Leadership Lackawanna recently honored its 2017 Core Program Graduates at a Celebration of Leadership dinner and graduation ceremony at The Hilton Scranton and Conference Center.

Shown in the front row, from left: Christopher J. Szewczyk, Esq., Mazzoni Karam Petorak & Valvano; Carrie A. Balashaitis, TMG Health;  Dragan Jokic, Fidelity Bank; David Richard Humphreys, Lackawanna County District Attorney’s Office; Deborah Flynn, Ph.D. , Luzerne County Community College; Robert M. Knight Jr., The University of Scranton; Brad J. Kovaleski, Penn State University Worthington Scranton Campus; David Morrison, Toyota of Scranton; and Shawn T. Scouten, Wells Fargo.

Middle row: Jonathan Tobin, Penn State Worthington Scranton; Meghan E. Loftus, Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance; Angela Burke, TMG Health; Anthony Ferrese, Lackawanna College; Lauren Marie Perry, FreshySites; Patrick S. Connolly, Tobyhanna Army Depot; Michelle Rake, Gertrude Hawk Chocolates; and Kathleen Bird, Benco Dental.

Back row: Sara D. Samala, Gertrude Hawk Chocolates;  Michael Wisneski, Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art; Douglas Mielnicki, Procter & Gamble; Charles Scott Winschuh, Prudential Retirement; Matthew Donnelly, Procter & Gamble; Robert E. Hagenbaugh, Tobyhanna Army Depot; Angela Berardelli, DaVita Dialysis; and Michelle Georgetti, Valley Community Library.