2023 Annual Meeting & Dinner Recap
Our Annual Meeting & Dinner was held on Tuesday, December 5th at the Penn Harris Hotel. Our members gathered to celebrate another year of inspiring business. At this event we watched a video from our Board Chair, heard from our President & CEO, elected our new Board directors, and then we recognized four leaders from our Chamber for their contributions to business and our communities:
Brian Peters, Members 1st Federal Credit Union who received the George C. Hoopy Award due to his commitment to the West Shore Chamber of Commerce through committee activity, attendance at Chamber functions and promotion of the Chamber through his involvement.
Brian Gibson, Chick-fil-A who received the Les Ginanni Business & Community Connection Award due to continuous community contributions through his business and on a personal level.
Brooke Butler Wagner, Playa Bowls received the Edward M. Messner Inspiring Business Award due to her continuous inspiration for business interaction and growth, who freely shares opinions about business issues, creates effective relationships and partnerships, achieves personal and organizational growth through Chamber partnerships, and is a catalyst for a new generation of business and business professionals.
Tim Henry, F&M Trust received the Business Achievement Award due to his development of a successful enterprise; whose efforts have created jobs, products, and opportunities; whose high moral and ethical values have set a standard of excellence in the marketplace; and whose dynamic leadership has thrust central Pennsylvania into economic prominence.
Congratulations to this year’s award recipients of our four Annual Meeting Awards!
Thank you to Jim Murdoch, James B. Murdoch Insurance Group, the outgoing director of our board for his service over the years. We greatly appreciate your dedication to the Chamber!
If you are interested in viewing more photos from the event you can check out the album on our Facebook page here or you can view our event program here for more information on our award recipients. Thank you to Brittany Conrad Photography for taking the photos of our event.
A huge thank you needs to go out to the following sponsors for making this event possible: Highmark, Inc., Klock Entertainment, Members 1st Federal Credit Union, and UPMC. Additionally to our supporting sponsors: Cumberland Area Economic Development Corporation and beverage sponsors: Buchart Horn Inc. and RETTEW. Another thank you goes out to Mountz Jewelers for providing the beautiful door prize given out to one of the attendees of the event.