Kate Hartney 
Coordinator, Affiliated Chambers & One Stop Operator (Workforce Board of the Lehigh Valley)

Kate is the Affiliated Chambers Coordinator for the Nazareth Area, Hellertown-Lower Saucon and Greater Northampton Area Chambers. In this role, Kate is passionate about bringing diverse perspectives together to solve common challenges and build stronger communities through partnership and allyship.

Kate also proudly serves as the One Stop Operator for the Workforce Board of the Lehigh Valley. In that role, Kate facilitates partnerships between the Workforce Board and other organizations with the goal of improving to the efficiency, technology, and impact goals of the Workforce Board Lehigh Valley. 

She has worked extensively for over a decade in the hospitality industry to provide superior guest experiences in hotels, restaurants, and special event settings, including touring the US and Canada with a top ten comic book publisher for Comic Con events, beverage managing for boutique wedding venues, and bringing fresh and innovative products and services to any table.

Passionate about the lifelong pursuit of education, Kate has studied Hospitality Management at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Graphic Design at Lehigh Carbon Community College, and is passionate about being a competitively successful music and movement educator in the winter percussion arena. She also completed a Grant Writing Certificate at Temple University. 
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She spends her free time developing a nonprofit that teaches percussion to youth with her partner Jill. Together, they have improved the funding sources, equity initiatives, and overall competitive success of numerous competitive independent and scholastic ensembles in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. 

Contact Kate: 
Email: KateH@lehighvalleychamber.org
​Phone: 484-834-7868