Annual Celebration

Bob Durkin is President and CEO of the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce, overseeing planning, finances, staffing and programing of the Chamber and its affiliates – Scranton Lackawanna Industrial Building Company, Lackawanna Industrial Fund Enterprises, MetroAction, Inc., Leadership Lackawanna, Skills in Scranton, and The Scranton Plan.

Durkin previously served as President of the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute; founding Director of the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority; Vice-President of the Chamber; and has worked in various capacities in the non-profit and regional government arenas.

He is a 1981 graduate of Penn State University and undertook advanced studies at the PSU Institute for Public Administration and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute of Organizational Management at the University of Delaware. 

Bob serves on numerous professional and community-based organizations including:

– Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Major-Cities Roundtable

– Penn State Scranton Advisory Board – Board Member

– Foundation for Free Enterprise – Board Member

– Institute for Public Policy – Advisory Board Member

– Regional Foundation, LLC – Treasurer

– Lackawanna County Department of Health – Board Member

– ARC of Northeastern Pennsylvania Foundation – Board Member

Bob and his family are active in several special needs related programs, including Challenger Baseball and Special Olympics. He resides in his native Olyphant with his wife Sherry. They are the parents of a daughter (Jessica) and son (Kevin).