{"id":313460,"date":"2026-10-24T15:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T15:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/313460\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T15:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T15:30:08","slug":"greater-pittston-chamber-plans-autumn-breakfast-meeting-wilkes-barre-citizens-voice-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/313460\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater Pittston Chamber plans autumn breakfast meeting \u2013 Wilkes-Barre Citizens&#8217; Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce\u2019s Annual Autumn Breakfast Meeting will be held onFriday, Nov. 6 at the St. Joseph Marello Parish Hall, 241 William Street, Pittston, and catered by Just Fred Catering.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s presentation will be given by John Yudichak, president of Luzerne County CommunityCollege.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"John Yudichak\" width=\"188\" height=\"282\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/CVC-L-PITTSTONCHAMBER-1025-2.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1636091\" \/>John Yudichak<\/p>\n<p>John Yudichak is the eighth president of Luzerne County Community College. Prior to his service at LCCC, President Yudichak devoted 24 years to the public sector serving as a Pennsylvania lawmaker, earning a reputation as an effective consensus builder who accomplished notable community and economic development projects that propelled Northeastern Pennsylvania forward. He served for 12 years as the state senator for the 14th Senate District in Carbon and Luzerne Counties, and for 12 years for the 119th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>A graduate of Greater Nanticoke Area High School and Wyoming Seminary Preparatory School, Yudichak holds a master\u2019s degree in American Studies and a bachelor\u2019s degree in English from Penn State University.<\/p>\n<p>He is the proud father of four daughters, Sarah, Anna, Evelyn, and Grace.<\/p>\n<p>Serving as chair for the event is Clarissa Meade.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Clarissa Meade\" width=\"190\" height=\"285\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/CVC-L-PITTSTONCHAMBER-1025-1.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1636092\" \/>Clarissa Meade<\/p>\n<p>Meade is a native of Newport Township and resides in Avoca with her husband, Matthew. She is a graduate of Greater Nanticoke Area High School and attended Lock Haven University.<\/p>\n<p>Meade started her professional career in Disability and Community Services working one-on-one with individuals with disabilities in the classroom and workplace. She then held management positions at Mohegan Pennsylvania and Hand and Stone Massage and Facial Spa. She serves as a mortgage loan consultant at First Keystone Community Bank.<\/p>\n<p>She serves on fundraising\/event committees for PA Inclusive, Northeast Sight Services, and Dress for Success Luzerne County, and on the Alumni Council for Leadership Northeast. She is a member of the board of directors of the Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce and a graduate of the Leadership Northeast CORE Class of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Invitations have been mailed to all members and friends of the Chamber, and the breakfast is opento the public. Sponsorship opportunities are still available, and reservations can be made onlineuntil Friday, Oct. 30 at www.pittstonchamber.org\/events, or by contacting the Chamber office at570-655-1424 or info@pittstonchamber.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce\u2019s Annual Autumn Breakfast Meeting will be held onFriday, Nov. 6 at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[524,182,803,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-313460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-community","tag-local-news","tag-luzerne-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313460","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=313460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}