Allentown, Pa., August 13, 2024—Lindsay Watson joined the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation’s Board of Governors in July 2024. Lindsay is Co-Founder of award-winning FIA NOW Employment Solutions, and Founder of Joy Fluent, a virtual assistant and support business. She serves on the Community Foundation’s Community Investments Committee.
Lindsay is an award-winning entrepreneur and a seasoned professional in human resources and business development, and public speaking. She brings over 19 years of expertise in staffing, recruiting, relationship management, and career coaching. Committed to guiding individuals across all career levels towards their professional aspirations, Lindsay hails from New England and now calls Lehigh Valley, PA home. From a customer service rep right after college, to having ownership in two companies, Lindsay’s roots in administrative support, connecting others and cultivating diverse relationships still run deep. If you ask Lindsay about her overall purpose, it would be this: “Connecting people to people, and people to opportunities”.
As Co-Founder of award-winning FIA NOW Employment Solutions, and Founder of Joy Fluent, a virtual assistant and support business, she has been involved in ventures that positively impact individuals and communities, fostering multi-million dollar relationships from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses, spanning Wall Street to Main Street.
As a public speaker, Lindsay has spoken at events including at the Lehigh Valley Annual Women’s Summit, Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce Small Business Summit, Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce DEI Summit, SHRM HR Disruptor Summit, The Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Summit and more. Lindsay holds and/or has held board positions at the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, American Heart Association, Miller Keystone Blood Center, Habitat for Humanity, and Women United (a division of the United Way), marking her as the first African American woman to serve on the latter three organizations.
Lindsay has received honors as the 2023 Women of Influence and the 2020 Forty Under 40 award both by the Lehigh Valley Business Journal. She holds a bachelor’s in communications from St. John’s University and Certificates in Women’s Entrepreneurship & Diversity, Equity & Inclusion from Cornell University, the NASDAQ Entrepreneurial Milestone Accelerator and NCBI (National Coalition Building Institute).
“We are thrilled to welcome Lindsay to our Board of Governors said Erika Riddle Petrozelli, CPA, CAP®, President and CEO of LVCF. “Her entrepreneurial spirit, dedication to community service, and commitment to connecting people with opportunities align perfectly with our mission at LVCF.”
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