John L. Augustine III
John L Augustine III, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Penn’s
Northeast – a five county regional economic development organization.
Mr. Augustine most recently served as the Community Outreach Manager for the
Marcellus Shale Coalition, the State’s lead trade organization for the
responsible development of the Marcellus and Utica Shale.
Prior to that, he was the Senior Economic Development Director for the
Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business & Industry, where he was in charge
of marketing available real estate within their five business parks and oversaw
the development and growth of the Innovation Center @ Wilkes-Barre, a successful
business incubator.
Augustine has more than 20 years of economic development experience working
with local and national firms as well as elected officials, business and
community leaders. His background includes economic and community
development, site selection, financing, regional planning, technology
implementation, capital fundraising, operations and strategic planning.
He sits on numerous boards and was most recently appointed to the PA Advisory
Committee for the US Global Leadership Coalition.