Tea Jay Aikey, President & CEO
Tea Jay Aikey was named President & CEO of the Chamber and its affiliates in October 2017. Hired in March of 2011, she was previously the Finance & Membership Director and Executive Assistant.
Tea Jay utilizes her experience in manufacturing, marketing and customer service to assist Chamber members. She owes her success to being extremely organized, highly motivated and a dedicated self-starter.
She works for the members and aims to serve, protect and promote their endeavors. She is incredibly proud of the Chamber’s growth of 85 percent over the last decade.
Tea Jay is compassionate and committed to helping others, which makes her job with the Central PA Chamber a perfect fit. She has also served the Greater Susquehanna Valley Toastmasters International Club in various capacities and sat on the advisory board of the local Salvation Army, with whom she annually dedicated a day to ring the bell for the Red Kettle Campaign. In addition, she played an essential role in creating local job fairs focused on giving second chances to re-entry candidates release from prison.
She currently serves on the Board of Administration for Delaware Run Wesleyan Church where she is a member and is also a volunteer with the Prisoner Visitation & Support (PVS) organization.
Tea Jay, who lives near Mifflinburg, always believes in doing what is right for the members versus what may be easy, and has been described as a trail blazer.