Jeremy Young '12

• Vice President of Community & Economic Development, Lancaster City Alliance, leading initiatives that attract investment, support small businesses, and strengthen Lancaster’s neighborhoods

• Acting Managing Director of the City of Lancaster Revitalization and Improvement Zone (CRIZ) Authority, overseeing a $12 million annual tax increment financing program and a $5 million small business fund

• Serves as Vice Chairperson of both the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Lancaster and the Lancaster City Land Bank Authority

• Formerly served with the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office, launching the nationally recognized Disaster Planning for Historic Properties Initiative following Hurricane Sandy

• Master of Urban and Regional Planning and Graduate Certificate in Real Estate Development from Portland State University

• Bachelor of Arts in Geography from Millersville University, where he also received the Geography Faculty Award and the John Ward Willson Loose Award for Local History

• Co-Chaired an Urban Land Institute Technical Assistance Panel developing a revitalization strategy for Downtown Harrisburg

• Conducted economic and demographic analyses as a Graduate Research Assistant at Portland State’s Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies

• Served on the Board of Directors of the Spanish American Civic Association (SACA) and chaired the Supervisory Committee of Finanta Federal Credit Union (formerly Community First Fund)

• Associate Editor of LancasterHistory’s Journal of Lancaster County’s Historical Society

• Honored as a Central Penn Business Journal “Forty Under 40” Awardee (2020) and J.P. McCaskey High School Distinguished Alumni (2016)

• Recently elected to the Millersville University Alumni Association Board of Directors, continuing his dedication to community service and alumni engagement