Longtime businesswoman and Leadership Northeast Executive Director Jessica Cronauer will lead the city’s annual Multicultural Parade and Festival as grand marshal Saturday, Sep. 12

Leadership Northeast welcomes three community leaders to its 2026/2027 Board of Directors, including Rachel Olszewski Conrad, of Fear Less Publicity and the PA Harness Horsemen’s Association; Johnyne Hoyes, of Comcast; and Robert Neher, of Fieldcraft Advisory LLC.

Leadership Northeast celebrated the graduation of the Core Class of 2026 on June 4, and presented the Distinguished Leadership Alumni Award to Cassandra Coleman of America250PA.

Leadership Northeast celebrated the graduation of the Core Class of 2026 on June 4, and presented the Distinguished Leadership Alumni Award to Cassandra Coleman of America250PA.

Leadership Northeast held its 45th Annual Dinner & Graduation at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Thursday. The event celebrated the Core Class of 2026, and Cassandra Coleman, executive director of America250PA, was honored with the Distinguished Leadership Alumni Award in a room of more than 300 community leaders.

Wilkes-Barre Volunteers in Medicine welcomed community members, partners, and supporters for a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the completion of a transformative wellness initiative created by the Leadership Northeast team, Warriors in Wellness.

Leadership Northeast announced that 68 students from 17 area high schools celebrated their graduation from Junior Leadership Northeast on May 20 at the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts.

Thanks to a hard-working group of high school juniors, little kids have new books to read, hungry families have more food, and veterans know somebody cares.

The Junior Leadership Northeast team, known as the “Spark Squad,” has officially completed its community service project benefiting children and families at Geisinger Janet Weis Children’s Hospital in Wilkes-Barre.

Fostering Hope, a project team of the Leadership Northeast Core Class of 2026, has lived up to its chosen committee name.