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Executive director of public affairs honored as one of state’s most influential leaders over 50
An employee of The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education has been named among Pennsylvania’s most influential leaders over the age of 50.
Kara Seitzinger, the executive director of public affairs and advisor to the president and CEO, has been named in City & State Pennsylvania’s prestigious “Fifty Over 50” list. It recognizes prominent and accomplished leaders in the Keystone State’s government, business, media, advocacy, and nonprofit sectors who are over the age of 50. These individuals are honored for their achievements and their continued impact on the commonwealth, according to the publication.
Honorees include former U.S. Senator Bob Casey Jr.; Jill Murray, president and chief innovation officer of Lackawanna College; and John Fry, president of Temple University. Seitzinger and the other honorees were recognized during a dinner in Philadelphia on Oct. 28.
Kara Seitzinger
Since she began working at The Wright Center in 2020, Seitzinger has cultivated partnerships with business and community leaders to strengthen outreach, enhance visibility, and advance The Wright Center’s mission to improve the health and welfare of communities through responsive, whole-person health services for all and the sustainable renewal of an inspired, competent workforce that is privileged to serve.
Seitzinger plays a key role in fostering visibility of The Wright Center’s integrated model of primary care, behavioral health, dental, and recovery services, which are delivered at The Wright Center’s growing network of community health centers across Northeast Pennsylvania.
She also leads fundraising efforts for The Wright Center for Patient & Community Engagement. The subsidiary of The Wright Center for Community Health helps the most under-resourced individuals and families in Northeast Pennsylvania, including those experiencing poverty, homelessness, food insecurity, social isolation, or other hardships.
In addition to her tireless efforts on behalf of The Wright Center, Seitzinger is also deeply involved in her community. The Scranton native serves on the American Heart Association’s executive leadership board of directors and received its Eastern State Region’s 2024 Distinguished Achievement Award. In 2023, the Pennsylvania Association of Community Health Centers honored her with the APEX Community Ambassador Award. Seitzinger also serves as a board member of Scranton Tomorrow and the Wyoming Valley Run.
City & State is the premier multimedia news organization dedicated to covering Pennsylvania’s local and state politics and policy. To read the “Fifty Over 50” article, go to www.cityandstatepa.com.
Headquartered in Scranton, The Wright Center has a growing network of community health centers across Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne, and Wyoming counties. Its locations offer affordable, comprehensive, high-quality, whole-person primary and preventive health services to people of all ages, income levels, and insurance statuses. Patients typically have the convenience of going to a single location to access integrated medical, dental, behavioral health, addiction and recovery, and Ryan White HIV services.
For more information, visit TheWrightCenter.org or call 570-230-0019.
