Each year, Leadership Lackawanna
awards scholarships to qualified
candidates who need assistance
paying tuition. Typically, these
funds are set aside for individuals
from non-profit organizations or
who are sole proprietors. Due to
the generosity of past donors,
different scholarship funds have
been established and continue to
make a significant impact in our
community each year.
The scholarship recipients for
the Core Program Class of
2017-2018 are as follows:
Core Program Class of 2017-2018 Announced
The Leadership Lackawanna Core Program Class of 2017-2018 recently met for its
first session, which included an orientation and an introduction to leadership basics.
This year marks the program’s 35th anniversary.
“I’m excited for the adventures and opportunities that lie ahead,” said Nicole A.
Morristell, Leadership Lackawanna director. “This year’s participants have accom-
plished great things in their past, and I look forward to seeing how they will use the
leadership skills they acquire over the next 10 months.”
The Leadership Lackawanna Core Program Class of 2017-2018
participants include:
Mark Barbernitz
Boys Scouts of America
NEPA Council
Julie Bialkowski
Penn State
Mark Bonfiglio
NOTE Fragrances
Terilynn Brechtel
United Neighborhood
Centers
Kevin Brislin
Lightspeed Technologies
Lisa Browning
Community Bank, NA
Jeff Cavanaugh
Office of State
Sen. John Blake
April Guse
Bedrock Technology
Logan Hansman
Fidelity Bank
Carlyle Hicks
Keystone College
Amy Hnat
Electric City Escape
Matthew Horvath
Tobyhanna Army Depot
Gary Howell
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause
Amy Kelley, FNCB Bank
Elizabeth McGill
Geisinger
Commonwealth
School of Medicine
Jannette Moran
Wells Fargo Bank
Gene Munley
Prudential Retirement
Matt Nied
Penn State
Tara Priest Rhodes
NBT Bank
Kim Rollman
TMG Health
Christopher Krape
Weiler Corporation Bill Ruddy
Tobyhanna Army Depot
Jack Dean
AllOne Health Robert Krukovitz
Benco Dental Co. Mileise Sabbatini
NET Credit Union
Sara Dellecave
Penn Foster Education Sarah Mann
Gertrude Hawk
Chocolates
Kim Fanning
Sordoni Construction
Christine Gabello
Keystone Community
Resources
Kayla Guilford
Lackawanna College
Amanda Marchegiani
Northeast Regional
Cancer Institute
Allie Marroquin
Friendship House
Mike Stremski
Reuther+Bowen
Linda Tregea
Benco Dental Co.
Alicia Wang
Gertrude Hawk
Chocolates
Mark Barbernitz of the Boy Scouts
of America NEPA Council and Mark
Bonfiglio of NOTE Fragrances
received the Leadership Alumni
Scholarship.
Kayla Guilford of Lackawanna
College received the William
Rinaldi Scholarship.
April Guse of Bedrock Technology
received the Karen O’Connell
Welles Scholarship.
Amy Hnat of Electric City Escape
received the William W. and Mary
L. Scranton Scholarship.
Allie Marroquin of the Friendship
House received the Margaret
Briggs Scholarship.
Amanda Marchegiani of the
Northeast Regional Cancer
Institute received both the H.
Leigh Woehling Schola rship and
the Government Leadership
Award Fund of the Scranton Area
Foundation.