Harrisburg Young Professionals highlights its 2025 Executive Board

HARRISBURG, Pa. (February 5, 2025) – Harrisburg Young Professionals (HYP) is excited to announce its 2025 Executive slate!

HYP’s Leadership consists of committee co-chairs and a board of directors, including a five-person executive team working alongside their Executive Director. With much excitement, HYP elected Angela Capeles as President for 2025. Angela is currently the CEO of Capeles Agency. She has been a member of HYP since 2021 and was co-Vice President in 2024.

Along with Angela, the following Executive Board Members began their terms on January 1, 2025:
Vice President – Kelly Smith, Community Engagement Officer with the Pennsylvania State Police
Vice President – Rebekah Harriger, Senior Director of Career Services & Experiential Learning at Harrisburg University
Treasurer – Andrew Essis, Partner at Flowers & Flowers CPAs
Secretary – Alexandria DeCicco, Assistant Principal at Derry Township School District 

Angela is excited for this new chapter, saying, “I am honored and thrilled to serve as the President of Harrisburg Young Professionals.  Together with our board and dedicated members, I am committed to building on the organization’s legacy and ensuring that HYP remains a vital force in our community.”

In 2025, HYP retained 11 other board members:
Adam Porter, Co-Founder of Pursuit Coworking and Annual Giving Officer at Girl Scouts in the Heart of PA
Ali McFadden, Digital Marketing Specialist Members 1st Federal Credit Union
Justine Fabian, Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley
Olivia Edwards Rindfuss, Senior Associate at Triad Strategies
Sarah Knehr, Senior Project Manager at Quandel Construction Group
Sydney Kyler, Chief Operating Officer at Enders
Haley Baumgarten, Lead Therapist at Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute
Jenna Reitz, Community Engagement Coordinator at Members 1st Federal Credit Union
Iqbal Singh, Senior Vice President at First National Bank
Faniel Yemane, Senior Account Executive at iDrive Interactive, LLC
Alecia Justice, President at e&e IT Consulting Services, Inc.

HYP hopes to welcome several new Board of Advisors in early 2025 to round out this passionate group of individuals.

Please join HYP at their Annual Meeting on Wednesday, February 26th, at HACC for an opportunity to meet leadership, network with members and community stakeholders, and celebrate the impactful efforts of 2024. 


ABOUT HARRISBURG YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

Harrisburg Young Professionals (HYP) is a group of young, active, civic-minded professionals who have a clear vision of Harrisburg’s future as a great place to live, work, and play. We are part of a movement that is breathing new life into urban areas and lessening the negative impact of suburban sprawl. We also work to prevent the migration of educated young professionals to larger cities (often referred to as “brain drain”) and to encourage those who have left to return to the Central Pennsylvania region.

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