The Penn-Mar HEART Award program recognizes team members whose passion and performance leave the mark of their own legacy through exceptional demonstrations of Honesty, Excellence, Advocacy, Respect, and Teamwork. Kelly Baker, nominated by Jennifer Skelly “In 2016 Penn-Mar created the Career Ladder Program. Although there were several...
Penn-Mar team members, families and self-advocates were out in force this past May, meeting with legislators in Harrisburg and co-hosting a Legislative Roundtable with Pennsylvania Advocacy and Resources for Autism and Intellectual Disability (PAR), the largest and most active association of intellectual disability and autism...
- Maryland Daily Record’s Annual Award Honors Maryland’s Top Leaders - October 2, 2023 Baltimore – Penn-Mar Human Services, the region’s leading provider of services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), is proud to announce that President & CEO Greg Miller has been named one...
By Gregory T. Miller, President and Chief Executive Officer, Penn-Mar Human Services | Chief Executive Officer, Penn-Mar Foundation From September 10-16 we are celebrating Direct Support Professional Recognition Week to highlight the dedicated, innovative DSP workforce that is the heart and soul of supports for people...
[caption id="attachment_8849" align="alignleft" width="224"] Jay and Keith serve up some smiles in front of Bonkey's flagship Ice Cream & Snoballs shop in New Freedom, Pennsylvania.[/caption]Jay Griffin loves Bonkey’s Ice Cream & Snoballs, not because of their delicious frozen confections (in which he would surely indulge,...
By Courtenay Dudek, Job Developer, DSP III | Penn-Mar Human Services Content Note: this blog post discusses loss and grief. In the almost seventeen years I have worked in the human services field, a prominent occurrence has been grief. C. S. Lewis said if we love anything...
By Gregory T. Miller, President and Chief Executive Officer, Penn-Mar Human Services | Chief Executive Officer, Penn-Mar Foundation [caption id="attachment_1672" align="alignleft" width="300"] Gregory MillerPresident/CEO Penn-Mar Human Services[/caption]I hope all of you have had the time to pick up a book (or Kindle) this summer that you...
Success in any career — especially in the field of human services — involves mastering certain skills. Among these, one essential yet often overlooked attribute is emotional intelligence (EI or EQ for "emotional quotient"). But what is emotional intelligence?Emotional intelligence is the capacity to recognize,...
By Gregory T. Miller, President and Chief Executive Officer, Penn-Mar Human Services | Chief Executive Officer, Penn-Mar Foundation [caption id="attachment_1672" align="alignleft" width="300"] Gregory MillerPresident/CEO Penn-Mar Human Services[/caption] Between the difficulties we faced during the COVID pandemic and the subsequent staffing shortages, we have asked a lot of...
[caption id="attachment_8481" align="alignleft" width="225"] Coty Dougherty prepares to load a tube onto the bailer at Greif York.[/caption] After a hard day’s work, Coty Daugherty likes to come home, kick off his boots and relax. His job at Greif York is physically demanding, but he loves it....