Richard Golden, CEO, Named Governor’s ImPAct Award Recipient

Richard Golden, CEO of Golden Technologies. has been named the Pennsylvania Governor’s Entrepreneur ImPAct Award recipient at today’s Governor’s ImPAct Awards ceremony at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey, PA. The annual Governor’s ImPAct Awards recognizes companies from throughout the state in five categories: Community Impact, Entrepreneurial Impact, Export Impact, Jobs That Pay, and Small Business Impact. The award Mr. Golden received is presented to an entrepreneur who has led his or her company to a position of strength in the marketplace by way of growth in one or all of the following areas: creativity, innovation, managerial ability, leadership skills, and turnaround. Golden was nominated for the award by the Partnerships for Regional Economic Performance (PREP) network. Each of the 10 PREP regions submitted up to five nominations per category. PREP is a statewide network of partners that works to regionalize and coordinate local economic development services to businesses and entrepreneurs. Representatives from the Team Pennsylvania Foundation and Journal Multimedia evaluated the nominations and selected him as the award’s recipient for 2015.