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Active Data CEO, Susan Yee, Named One of Lehigh Valley Business’s 2015 Women of Influence

Bethlehem, PA – March 17, 2015 – Susan Yee, CEO of Active Data, a software company that develops event community engagement platforms for the education, healthcare, government and enterprise markets throughout North America, has been honored by Lehigh Valley Business magazine as one of the 2015 Women of Influence within the Greater Lehigh Valley. Ms. Yee, along with 24 other women in the category, will be recognized at the third annual Women of Influence Awards on May 19, at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, PA. Winners were chosen for this category because of their contributions to their companies, industries and communities.

Susan Yee has worked in influential positions within the Lehigh Valley for over 25 years. She served as the Chief Operating Office of Twin County Cable Television and orchestrated a $100 million merger with RCN, a publicly held cable television company. Proceeds of that merger were used to fund companies in the Internet industry. In 1995 Ms. Yee launched an Internet firm – Regional Network Communications, which built and operated 13 community web sites in partnership with the Media News Group, owner of the Oakland Tribune, and other newspapers across the country. Active Data was founded in 1999 as a spin-off of Regional Network Communications.

Ms. Yee’s time is spent on several boards within the area including Lehigh Valley Health Network Board of Trustees, Lehigh Valley Muhlenberg Hospital Board, Lehigh Valley Cedar Crest Hospital Board, Lehigh Valley Hazelton Hospital Board, Lehigh University College of Education Board of Advisors, Northampton County Community College Foundation Board, and the YWCA Bethlehem Board as an honorary director.

“Time is my enemy as there never seems to be enough of it. Making best use of it by being a productive and useful contributor back to where I live and work makes life meaningful,” said Susan Yee, Active Data CEO. “I truly appreciate being recognized as a Woman of Influence and hope to be a good influence for as long as I can.”

She previously served on C-SPAN’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors, Lehigh University Board of Trustees, Lafayette Ambassador Bank Board of Directors, the Lehigh Valley Economic and Development Corporation Board of Directors, The PA Cable and Telecommunications Executive Committee and Board of Directors, and supports many other community organizations.

The 24 additional 2015 Women of Influence honorees include:
Laura G. Azzalina – Firstrust Bank, Anne Baum – Capital BlueCross, Ann D. Bieber – Lehigh Carbon Community College, Kathryn M. Brown – Concannon Wealth Management, Lynn Collins Cunningham – Greater Lehigh Chamber of Commerce, Lisa Daugherty – Victaulic, Pamela Deller – Lehigh Valley Style, Amani Duncan – C. F. Martin & Co., Barbara Green – Blue Mountain Resort, Sara Hailstone – City of Allentown, Tina I. Hamilton – myHR Partner, Judith A. Harris – Norris Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A., Kate R. Hart Zayaitz – National Penn Bank, Jane Heft – City Center Lehigh Valley, Kassie Hilgert – ArtsQuest, Paula Margraf – Community Services for Children, Maureen O’Meara – HMK Insurance, Elizabeth Ortiz – Cedar Crest College, Hope E. Pearson – New Tripoli Bank, Darlene R. Pors – H.T. Lyons, Inc., Kristine Roddick – KingSpry, Kristen D. Sandel, MD – Reading Health System, Pamela J. Shupp – Greater Reading Economic Partnership, Ann M. Williams – Penn State Lehigh Valley.

About Active Data
Active Data’s calendar solutions make it easy for people to find, register and share events through our event community engagement platform. Our Active Data Calendar and Active Calendar solutions help publish and share events across organizations to drive engagement and awareness of date related data. With over 10,000 licensed users adding events daily, plus tens of thousands more that submit events for approvals, Active Data helps you cure the chronic calendar pain you didn’t know you had. The company was founded in 1999 and serves over 450 clients in the higher education, K12, government, healthcare, corporate and non-profit markets.