The Gannon University Small Business Development Center (SBDC), founder of the annual Women in Leadership Development Conference, today announced that the 2014 WILD Legacy Award recipient is Betsy Bort, vice president and commercial banking officer at ErieBank.
Bort has more 30 years of banking experience. She has been in her current role as a commercial lender since 2000 and is responsible for developing, managing and enhancing business relationships in the community. Bort specializes in business start-up and acquisition lending guaranteed by the Small Business Administration and also acting as a Women’s Business Advocate.
The Legacy Award winner is an experienced professional woman leader who mentors other women, supports her community and excels in her career. The winner is also a trailblazer who has not followed but has carved her own path to success and has supported other women along the way. She must demonstrate high standards in all that she does and serves as an example to others professionally and personally.
Bort will be presented with the award at the upcoming WILD Conference on April 30 in Erie.
