New Member Classification Talk

Please join us to learn more about our newest member, Bill Keba.  

Bill had a 37-year career in the anthracite mining and supply chain industries of NE Penna, beginning in operations and ending in executive management. Most of his time was spent developing an anthracite refining/ preparation company which was very “hands on.” He was a board member of other coal companies and the Pennsylvania Anthracite Council and member of the Penn-Anthracite section of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME).

During the transition time, between selling the business’s assets and returning to university, Bill was a member of church council and a member of the mutual ministry committee, a volunteer correspondent for a non-profit in the green energy sector, Advanced Biofuels USA, did a short stint as a volunteer for Lehigh Valley Hospital Center in the N.O.D.A.  program (No One Dies Alone.) Bill has been a member of Toastmasters International since 2017, is a member and held several leadership positions in the Lehigh Valley Toastmasters club and was a Toastmasters Club Coach. Bill resides in Lowhill Township with Debby, his wife of 37 years. They have 4 adult children.  

In addition, we will be honoring Peyton Knowles for the Allentown West Rotary Student of the Month. She's a Parkland High School senior in the Plumbing & Heating program at LCTI. She followed in the footsteps of her two older sisters, Paige and Mikayla, who were also in LCTI's Plumbing & Heating program. Peyton is the current SkillsUSA president (PM session) at LCTI and will compete at SkillsUSA District 11 Championships for the second year in a row later this month. In addition, she's on co-op with Mastery Plumbing of Coopersburg. We are very proud of her accomplishments.