Business Excellence Dinner

The Business Excellence Dinner honoring Mark Barnhart will be held October 18th, 2021

Held in June, The Business Excellence Dinner is designed to call attention to the importance of outstanding achievement within the business community. The dinner includes the presentation of the "Lifetime Achievement Award for Business Excellence."

The Lifetime Achievement Award for Business Excellence honors an individual who, during the course of at least twenty-five years, has been regarded as a business leader in the region and who has positively impacted the Blair County business community. The awardee must be a member of the Blair County Chamber of Commerce, should have some involvement - past or present - with the Chamber and be regarded as a strong corporate citizen.

A Selection Committee, comprised of members of the Chamber’s Executive Committee, Chamber Staff and Past Award Recipients will review nominations and select the honoree.


Previous Recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award
Ernie Wissinger - 2002 
G. William Ward - 2003
Stephen Sheetz - 2004
Donald Devorris - 2005 
Willard Campbell - 2006 
John Wolf - 2007 
Lee Hite - 2008 
Donald Detwiler - 2009  
Michael McLanahan - 2010 
Barry Smith - 2011 
Fred Imler - 2012 
Ben Stapelfeld - 2013  
William Thompson, Jr. - 2014 
Timothy Sissler - 2015
Marty Marasco - 2016
Harry Sickler - 2017 
Ann Benzel - 2018
​Rex Kaup - 2019

Business Excellence 2021 Dinner Sponsors 

Silver Sponsors 

Bronze Sponsors 
Benzel's Bretzel Bakery Inc. 
Blair Companies
Claysburg Education Foundation
Claysburg - Kimmel School District
Experian
Hometown Bank of PA 
K-B Offset Printing, Inc. 
Leonard S. Fiore, Inc. 
M&T Bank
McCartney's WorkPlace Solutions
McLanahan Corporation
Okonak, Dean & Lechner, P.C.
Penn State Altoona
Seltzer Financial Strategies, LLC
Stuckey Automotive
Tzero
UPMC Altoona