Chris Kulp (President)
Michelle Landis (Vice President)
Tim Charlesworth (Treasurer)
William Apluagh
Santa Bannon
Tim Charlesworth
Anthony Crisafulli
Rob Guerriere
Elise Hill
Carol Koenig
Sheryl Maher
Mark Metzgar
Elizabeth Ortiz
Lisa Ruth
Rob Schmidt
Emrich Stellar II
Emrich Stellar III
Melinda Stitt
Mary Jo Whitson
Timothy Charlesworth has practiced law for over 30 years, and has been with Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba since the firm’s inception. Currently, he is a Shareholder in the firm’s Corporate, Business and Banking Group. Mr. Charlesworth is also an instructor at DeSales University in the field of International Business Law, and, since 2014 has regularly taught Masters of International Business Administration classes at the ESDES School of Management, which is part of the Catholic University of Lyon (France).
He is the President of the World Trade Club of the Lehigh Valley and is involved in many other community, business and legal organizations.
He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (B.A. 1982) and American University’s Washington College of Law (J.D. 1985). Mr. Charlesworth is admitted to practice before all courts in Pennsylvania, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of International Trade and other federal courts.
Michelle Landis is founder and principal of Pinnacle 7, Inc. and a certified Master Business Coach with ActionCOACH. She is an educator and a business professional with over 30 years experience in the business world running both small and medium-sized businesses. She has an extensive background in education, executive management, non-profit management, and entrepreneurial pursuits.
Michelle’s diverse background includes “hands-on” start-up experience with three successful small businesses she founded, a broad international focus including consulting assignments in China, and executive leadership roles with General Electric, Dun & Bradstreet and Armstrong World Industries. Michelle has most recently expanded her leadership and executive coaching to include non-profit organizations due to her on-going coaching work in the non-profit sector.
As a top producer with GE Capital, Michelle led a major re-engineering effort that delivered over $58 million to the bottom line. She developed a keen understanding and empathy for the challenges small businesses face when she was COO and acting President of GE Capital’s SBA business. As a senior executive with GE, Michelle was a frequent presenter for operations and strategy reviews to the GE Board led by Jack Welch.
Michelle has a master’s degree in management, business administration from Penn State University and a bachelor’s degree in education from Millersville University. She is a graduate of GE’s world-renowned executive leadership training program and is a certified six sigma master black belt. Michelle’s success is case studied in the book, “Making Six Sigma Last” by George Eckes.
Michelle is a frequent speaker and presenter throughout the Greater Lehigh Valley and Philadelphia area. She has won the prestigious Lehigh Valley SUITS award for management consulting excellence, was a recipient of the Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal’s Spotlight Award for business and community leadership and a past recipient of the Easton Chamber’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Award in recognition of her business leadership. She is a member of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce where she served on the Board of the Small Business Council and chaired the Masterminds Committee. She is also an active member of the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation, the Good Shepherd Women’s Giving Circle where she was the past Chair of the Leadership Team, and is a member of the Foundation Board for the Charter School for the Arts in Bethlehem.
Since 1989, Emrich Stellar has practiced the “Serve First” philosophy by seeking to understand before seeking to be understood. Emrich is the Mid-Atlantic Partner of Equity Strategies Group (ESG) and the owner of Stellar Advisor. He and his team provide leadership and creativity in the areas of Business Succession, Estate, and Charitable Planning. Emrich’s commitment starts with understanding his client’s aspirations and “3 AM Questions!” He and his team have processes to provide clarity and value with a unique ability to make complex problems and solutions easy to understand. Understanding what it takes to build and preserve security flows from his years as an entrepreneur and experience working with successful business owners.
In addition to the Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) and Certified Life Underwriter (CLU) designations, Emrich is one of the first Certified Business Exit Consultant (CBEC) designees. This rigorous study demonstrates competence and leadership in the psychological and technical areas of Business Succession Planning. As a Founder of the Business Intelligence Institute (BII) and CBEC, Emrich knows the process that BII deploys is unbiased unlike others in the Business Exit Planning marketplace. Our goal is to help clients meet their goals by helping them
understand and quantify their options, with the capabilities to deploy the options that are most appropriate.
Family and community are important to Emrich. He is married with four children. He is the past Treasurer of the Lehigh County Authority Board and elected to two
terms as a Lehigh County Commissioner. He is a past President of the Lehigh Valley Society of Financial Services Professionals and a Scout Leader has also served as a Cub Master. He is on the Foundation Board of The Lehigh ValleyCharter High School for the Arts.