DATE: December 13, 2022

TIME: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

LOCATION: Lancaster Chamber

COST: $40 Member

$55 Future Member

What is the Community Leaders Forum?

The Community Leaders Forum provides a platform for local professionals to share their stories with the next generation of leaders in the workforce. From providing inspiration for young professionals entering the workforce to offering insight on career challenges and business setbacks for mid-career professionals, the Community Leaders Forum provides practical personal and professional strategies applicable to all. 

Meet the speakers!

Ashlinn Masland-Sarani

Ashlinn is passionate about mindful listening, cultivating empathy, and staying curious. She’s worked in the community benefit sector for nearly her whole career and is currently the Director of Forever Lancaster at the Lancaster County Community Foundation. Ashlinn connects with people, businesses, and nonprofits from all over the county (and beyond!) to explore ways they can give in our extraordinary community. With a diverse background in policy, communications, and development, her favorite part of work is welcoming others and building relationships. Ashlinn also loves connecting about the beautiful chaos of having a career and being a parent, writing, career and leadership development, learning about different cultures, and traveling. 

Jennifer Craighead Carey

Jennifer is a partner in the firm’s Employment Practice Group and concentrates her practice in the areas of labor and employment law as well as school law. In the area of employment law, Jennifer serves as both a counselor and a litigator. In her litigation role, Jennifer has handled cases at both the administrative level and in state and federal court. Jennifer regularly practices before the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as well as administrative agencies throughout the country, handling all manner of discrimination and retaliation claims. Jennifer routinely handles litigation in the Federal District Courts in both the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania. Jennifer has obtained summary judgment and successful verdicts on behalf of her employer clients in numerous cases involving discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. In addition to defending discrimination cases involving sex, race, color, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, Veteran’s or military leave status, and other legally protected classes, Jennifer has also handled litigation for employers both at the administrative level and in state and federal courts involving claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Executive Order 11246, the False Claims Act, the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), and comparable state and local ordinances.

Kris Bradley

Founder and Owner of NameSpark - a Lancaster-based social media marketing and advertising firm devoted to helping local small businesses and nonprofits market themselves successfully online. Master's Degree in Internet Marketing from Full Sail University. 16+ years of marketing experience. Dad of two amazing daughters and a passionate (sometimes ridiculous) sports fan. 

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