business Power 100 List"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bethlehem, Lehigh Valley, PA., March 24, 2025 \u2013\u00a0ArtsQuest<\/a>\u00a0is thrilled to announce that Kassie Hilgert, President and CEO has been selected by\u00a0Lehigh Valley Business<\/a>\u00a0as one of the region\u2019s power players for their annual Power 100 List.<\/p>\n

This list is composed of the area\u2019s most significant, influential and respected leaders, as well as behind-the-scenes changemakers in their fields. The honorees are chosen by the editorial leadership team at Lehigh Valley Business, with some help from readers and others for input and perspective.<\/p>\n

“I am truly honored and humbled to be recognized in the Lehigh Valley Business Power 100 list,\u201d said Kassie Hilgert, President and CEO of ArtsQuest. \u201cThis recognition is a testament to the extraordinary work of the entire ArtsQuest team and the unwavering support of our community partners, members and volunteers who share our vision. It\u2019s an exciting time at ArtsQuest with the recent naming of both the\u00a0ArtsQuest Creative Factory powered by PPL<\/em>\u00a0and the\u00a0Lehigh Valley Health Network part of Jefferson Health Turn & Grind Shop<\/em>\u2014both significant pillars of our\u00a0Re-Imagine That! Capital Campaign<\/em>. These initiatives will help us expand access to the arts in the region while attracting new, diverse programming to the community, increasing our impact on the Lehigh Valley and beyond.”<\/p>\n

“Kassie’s visionary leadership, strategic mindset and ability to deal with challenges have been key to her successful leadership,\u201d commented Joe Bergstein, PPL Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Chair of ArtsQuest Board of Trustees. \u201cBeing selected as one of the LVB Power 100 is well-deserved, given the significant impact she continues to have at ArtsQuest and throughout the Lehigh Valley.”<\/p>\n

The LVB Power 100 list featuring Kassie Hilger is available today, please visit\u00a0lvb.com<\/a>\u00a0to view the entire Power 100 List.<\/p>\n

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About ArtsQuest<\/strong><\/p>\n

ArtsQuest\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0mission is to provide access to exceptional artistic, cultural and educational experiences using arts and culture as key elements of economic development for our urban communities. ArtsQuest\u2122 supports this mission via the presentation of performing and visual arts, film, arts education classes and outreach, youth programming and cultural events. Through festivals such as its flagship event,\u00a0Musikfest<\/a>; the\u00a0ArtsQuest Creative Factory powered by PPL<\/a>; and the ArtsQuest Center at\u00a0SteelStacks<\/a>\u00a0arts and cultural campus, ArtsQuest\u2019s programming reaches more than 1.9 million people annually. The organization\u2019s programs and events, of which nearly 50 percent are free to attend, have a combined economic impact of more than $136 million annually in the region.<\/p>\n

Information provided to TVL by:
\nBryn Keeney<\/p>\n

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Bethlehem, Lehigh Valley, PA., March 24, 2025 \u2013\u00a0ArtsQuest\u00a0is thrilled to announce that Kassie Hilgert, President and CEO has been selected by\u00a0Lehigh Valley Business\u00a0as one of the region\u2019s power players for … Continue reading ArtsQuest President and CEO, Kassie Hilgert Awarded Lehigh Valley Business Power 100 List<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121268,"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":[5717,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bethlehem","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Kassie-Hilgert.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141186"}],"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=141186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}