{"id":78734,"date":"2018-06-17T21:57:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T01:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=78734"},"modified":"2018-06-17T22:21:56","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T02:21:56","slug":"photos-2017-excellence-business-awards-photos-john-delgrosso-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=78734","title":{"rendered":"Photos from the 2018 Excellence in Business Awards &#8211; Photos by: John DelGrosso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/john.delgrosso.photography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photos by: John DelGrosso<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"> \u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"> The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce presented its <span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #403f42;\"><span class=\"il\">Excellence<\/span> in <span class=\"il\">Business<\/span> Awards on Wednesday, June 13th, at the ArtsQuest Center in Bethlehem. These annual awards go to business who exemplify excellence in business, and their commitment to quality, leadership, marketing, training, and development. Congratulations to this year\u2019s winners!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"su_carousel_69f9fcde0e9c0\" class=\"su-carousel su-carousel-centered su-carousel-pages-yes su-carousel-responsive-yes su-lightbox-gallery\" style=\"width:100%\" data-autoplay=\"3000\" data-speed=\"600\" data-mousewheel=\"true\" data-items=\"2\" data-scroll=\"1\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slides\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/16-1-of-1.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/16-1-of-1-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"16 (1 of 1)\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/15-1-of-1.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>African American Business Leader of the Year:<\/strong> Carolyn Stennett, Victaulic<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Ambassador of the Year Award:<\/strong> Mike Lichtenberger, enTrust Merchant Services<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Excellence in Business Award (1-25 employees):<\/strong> 3rd &amp; Ferry Fish Market<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Excellence in Business Award (26-100 employees):<\/strong> American Bank<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Hispanic Business of the Year:<\/strong> Don Juan Mex Grill<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LGBT Business of the Year:<\/strong> Apollo Grill<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Outstanding Woman in Business:<\/strong> Carol Obando-Derstine, PPL Electric Utilities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Outstanding Nonprofit Organization:<\/strong> Valley Youth House<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Young Professionals Future Leader of the Lehigh Valley:<\/strong> Sarah M. Murray, Gross McGinley<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Lifetime Achievment Award:<\/strong> Jeff Parks, ArtsQuest<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_594216efe879a1b25743448\" class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The mission of The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce is to improve the economy and quality of life in the Lehigh Valley Metropolitan Area. We accomplish this through business-to-business networking events and marketing products, affinity programs and exclusive, money saving member benefits, training programs, government affairs initiatives and public policy advocacy, and community develop<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">ment enterprises. With nearly 5,000 members who employ more than 200,000, the Chamber is the largest in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and in the top ten nationwide.\u00a0\u00a0 If you are interested in finding out more about how your business can benefit from membership with the Chamber, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/\">http:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Event Sponsors:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-78756\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/eba-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/eba-18.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/eba-18-300x88.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Photos by: John DelGrosso \u00a0 The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce presented its Excellence in Business Awards on Wednesday, June 13th, at the ArtsQuest Center in Bethlehem. 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