Lebanon County (Pennsylvania) Women's Hall of Fame

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The Lebanon County, Pennsylvania Women’s Hall of Fame was established by the county's Commission for Women in 2010 to "...preserve women’s history, and honor the outstanding achievements of unsung heroes in our community."[1] The following list details those individual inductions.[2] As of the 2020 US Census count, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania has a population of 143,257, of which 50.8% are women. The county labor force is composed of 58.3% women.[3]

2022

Presentation ceremony March 25, 2022[4]

Founder, along with her husband, of Junto de Lebanon, an informational liaison service for the Spanish-speaking community
Volunteerism and community support advocate
Executive Director of P.R.O.B.E.
CFO Lebanon Family Health Services
Co-founder of East Indies Coffee and Tea Company
American Red Cross volunteer
Teacher, Lebanon School District
Tennis pro
Owner, Annville Psychological Services
Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital, community programs
Pennsylvania Army National Guard

2020

Senior Director, Clinical Services, at WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital.[5]
Financial advisor.[5]
Executive Director of the Lebanon Campus of the Harrisburg Area Community College.[6]
Creator of the local Alzheimer’s Association/Dementia Support Group of Eastern Lebanon County.[5]
Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor.[5]
Instructor and supervisor with Lancaster-Lebanon IU13 for 35 years.[5]
Director of Global Systems and Robotic Process Automation at ADP, a Fortune 250 company.[5]
Trailblazer, Director of Therapy at the Sexual Assault Resources and Counseling Center.[5]
Trailblazer, retired President/CEO of the Sexual Assault Resource and Counseling Center of Lebanon and Schuylkill Counties.[7]
Social Media Manager for Military.com, and also is the co-owner of Swatara Coffee Company.[5]
Art teacher and mentor. Founder of SPLAT art studio.[5]

2019

Community Service. Supervisor and co-owner of Domino's Pizza franchises in Lebanon and Myerstown.[8]
President of the Myerstown Planning Commission.[9]
Trailblazer, Lebanon County Commission for Women and multiple other projects.[9]
Associate Artistic Director at Gretna Theatre.[10]
Educator, Agricultural Education at Northern Lebanon High School.[9]
Board member of Lebanon Family Health Services.[11]
Clinical Education Coordinator for the Athletic Training Program at Lebanon Valley College.[9]
Family Engagement Coordinator at the Lebanon School District.[9]
First woman lawyer in Lebanon County to practice family law.[9]
Founding member of Support Connections of Lebanon County, Inc. [9]
Retired Captain, United States Navy, Associate Director for Patient Care Services VA Lebanon health care.[12]

2018

Mount Gretna Art Show and Gretna Theater.[13]
Business woman.[14]
Principal of Pine Street Elementary School.[15]
Trailblazer, Director of Elementary Education and Federal Programs with the Cornwall Lebanon School District.[14]
Lebanon County Special Olympics.[14]
Volunteerism.[14]
Director of the Pediatric Multidisciplinary Weight Loss Program at the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital.[16]
Director of The Caring Cupboard.[17]
Trailblazer, President and CEO of Lebanon Family Health Services.[18]
Girl Scouts in Lebanon County, founding board member of Female Offenders Re-Entry Program.[14][19]

2017

Co-founder of Allwein’s Flooring Center and Allwein’s Cleaning Services.[20][21]
Trailblazer, community volunteer.[21]
Swimming coach.[21]
Professor at Penn State University, Lebanon Valley College Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice.[21]
Northern Lebanon High School teacher, created Child Development Playgroup. Pennsylvania Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher of the Year in 2014, and in 2015 was an American Association of Family and Consumer Science National Teacher of the Year Merit Finalist.[21]
Membership and leadership in several Arts organizations.[21]
Trailblazer, founded Palmyra Garden Club.[21][22]
President of Farm Women’s group, county President of the Lebanon County Farm Women.[21]
Participation in Lebanon County Community Action Partnership and many civic groups.[21]
Science and Technology.[21]
Mother ad daughter promoting healthy lifestyles to combat cancer.[23]
Board of Directors for Halcyon Activity Center. Flautist and board member in the Lebanon Community Concert Band; flautist in the Ephrata Community Band.[21]

2016

Co-creator of Sonrise Academy.[24]
Board member of YMCA Camp Shand, Community of Lebanon Association (CLA), Lancaster, and Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce (LVCC).[24]
Co-creator of Sonrise Academy.[24]
Trailblazer, Attorney[24]
Created the Lebanon County Gleaning Network, which coordinates with local growers to distribute excess fruit and vegetable harvests to needy individuals and families.[24]
Medical Director of the Oncology Program at the WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital.[24]
Software developer.[24]
Promoting healthy lifestyles,[24]
Board of Directors of Gretna Music.[24]
Lebanon County Deputy Sheriff, two terms as District Justice, Outstanding Business Woman of Lebanon County for 1991–1992.[25][24]
Banking industry.[24]

2015

Retired superintendent Lebanon School District.[26][27]
Owner of Dental Art Images.[26]
Chief Deputy District Attorney for Dauphin County.[28]
Trailblazer, Co-owner of Prudential Gacono Real Estate, Annville Community Activities Committee, Lebanon Daily News “Citizen of the Year” in 2008.[29]
Head coach of the Lebanon Catholic Girls Basketball team. 2011 inductee of the Pennsylvania Sports State Hall of Fame, 2013 inductee of the Central Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. 1995 Coach of the Year by the Pennsylvania Scholastic Girls Coaching Association.[26]
Dairy farmer, Pennsylvania Agriculture Spokesperson Award.[26]
Leadership, two-time president of Northern Lebanon Rotary Club.[26]
Performing arts, visual arts, and literary arts.[26]
State Auxiliary Hospital Representative to Lebanon Veterans Administration Hospital.[26]
Agape Family Shelter and the Operation Santa program.[26][30]
Four decades as a registered nurse at Lebanon Veteran’s Administration Medical Center.[31]

2014

Community service, president of military Auxiliary Post 910 and Secretary of the Legion Riders Post 910.[32]
Registered nurse, chairperson for the Sexual Assault Response Team.[32]
Community service.[32]
Trailblazer, Board of the Good Samaritan Hospital.[32]
Dancer, actor and international choreographer.[33]
Trailblazer, League of Women Voters, served on the Pennsyylvania committee for the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.[32]
Health care.[32]
Co-founder of the Jack and Jill Preschool.[32]
Community service.[32]
Health care.[32]
Substitute teacher, farm owner and volunteer 4-H leader.[32]
Lebanon County Mediation Services.[32]

2013

Survivor of a medical stroke at age 27. Began blogging to help others negotiate the maze of health care insurance and claims.[34][35]
Performing arts, literary arts, visual arts.[36]
Environmental Scientist and Industrial Hygienist.[34]
Lebanon Valley Council on the Arts (LVCA).[34]
Retired member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 9, community organizer.[37]
Trailblazer, career nurse, advocate of community involvement.[34]
Leadership in education, along with her husband organized Lebanon Area Adoptive Families.[34]
4-H Extension Educator for Penn State Extension in Lebanon County.[38]
Attorney District Attorney’s Office, primarily prosecuting child abuse and sexual violence against women.[39]
Governor’s Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs, supporting community social growth.[34]

2012

Coordinator the Veterans Justice Outreach Program.[40][41]
Registered dietitian promoting healthy lifestyles.[40]
Jewelry designer, owner of Spirit Dancer Designs.[40]
Trailblazer, Lebanon County’s first elected female District Justice in 1969.[40]
Leadership in education.[40]
Environmentalist, Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority.[40]
Service to military establishments and veterans. Member of Women’s Auxiliary of the Navy Club, USA Ship 91, American Legion Auxiliary and the American Legion Riders. Established a snack bar to help fund the Wounded Warrior Project.[40]
Co-founder of Home Based Business Committee of the Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce. 2014 Business Person of the Year and 2007 Lester Leffler Memorial Community Volunteer Service Award for the Community of Lebanon Association.[40]
Emeritus Award, Executive Director of Lebanon County Commission on Drug and Alcohol Abuse.[42]
Community preservationist, co-author with Tanya Richter, of ordinance creating the Annville Township Historical Architectural Review Board (HARB) to preserve historic buildings.[43]
Agriculture, President of the Lebanon County Society of Farm Women, Lebanon Area Fair’s Kitchen Manager.[44]
Promoting health care.[45]

2011

Founded the Central Pennsylvania Supports the Troops in 2003.[46]
(1930–2020) Ph.D in microbiology, and has focused her efforts for policies on land use, water quality and quantity. Pennsylvania League of Women Voters, co-founder of Swatara Creek Watershed Association.[47][46]
Lebanon County Recycling Coordinator.[46]
Board member of Family and Children Services in Lebanon County. Helped organize the League of Women Voters of Lebanon County.[46]
Director of Music at Trinity United Methodist Church. Secretary of Lebanon County Community Concert Association. Owner of Hollich Studios in Palmyra.[46]
Lebanon County Correctional Facility Women’s Chaplain.[48][46]
State Farm Women Society President. Member of Lebanon County Farm Women Society, and Lebanon Area Fair Queen Committee.[46]
Director of Crisis Intervention Services. Chair of the Lebanon Coalition to End Homelessness.[46]
(1942–2017) Community Trailblazer. Wernersville State Hospital Board of Trustee, president of Sexual Assault Resource Counseling Center.[49][46]
Leadership in education.[46]
Established the “Praise Dinner” program which helped raise $1,100,000 has been raised for religion-based public services.[46]
First African American teacher employed by the Lebanon School District.[46]

2010

Plant Leader at AES Ironwood.[50][51]
Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Annville-Cleona High School.[52][50]
Lebanon’s first woman to serve as mayor.[53][50]
Brigadier General Ret. First woman of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard to graduate from the United States Army War College.[54] [50]
President of the Lebanon Chapter of the Harmonia Music Club.[50]
Successfully lobbied to convert a limestone quarry into the Quittie Creek Nature Park.[50]
First female County Extension Office Director in Lebanon County[50]
(1925-2008) Education coordinator for Federal Head Start program.[55][50]
Vice-President of Operations at Lebanon Valley Family Health Services.[50]
Paralegal with MidPenn Legal Services of Lebanon, PA.[56][50]
Revitalization of the South Sixth Street Playground.[57][50]

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