Board of Directors

2025 PEDA Officers (Voting Members)

• President
  Laura Goodrich Cairns
  Commerce Director
  Delaware County Economic Development Corporation
• 1st Vice President
  Robert Swales
  Chief Executive Officer
  Clearly Ahead Development
  
• 2nd Vice President
  Melissa Stone
  Vice President of Economic Development
  Harrisburg Regional Chamber & CREDC
• Treasurer / Secretary
  Michelle Bisbing
  President
  Pocono Mountains Economic Development Corporation
• Immediate Past President
  Stephen McKnight
  President & CEO
  Altoona Blair County Development Corp
  

2025 PEDA Directors (Voting Members)

• Angela Annibale
  Deputy Executive Director
  Economic Progress Alliance of Crawford County
  
• John Biemiller
  Director, BRE
  Economic Development Company of Lancaster County
• Jeffrey Box
  President & CEO
  Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance
• Robin Fitzpatrick
  President
  Adams Economic Alliance
• Aaron Gantz
  Senior Director of Economic Development
  Greater Reading Chamber Alliance
• Juan Garrett
  Executive Director
  Riverside Center for Innovation
• Ryan Glenn
  Director of Statewide Initiatives
  Ben Franklin Technology Partners
  

• Kenetha Hansen
  Director, Economic Development & Financing
  York County Economic Alliance

• Jarred Heuer
  Executive Director
  Clarion County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC)
• Mark Minnig
  Economic Development Manager
  Schuylkill Economic Development Corporation
• Rachel Prosser
  Accounting Manager
  Altoona Blair County Development Corporation
• Lisa Riggs
  Senior Managing Director, Economic Growth Strategy & Partnerships
  Team Pennsylvania
• Byron G. Stauffer, Jr.
  Executive Director
  Indiana County Development Corporation (ICDC)
• Jennifer Wakeman
  Executive Director
  DRIVE
• Jaime Whalen
  Executive Vice President & Chief of Staff
  Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation

2025 PEDA Committee Chairs (non voting members except where noted above)

• Advocacy
  Laura Goodrich Cairns
  Commerce Director
  Delaware County Economic Development Corporation
• Advocacy
  Robert Swales
  Chief Executive Officer
  Clearly Ahead Development
• Audit
  Michelle Bisbing
  Director of Marketing
  Pocono Mountains Economic Development Corporation
• Awards
  Stephen McKnight
  President & CEO
  Altoona Blair County Development Corp
• Conference
  Aaron Gantz
  Senior Director of Economic Development
  Greater Reading Chamber Alliance
  
  
  
• Finance
  Michelle Bisbing
  Director of Marketing
  Pocono Mountains Economic Development Corporation
• EDC
  Jennifer Wakeman
  Executive Director
  DRIVE
• EDC
  Jarred Heuer
  Executive Director
  Clarion County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC)
  
• Membership & Communications
  Vacant
  
  
• Nominating
  Robert Swales
  Chief Executive Officer
  Clearly Ahead Development
  
• Young Professionals
  Rachel Prosser
  Accounting Manager
  Altoona Blair County Development Corporation

PEDA Staff

• Joshua Skopp
  Executive Director
  908 North Second Street
  Harrisburg, PA 17102
  717-441-6047
  717-236-2046 (fax)
  jskopp@wannerassoc.com
• Alex Rahn
  Government Relations
  1101 Pennsylvania Ave NW STE 1020
  Washington, DC 20004
  484-574-9445
  arahn@axadvocacy.com
• Shelly Lawyer
  Program Manager
  908 North Second Street
  Harrisburg, PA 17102
  717-441-6047
  717-236-2046 (fax)
  sdreese@wannerassoc.com
• Alyssa Hart
  Association Accountant
  908 North Second Street
  Harrisburg, PA 17102
  717-441-6047
  717-236-2046 (fax)
  alyssa@wannerassoc.com