Sally Handlon
Program HostSally is an active member of both the Lehigh Valley business community and non-profit community for over 40 years. She has been blessed with the opportunity to support both civic and business activity throughout the Lehigh Valley. She is currently on the board of the Rising Tide Community Loan Fund. Her past board and leadership roles include: WDIY, Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation, Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, The Hillside School, South Bethlehem Historical Society, Bethlehem Downtown Merchants Association, Allentown YWCA, Allentown Neighbor Housing and SouthSide Film Festival.
Since 2009, she has been able to showcase monthly Lehigh Valley small businesses and wellness organizations as a community host on WDIY 88.1 FM (NPR) as part of the Public Affairs radio program, Lehigh Valley Discourse. Starting in 2022, she will host Lehigh Valley Business Beat and Wellness Lehigh Valley which will be available on all major podcast platforms.
A graduate of Penn State University (WE ARE!) with post-graduate business courses at Muhlenberg College and Bucknell University, Sally considers herself to be a “leading edge millennial” by changing careers about every five years – financial services, call center management, retail & commercial lending, higher education, community & institutional recreation, community health planning, retail business owner, corporate mergers & acquisitions. However, Handlon Business Resources is now 16+ years along and is a short-term project management partner to executives and business owners in implementing the long, overdue recommendations to move a company forward.
As a “senior” I have challenged myself by taking several courses: David Winston’s Center for Herbal Studies, two year and graduate program; Tom Peter’s Excellence Audit Facilitation (I am one of 10 in the US) for his Future Shape of the Winners program and most recently, a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the world’s largest nutrition school and has Integrative Nutrition Health Coach certification. My new journey in the wellness lane is housed in HBR LLC. (www.hbrllc.com) - Sally
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Sally Handlon welcomes K. Scott Stine and Bruce Wilson of Grid & Energy Master Planning to share ways for businesses to make their facilities more environmentally friendly.
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Sally Handlon sits down with Brett Bacho, President of Kitchen Magic, to talk about the kitchen as the heart of a home and the importance of something like cabinetry that's always overlooked.
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Sally Handlon sits down with Carol Ritter and Eric Shamis of the Bethlehem Food CoOp in this special mix of Wellness Lehigh Valley and Lehigh Valley Business Beat.
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Sally Handlon welcomes Brad Kunsman, Penn State Extension Educator and Water Resources and Master Watershed Steward, to discuss efforts to protect the condition of our water sources.
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Sally Handlon discusses the Creative Business Loan Fund with Sarah Merritt, Director of PA Creative Communities and the PA Council on the Arts, and Chris Hudock, Associate Director for Business Development at Community Action Lehigh Valley.
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Sally Handlon and co-hosts Becky Bradley and Matt Assad of the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission discuss development throughout the year so far and the burst of development plans introduced in October.
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Sally Handlon welcomes Peter Yenawine to talk about the healing garden he created at LVHN Muhlenberg, his inspiration for the space, and the benefits of having it.
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Sally Handlon discusses SCORE Lehigh Valley, which provides business consulting/mentoring to businesses of all stages, with her guest Gene Murtha, an 11-year volunteer and business expert in the toy, game, and gift industry, as well as international sales.
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Sally Handlon speaks with Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation’s Don Cunningham about the region's business landscape, the LVEDC's recent Tech Hub application, its new branding, and more.
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Sally Handlon welcomes Avery Daniels and Hana Cannon from Community Bike Works to talk about how this organization is supporting and nourishing youth across the Lehigh Valley.