Congratulations to our 2026 Chapter of the Year: Human Resource Professionals of Central PA!!
Over the past year, this chapter delivered 25 professional development programs, with 90% offering recertification credit, and they welcomed an average of 80–90 HR professionals to their programs. With close to 350 members, they continue to build a strong and engaged HR community.
But their success goes far beyond numbers.
They launched the Charles T. Sciotto Award for HR Excellence, investing approximately $9,000 in scholarships, professional development, and recognition and creating a sustainable resource to support the next generation of HR professionals. They expanded opportunities for students and emerging leaders, strengthened their legal and legislative programming, continued their certification study group, and created meaningful opportunities to connect through networking and community volunteerism.
They showed up—not only for their members, but for PA SHRM, SHRM, and their broader community. From supporting PA SHRM events to volunteering with local organizations, they demonstrated that HR leadership is about more than what happens inside their workplaces. It is about the communities they serve.
And perhaps most importantly, they continued to create a chapter where people can learn, connect, contribute, and grow.
So today, they celebrate more than a successful year. They celebrate the volunteers who made it possible, the members who showed up, the partners who supported them, and a chapter that continues to elevate the HR profession—one connection, one opportunity, and one leader at a time.
This is what happens when a chapter comes together with purpose.
Over the past year, this chapter delivered 25 professional development programs, with 90% offering recertification credit, and they welcomed an average of 80–90 HR professionals to their programs. With close to 350 members, they continue to build a strong and engaged HR community.
But their success goes far beyond numbers.
They launched the Charles T. Sciotto Award for HR Excellence, investing approximately $9,000 in scholarships, professional development, and recognition and creating a sustainable resource to support the next generation of HR professionals. They expanded opportunities for students and emerging leaders, strengthened their legal and legislative programming, continued their certification study group, and created meaningful opportunities to connect through networking and community volunteerism.
They showed up—not only for their members, but for PA SHRM, SHRM, and their broader community. From supporting PA SHRM events to volunteering with local organizations, they demonstrated that HR leadership is about more than what happens inside their workplaces. It is about the communities they serve.
And perhaps most importantly, they continued to create a chapter where people can learn, connect, contribute, and grow.
So today, they celebrate more than a successful year. They celebrate the volunteers who made it possible, the members who showed up, the partners who supported them, and a chapter that continues to elevate the HR profession—one connection, one opportunity, and one leader at a time.
This is what happens when a chapter comes together with purpose.
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