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Hear from Acclaimed Experts From breakfast seminars to evening events, The High Center has developed unique programs with the specific goal of providing material and information useful in day-to-day activities as well as long range planning for your business. The Center’s seminars are conducted by industry-acclaimed family business experts and explore topics from succession planning […]

James E. Shreiner is the retired Senior Executive Vice President and senior Administrative services officer for Fulton Financial Corporation, the parent company of Fulton Bank.    Fulton Financial has $17 billion in assets and owns six banking institutions located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.  Shreiner joined Fulton Bank in 1975 and spent […]

After over thirty years of collaborating with her mother and two brothers to lead the development of Kitchen Kettle Village, Joanne has decided to make way for the third generation of family members. Kitchen Kettle started as a small retail store with a manufacturing kitchen and grew to become a community of over 35 shops, […]

John Lee manages Griffin’s Commercial, Industrial and Services Group. He has extensive experience in providing merger and acquisition advisory services, private placements of debt and equity capital, and management buyout advisory services for middle market companies in a wide range of industries. His experience includes sourcing, initiating or managing over 50 investment banking transactions for […]

Wealth Management John has been in the financial services industry for over 25 years. Providing objective advice and tailored solutions, John works directly with affluent clients and successful business owners. He offers an array of client specific estate and business succession planning products and services.  He works with his clients in a consultative manner that clearly […]

John brings a firsthand knowledge of what it takes to succeed in business to the High Center. As the former president and CEO of Morefield Communications, he led his team to unprecedented growth, while shifting the business to one dominated by IT Services and Data Networking.   During that time, the company established an outside […]

Legal John T. Reed is a partner with the law firm Barley Snyder. He chairs the Business Law Practice Group. John’s practice is concentrated in general corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, business start-ups and formations, contract negotiation, and counseling on family-owned business issues such as succession planning and buy-sell agreements. Barley Snyder is one of […]

Contact Julie: larisonj@etown.edu Leading the Nonprofit Center is Managing Director, Julie A. Larison. Prior to joining the High Center, Larison served as Senior Director of Membership Services for the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA) in Reading, Pa., where she led the Business Development Support Services team and managed membership programs and services. From 2007 to […]

Wealth Management Kristen L. Hartman is the Chief Fiduciary Officer and Manager of Trust Services with Clermont Wealth Strategies. Clermont Wealth Strategies is a financial services firm that operates through Fulton Bank, N.A. and other subsidiaries of Fulton Financial Corporation and is headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Clermont works to create customized financial solutions to meet […]

Hear From Acclaimed Experts From breakfast seminars to evening events, The High Center has developed unique programs with the specific goal of providing material and information useful in day-to-day activities as well as long range planning for your business. The Center’s seminars are conducted by industry-acclaimed privately-held and family-owned business experts and explore topics from […]