Press Release
04-30-07 - D&E COMMUNICATIONS Honors Three Employees With Annual "Delivering Excellence" Awards
D&E COMMUNICATIONS, INC. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 30, 2007 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT PERSON: |
Ephrata, PA -- D&E Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: DECC), a leading provider of integrated communications services in central and eastern Pennsylvania, announced that three of its employees -- Troy A. Knecht of State College, Pa., Judy A. Naylor of Lancaster, Pa., and Sally J. Landis of Denver, Pa..-- have been honored with the company's highest recognition: the "Delivering Excellence" Awards.
"Recipients of these awards demonstrate through their performance the values that were set forth for D&E by its founders," says James W. Morozzi, president and chief executive officer of D&E Communications. "'Delivering Excellence' Award recipients have demonstrated their leadership, vision, integrity, honesty, loyalty, commitment to the team, and involvement in the community - qualities that we look for in every D&E employee."
The William F. Brossman Founder's Award
To receive the William F. Brossman Founder's Award, the recipient must be a visionary and technology leader, team oriented, and customer-service driven. William Brossman founded D&E in 1911. Troy Knecht, senior marketing product development manager, was honored with this award for guiding his team and other departments in researching and working on numerous initiatives to advance telecommunications and data services for customers. An honor graduate of the U. S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion School with certifications in nuclear theory and communications, Knecht is a member of the Society of Cable Television Engineers. He is D&E's representative to the Chamber of Business & Industry of Centre County, and he is D&E's primary contact for real-estate developers, property managers, Penn State University officials, and Centre County government.
Bertha Brossman Blair Leadership Award
The recipient of the Bertha Brossman Blair Leadership Award must be collaborative and inventive as well as skilled at achieving goals. Bertha Brossman Blair led D&E as chairman and president from 1956 to 1985. Judy Naylor, vice president of human resources, received this award for transforming D&E's human resources into a key business and strategic function. D&E's retirement, compensation, employee health benefits, and in-house training programs have been enhanced under her leadership. Naylor graduated from York College and is a certified Senior Professional of Human Resources. In the community, she serves on the Workforce Investment Board, and she has served on the Board of the Susquehanna Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
Anne Brossman Sweigart Community Service Award
The Anne Brossman Sweigart Community Service Award was established to recognize an employee whose outreach and community involvement unselfishly benefits communities served by D&E Communications. Anne Brossman Sweigart led D&E as chairman and president from 1985 to 2004. Sally J. Landis, provisioning manager, received this award for her work with the Cocalico Consortium, the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Junior Achievement as a mentor for young women, United Way as a 2006 campaign leader and Day of Caring coordinator, the Lititz Community Center, and the Lititz 250th Anniversary Parade.
D&E is an integrated communications provider offering highspeed data, Internet access, local and long distance telephone, data, professional IT services, network monitoring, security solutions and video services. Based in Lancaster County, D&E has been serving communities in central Pennsylvania for more than 100 years. For more information, visit www.decommunications.com.