Business leaders to present April 23 professional seminar

York College’s Center for Professional Excellence will present two local business leaders talking about how their experiences have shaped their definition of professionalism. George Glatfelter, chairman and CEO of Glatfelter Company, and Laura Wand, director of marketing for Johnson Controls, will speak at 10 a.m., April 23, in DeMeester Recital Hall, Evelyn and Earle Wolf Hall.  The event is open to the public free of charge.

A member of York College’s Board of Trustees, Wand is active in the York community. She serves on the board of the York County Economic Development Corporation and of the York Health Foundation. A graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology, Wand has held numerous positions at Johnson Controls, formerly York International.

York College trustee George H. Glatfelter II earned a bachelor’s degree from Roanoke College in 1975 and began his business career with Glatfelter in 1977. During his tenure at Glatfelter, he has held positions in human resources, maintenance and engineering, operations, planning, sales and marketing, leading to his election as a director of the company in 1992. He was appointed to the position of senior vice president in 1995 with operating and sales responsibilities for the Company. In 1998, he was elected president and chief executive officer, and assumed the responsibility of chairman in 1999.

Glatfelter also serves as a director of Met-Pro Corporation, a manufacturer of product recovery and pollution control equipment for industrial applications, and as a director of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay.

Seventy percent of York's alumni say the College prepared them as a professional in their chosen field. The Center for Professional Excellence was established in 2009 to build upon that tradition and strengthen York's promise of professional preparation for current students. Guided by an advisory board of human resources and business executives, the Center develops and executes a national poll that defines the characteristics of professionalism, and assists in developing meaningful co-curricular programs that exemplify professional characteristics. Information on how York College is preparing students to be professionals in any career is available at the Center for Professional Excellence website, www.ycp.edu/cpe.