About The High Center
Legacy Built on Leadership and Community
The High Center was founded in 1995 through the vision and generosity of S. Dale High and a group of local business leaders who understood something that remains true today: leading an organization brings challenges that are difficult to navigate alone.
They created a place where family business leaders could speak candidly, learn from one another, access proven expertise, and prepare their organizations for the future.
Over the decades, that community grew—welcoming new generations of family business leaders as well as leaders of privately held companies navigating many of the same questions around growth, people, culture, strategy, succession, and legacy.
In 2023, that commitment expanded again with the creation of The High Center for Nonprofits, bringing the Center’s peer-driven model and leadership resources to nonprofit executives and organizations strengthening communities throughout our region.
Different organizations. Different missions. Many of the same leadership challenges.
What began as a resource for family businesses has grown alongside the leaders and communities we serve. Today, The High Center brings together family businesses, privately held companies, and nonprofit organizations—creating a broader leadership community while staying true to the principles on which the Center was founded.
Built for Leaders and their Teams
Our member organizations employ more than 43,000 people. When one leader grows, the effect reaches every one of those employees and the families and communities they support.
For family and privately held businesses, that might mean planning succession, preparing the next generation, strengthening culture, professionalizing operations, or building a company that lasts for generations.
For nonprofits, it might mean building stronger boards and leadership teams, growing organizational capacity, creating sustainable models, and delivering greater impact for the people you serve.
The organizations are different, but the opportunity is the same: stronger leaders, stronger organizations, stronger communities.
Serving Leaders Across Central PA and the Lehigh Valley
The High Center brings together family businesses, privately held companies, and nonprofits from nine counties: Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, York
Three Transformative Services
Great leadership doesn’t come from one seminar, one conversation, or one good idea. It develops over time—through insight, learning, relationships, and action. That’s why our work is built around three connected experiences.
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