The Northeast Berks Chamber hosted a Farewell Reception at kTown Hall in Kutztown on April 29 for Lori Donofrio-Galley after six years as the executive director.
John Scott, Board President in 2019 and 2020, along with current president Barbara Coffin, presented flowers and a plaque for her commitment to the Chamber on behalf of the members, Board and officers.
With âWe Will Rock Youâ playing, Scott said, âLori, every time we came up with an obstacle, you rocked the obstacle. You tackled it; you put it on paper; you got all of the stakeholders together. You told them what we needed and we executed,â he said. âWe took a part-time chamber to a full-time chamber and that was not a little bit of work. There were a lot of systems, a lot of procedures. You see the Facebook; you see the public image, the numerous articles in the different publications, but what you donât see is the day-to-day hard work, pencil to paper, the bureaucratic but personable and friendly person in the background.â