Speakers

Introduced by Jamie Alton:

With more than 30 years in the survey research field,  the Center for Opinion Research (COR) at Franklin & Marshall College is much more than the organization that produces the familiar “F&M Poll.” It is a full-scale, nonprofit and nonpartisan survey-research organization within F&M in Lancaster.

Berwood Yost is the Director of the Center for Opinion Research and the Director of the Floyd Institute for Public Policy at Franklin & Marshall College. He is also the Director of the Franklin & Marshall College Poll, which tracks public attitudes toward public policy issues and political campaigns. His scholarship is multidisciplinary and has appeared in journals that include the fields of criminology, human rights, political science, psychology, and public health.

Mr. Yost frequently writes about the results and implications of political campaigns in the state and has closely followed changes within the state’s electorate. His recent work has attempted to identify ideological and partisan patterns among the state’s voters and his recent book, a co-edited volume from Temple University Press, “Are All Politics Nationalized? Evidence from the 2020 Pennsylvania Campaigns,” explores how political campaigns communicate with voters about the issues that are most important to them. Mr. Yost also began publishing a newsletter about state politics in February of 2021 and regularly writes about state politics, polling, and public policy for a general audience. 

Introduced by President Tom:

Rebecca Zalit, Rotary Club of Palmyra, is District Governor for District 7390 for the 2026-2027 Rotary year. 
 
Rebecca is a Lehigh Valley native, born and raised in Allentown, PA prior to moving to the Central Pennsylvania area for college. After completing her undergraduate degree at Millersville University, Rebecca spent some time working in public schools in Augusta, GA before making her way back to the Hershey Area where she now resides with her husband, Doug, in Palmyra. 

Rebecca’s career has been dedicated to serving children and families. She has served in various teaching positions and as a childcare center director. Currently, Rebecca serves as Executive Director of the Palmyra Area Recreation & Parks Commission. 
Rebecca’s Rotary journey began with an alternate meeting hosted by the Rotary Club of Palmyra in 2018. After joining, she served as Club President for two consecutive years. At the district level, she has served as Assistant Governor for Group C and as a committee member on the District DEI Committee, Safety Committee, and Four-Way Speech & Essay Contest Committee. She is a member of the Paul Harris Society. 

Rebecca holds a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Millersville University, a Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Pedagogy from the University of Colorado, and a Master of Arts in Innovative Early Childhood Education from the University of Colorado. She holds Pennsylvania Teaching Certificates for Kindergarten-6th grade and Nursery-Kindergarten, along with a Pennsylvania Director’s Credential. 

Her interests include cooking, gardening, hiking, volunteering, and discovering new places in the community.

Introduced by Christine Sable:

“How Do You Save a Bowling Alley?”

Jordan Steffy is an entrepreneur who loves building things that bring people together. As the owner of Dutch Lanes, a bowling center that has served its community since 1955, he is reimagining what a local gathering place can be. That means growing leagues and competition, tuming the center into a showcase for local businesses, and finding creative new ways to give families a reason to come together.

That mix of community, creativity, and entrepreneurship has shaped his whole career. Playing quarterback at the University of Maryland taught him early how much a team can accomplish when people believe in one another, a lesson he has carried into everything since. After earning his degree there and later an MBA from Columbia Business School, Jordan founded Attollo Prep, a nonprofit built on the belief that young people thrive with high standards and high support. He went on to build in the startup world with StatusPro and to back other founders through Tekfen Ventures. He also serves on the boards of the High Foundation and Elizabethtown College, helping strengthen the institutions that make communities work.

For Jordan, owning a bowling center brings all of it together. It's a creative challenge, an entrepreneurial bet, and a chance to build a place where neighbors connect and everyone feels like they belong.

Jordan lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Kiandra, and their children Meera (11). Maverick (7), and Mielle (2).

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Long before Jordan Steffy became a starting quarterback at the University of Maryland, he was a youngster at 222 Dutch Lanes trying to roll the perfect game. Now his life has come full circle: Steffy and his family are the new owners of the bowling center where he first developed his love of sports.

For Lancaster County sports fans, Steffy is a familiar name. At Conestoga Valley High School, he was a four-year football letterman who threw for 5,587 yards and 51 touchdowns. He was also a four-year basketball letterman and became only the second player in school history to score 1,000 points. His athletic ability took him to the University of Maryland on a football scholarship, where he played quarterback for the Terrapins from 2004 through 2008.

His interests after college extended well beyond sports. Steffy founded the Children Deserve a Chance Foundation and Attollo Prep in 2008. Attollo has developed into a Lancaster-based college-access and leadership-development program for high school students, emphasizing such qualities as resiliency, accountability, sacrifice and competition.

Now another chapter has brought him back to his roots.

222 Dutch Lanes has been a Lancaster County institution for decades. The Montgomery family owned the center beginning in 1986, developing it into a community gathering place for recreational and league bowlers and the home lanes for several area high school bowling teams. The facility also includes an arcade and the 22-hole Dutch Gardens miniature golf course.

In 2026, Steffy and his family became its new owners. Speaking about returning to Dutch Lanes, Steffy described it as a privilege to become part of the future of a place whose history he had personally shared. Former longtime general manager Eric Montgomery put the transition another way: the building and its memories will remain, while new owners create new memories.

That presents Steffy with an interesting challenge. Bowling alleys are more than rows of lanes. They are businesses, sports facilities and gathering places where leagues compete, high school teams practice, families celebrate birthdays and generations of bowlers form friendships. Preserving that tradition while keeping such a facility relevant to today's families requires both respect for its past and ideas for its future.

 

Returning to his roots, Lancaster County native buys 222 Dutch Lanes:

https://lancasteronline.com/business/local_business/returning-to-his-roots-lancaster-county-native-buys-222-dutch-lanes/article_47448e20-e0fb-48e3-9273-611ac67fb577.html

United Way Director of Advocacy & Engagement, Julie Kennedy, will present  the 2026 final reports submitted by the four selected youth organizations.  Through the Rotary/United Way Summer Youth Experience partnership, Lancaster Rotary contributed $45,000 and United Way of Lancaster County contributed $35,000 to help ensure local children and teens have access to safe, engaging, and educational summer programming. These investments supported programs that helped students continue learning, build confidence, explore new interests, and stay connected during the summer months.

The grant partners connect School District of Lancaster families with programs across the City of Lancaster that place students at the center of everything they do. These organizations continually adapt their programs to meet the evolving needs of families during out-of-school months, providing support like meals, clothing, and transportation along the way. Their thoughtful planning creates an engaging, enriching, and joy-filled summer experience for youth throughout all 10 weeks.

The following organizations received 2026 Summer Youth Experience Grants:

Advantage Lancaster
SWAN
Horizons at Lancaster Country Day School
Music for Everyone

Together, these programs provided youth with opportunities for academic enrichment, mentorship, creativity, and personal growth throughout the summer.

United Way of Lancaster County continues to invest in initiatives that expand educational opportunity and support children and families across the community.

Julie Kennedy is the Director of Advocacy & Engagement at United Way of Lancaster County and is in her 9^th year with the organization. A lifelong creative thinker, she finds her comfort zone resides "outside the box". With a BA in Design-Thinking for Social Innovation, she is committed to crafting fresh, new solutions to outdated systems. Prior to her work in non-profits, she worked for Free People, a division of Urban Outfitters, and was part of a team that piloted what we know as “ship-from-store" today. One of her most valued skillsets is her lived experience, and she brings the perspectives of re-entry and recovery with her wherever she goes.

She is proud to continue her family’s legacy of civic engagement and community building. Her great-grandfather, Earl Young Stauffer, and grandfather, J. Richard ‘Dick’ Stauffer, shared a remarkable legacy of civic leadership, volunteerism, and community service in Lancaster County.

Across two generations, their contributions included leadership in the Ephrata Chamber of Commerce, Ephrata Lions Club, Rothsville Fire Company, Boy Scouts of America, and numerous civic and fraternal organizations, reflecting a deep commitment to public service, youth development, and strengthening the communities they called home.

Introduced by Jamie Alton.

Artificial intelligence transforms medicine by accelerating disease detection, automating administrative paperwork, and personalizing patient treatments.  Some of the challenges of AI in healthcare are the risk of algorithmic bias, data privacy concerns, and the need to maintain human empathy in care.

Dr. Christian Park is a Diagnostic Radiologist and Nuclear Medicine physician at Penn State Health, where he serves as Medical Director of Clinical AI for the Community Medical Practice Radiology and Virtual Health.  Dr. Park maintains a full-time active clinical practice, interpreting thousands of studies annually.

As Radiologist his practice includes CT, MRI, PET/CT, Ultrasound, and Nuclear Medicine (oncology/cardiac).

As a Director of AI of both Radiology and Virtual Health, he is an authority on AI algorithm errors, software liability, and standard of care in technology-assisted diagnosis.

His MBA and operational leadership roles provide expertise in hospital workflows, missed diagnoses due to system errors, and radiology administration.

Dr. Park combines the clinical precision of a clinical radiologist with the technical clarity of an operational leader. He can explain complex concepts—from PET/CT physics to AI "Black Box" errors.