Posted on April 13, 2018 by Devon Beck

GoggleWorks’ James Pastore honored as a top young professional

GoggleWorks’ James Pastore honored as a top young professional

Lehigh Valley Business Honors Director of Program Operations with a Prestigious 40 Under 40 Award

Reading, PA – Lehigh Valley Business Journal has announced that James Pastore, the Director of Program Operations at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, will be honored with one of their annual 40 Under 40 Awards.

This will be the second consecutive year that business professionals from GoggleWorks earned the coveted award, which celebrates 40 of the Greater Lehigh Valley’s most accomplished young businessmen and women who have made headlines in their field and who share a commitment to business growth, professional excellence and to the community. 

“James is an inimitable force at GoggleWorks,” said Levi Landis, Executive Director of the art center located in downtown Reading, PA. “He brings an artists’ mind to the craft of leadership, launching inventive new programs and thoughtfully engaging our students and visitors.”

Award recipients will be honored at the 40 Under 40 awards ceremony this evening. The honorees will also be featured in a special supplement to Lehigh Valley Business Journal.

The full list of award recipients is:

Cassaundra M. Amato, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley

Matthew Archey, Borton-Lawson

Thomas Arndt, Electronic Fluorocarbons, LLC

Lora C. Bastin, Populytics, Inc.

Kristin Boyd Edwards, Reading School District

Stacie Brennan, ArtsQuest

Holly Burns, Robbins Rehabilitation

Michael E. Clark, Lehigh Valley Steelhawks Professional Arena Football

Keely Jac Collins, King,Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul LLC

Joseph Correia, J.G. Petrucci Company Inc.

Conor F. Delaney, The Good Life Companies

David DeLasCasas Kurvink, Kids Play Tennis Community Outreach Program/ DeSales University

Blaise Delfino, Fader Plugs, LLC

John Fistner, AblePay Health

Jordan Frankel, Shift4 Payments, LLC

Jessica Goffredo Pantaleo, PennCap Properties

Lisa Jordan, Touchstone Theatre

Alex Karapetian, Acopian Power Supplies

Sara Kimble, Red Door Early Learning Center

Jessica Klocek, MKSD architects

Stephanie A. Koenig, Zator Law

Diana Laquinta, St. Luke’s University Health Network

Matthew C. McConnell, Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority

Patricia Meyers, Lehigh Valley Restaurant Group, Red Robin

Mark A. Morella, Jr., JMT Industrial & Environmental Contracting Services

Sarah M. Murray, Gross McGinley, LLP

Stephen T. Nowroski, City of Easton

Tyler J. Papaz, Cornerstone Advisors Asset Management, LLC

Thomas E. Parker, Allentown School District

James Pastore, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts

Joshua Pollet, Herbein + Company, Inc.

Kaisha Rosa, Langan

Bryce E. Ruggieri, Embassy Bank for the Lehigh Valley

Amy Saul, Moravian College

Thomas J. Schlegel, Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba, PC

Anne Schott, Palram Americas

Vinti Shah, Reading Hospital – Tower Health

Amy Steigerwalt, OraSure Technologies

Nick Tranguch, BSI Corporate Benefits

Jake Warfel, Klunk & Millan Advertising

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Community Testimonials

Wish my town had a channel like this, very cool idea to bring the community together and give people a platform.

James

I wanted to thank you again for the opportunity you have created for our kids.  This experience is more than the TV show.  Eight students who probably never would have talked to each other were excited to execute a plan. Know that you make a difference.

Kristi

Thanks for your commitment to communication far and wide, for your technical support, and tireless efforts to bring fresh programs to BCTV. Bravo!

Liz

Thank you for always being receptive to my ideas. All of your efforts help me to help others and that is a blessing to me.

Adrean

Fantastic work and thanks so much for the quick turnaround!  Always a pleasure to work with you and the rest of the BCTV team!

Jim

Thank you and your staff for all you do to accommodate so many different shows, personalities, etc.!  Can’t be easy, but we really do appreciate it.

Martha

I am happy and proud to be a part of such a dedicated assembly of talent and purpose. Thank you for being a part of my efforts to promote theater and the arts in this region.

David