Editor’s note: The following is based on an Aetna White Paper, “Disability and the disabled mindset: The human costs and the opportunity,” published in August 2014. In late 2010, a video of two ballet dancers was posted to YouTube. He has an amputated leg, and she has an amputated arm. They surely could be classed as disabled, but their performance was so beautiful that it moved audiences to tears and got over a half a...
W.D. Buseck & Associates, LLC, with offices in Erie and Pittsburgh, recently announced the acquisition of Avalon Financial Services, Ltd., Niles, Ohio. W.D. Buseck & Associates, LLC is a management consulting firm, established in Erie in 1995, that specializes in the field of corporate renewal: turnaround management, viability analysis, financial structuring and interim executive staffing. Avalon Financial Services, Ltd., established in 2000, has provided loan review, compliance review, credit analysis, special assets management, management assessments,...
The ATHENA and ATHENA Young Professional Awards Luncheon is coming up from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, September 17, at the Ambassador Banquet & Conference Center in Erie. An Erie Leader will be presented with the ATHENA Leadership Award and an emerging leader will be presented the ATHENA Young Professional Award. ATHENA Erie is comprised of dedicated volunteers representing a diverse group of professional men and women committed to supporting the leadership of women...
Earlier this year, Gannon University dedicated the new Center for Business Ingenuity at 900 State St. in the heart of Erie’s central business district. The Center is home to the University’s Dahlkemper School of Business, Erie Tech- nology Incubator (ETI) and Small Business Development Center (SBDC), and will facilitate a robust exchange of ideas between business students, faculty, entrepreneurs, young and expanding businesses. Designed in the manner of a modern corporate headquarters, the Center incorporates...
