{"id":271779,"date":"2026-08-25T07:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T07:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271779\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T07:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T07:46:08","slug":"harding-co-chairs-womens-leadership-caucus-hosts-reception-featuring-first-lady-of-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271779\/","title":{"rendered":"Harding co-chairs women\u2019s leadership caucus; hosts reception featuring first lady of Pa. &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lockhaven.com\/news\/local-news\/\" class=\"article_cat_label\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Womens-Leadership-470x130.webp\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>PHOTO PROVIDED<br \/>\nClinton County Commissioner Angela Harding, who co-chairs the Women\u2019s Leadership Caucus for the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP) organized a summer reception at CCAP\u2019s annual conference in Monroe County early in August. The reception included special guest, Pennsylvania\u2019s First Lady Lori Shapiro.<\/p>\n<p>LOCK HAVEN &#8212; As co-chair of the Women&#8217;s Leadership Caucus for the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP), Clinton County Commissioner Angela Harding organized a summer reception during CCAP&#8217;s annual conference and trade show earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The reception in Monroe County, held each summer, was at Kalahari Resorts and Conventions and featured a number of special guests including First Lady of Pennsylvania, Lori Shapiro.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is extremely empowering to work with such a strong group of women. Not only to advance our networking and resources but to collaborate on opportunities,&#8221; Harding said. &#8220;Co-chairing the Women&#8217;s Leadership Caucus is a privilege and I am honored to be a part of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Harding co-chairs the caucus with Union County Commissioner Stacy Richards.<\/p>\n<p>The reception included female commissioners and council women, county leaders and private sector professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Special guests beyond the first lady included Secretary of Human Services Val Arkoosh, Executive Director of the Governor&#8217;s Advisory Commission on Women Ashley Walkowiak and the Governor&#8217;s Office of Public Engagement Director Teresa Dennis.<\/p>\n<p>The Women&#8217;s Leadership Caucus held their summer reception during CCAP&#8217;s Annual Conference and Trade Show at Kalahari Resorts and Conventions in Monroe County.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro and Arkoosh offered comments regarding the work that both of their offices are focusing on to support women of all ages across the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local news PHOTO PROVIDED Clinton County Commissioner Angela Harding, who co-chairs the Women\u2019s Leadership Caucus for the County&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-271779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}