Are you a rising professional looking to get involved in the community?
Emerging Leaders Society may be the right fit for you!
United Way of York County’s Emerging Leaders Society is a network of young professionals (21 to 40-ish years of age) who are personally invested in building a thriving community through the programs and grant-making of United Way of York County. Through personal financial investment, networking events, and hands-on volunteering opportunities, ELS members leverage the power of United Way to give back, get involved, and take action.
Purpose: To build an equitably thriving York by engaging emerging community leaders and United Way supporters through financial giving, volunteerism, education, and networking.
Vision: For each member to develop their relationship with United Way of York County by furthering our organizational mission to assist working households in our community on their journey toward financial stability.
Some recent 2025 accomplishments and events from the UWYC Emerging Leaders Society include:
- Provided recommendations as volunteer grant reviewers for UWYC's Early Childhood Education Center grants
- Networked with mentors and Leadership Givers at the spring 2025 First Capital Club reception
- Volunteered at Spring Into Action Day, serving a variety of York County nonprofits
- Raised funds for United Way of York County during Give Local York through a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign
2025 Emerging Leaders Society Steering Committee
Nicholas Beck, Beck Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Inc., Chair
Courtney Buechler, CGA Law Firm
Corbin Chevaux, RBC Wealth Management
Zachary Claghorn, Ledge Inc.
Olivia Cottle, RKL
Jamal Evans, McConkey Insurance & Benefits
Jennifer Gephardt, Glatfelter Insurance Group, Vice Chair
Ashley Leary, United Way of Pennsylvania
Gina Spellman, Weinstein Reality Consultants
Please save the date for a Summer Social & Fundraiser with ELS at Woof Bar (inside New York Wire Works) on Thursday, June 26! Members and guests are welcome. More details to come.
For more information about joining Emerging Leaders Society or investing as a corporate sponsor, please contact Deborah Best, Staff Liaison to Emerging Leaders Society, at dbest@unitedway-york.org or call 717-843-0957 x805.
