Our Mission
MetroAction provides impact-driven lending to transform underserved markets by making capital and support resources available to entrepreneurs. In doing so, it creates economic opportunity, stimulates job growth and creates a transformative impact on our region.
MetroAction is a nonprofit community development organization dedicated to providing small business loans and counseling throughout northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA). We are an affiliate organization of The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce.
Since 1997, MetroAction has been committed to providing flexible small business loans to start-up and expanding small businesses. MetroAction is more than just a lender. Our team works hand-in-hand with our loan applicants and borrowers to provide the support needed to grow strong, thriving businesses in our community. As a result, our team has closed more than $14 million in loans and provided thousands of hours of counseling to businesses located in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Our Team
MetroAction’s team has over 50 years of collective experience providing lending and counseling services to small businesses.
Kristine Augustine
Vice President of Membership & Marketing
kaugustine@metroaction.org(570) 342–7711 extension 133
Alicia Tompkins
Small Business and Community Development Specialist
atompkins@metroaction.org(570) 342–7711 extension 127
Lisa Olenick
Business and Community Development Assistant
lkenny@metroaction.org(570) 342-7711 ext 151
Our Board
MetroAction’s volunteer Board of Directors is comprised of individuals that represent various industries and business sectors in the communities we serve.
Joseph Bonsick
President
Immediate Past Chair
Vice President
Vice President
Vice President
Secretary
Assistant Secretary
Treasurer
Assistant Treasurer
Marie Beggin
Penn East Federal Credit Union
Matthew Bickert
Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce
Eileen Cipriani
City of Scranton
Catherine Fox
National Pastry Bake Shop
Matthew Knowles
Knowles Insurance
Kristin Magnotta
Lackawanna County
Nico Makuta
Greater Hazleton CAN DO, Inc.
Timothy McGrath
County of Lackawanna Transit System
Michelle Mikitish
Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce
Alex Molfetas
Center City Print
Shane Powers
NieghborWorks Northeastern Pennsylvania
Bill Rinaldi
Northeastern Economic Development Company
Lucy Singer
Wilkes University Small Business Development Center
Paul Walsh
PS Bank
Talia Walsh
Quest Studio
Our Partners
MetroAction is an affiliate organization of The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce—the largest regional Chamber in northeastern Pennsylvania. Our organization has forged strong partnerships with area business development agencies, financial institutions, and community development organizations to amplify our impact on the communities in which we live and work.
Our team works directly with small businesses to connect them with partners that can assist them in starting or growing their small business. One-on-one counseling is our specialty.
Our Investors
In 1997, a consortium of local financial institutions collaborated to provide capital to start MetoAction’s first revolving loan fund. MetroAction utilized this investment as a catalyst to capitalize its revolving loan funds.
We want to graciously thank those investors and donors that have financially supported MetroAction:
- Bank of America
- Betsy Black Consulting
- Center for eBusiness and Advanced IT
- Citizen’s Bank of Pennsylvania
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Community Bank, N.A.
- Fidelity Deposit and Discount Bank
- First National Bank
- Honesdale National Bank
- M&T Bank
- B&T Bank
- NBT Bank
- Opportunity Finance Network
- Peoples Security Bank
- PNC Bank
- PNC Bank Foundation
- PPL
- Scranton Industrial Development Company
- The Blue Ribbon Foundation of Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Department of Treasury – CDFI Fund
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- Wells Fargo Foundation
- Wells Fargo Bank