AmyLuyster is the vice president of business and workforce development for The Chamber. As a member of The Chamber’s executive leadership team, she provides leadership for several key Chamber divisions, including the Scranton Lackawanna Industrial Building Company (SLIBCO) and its IGNITE Program, The Scranton Plan, Skills in Scranton, and Leadership Lackawanna. With the Chamber since 1998, Luyster has played an instrumental role in shaping the economic future of Lackawanna County. She guides initiatives that attract new businesses, strengthen existing industries, and foster investment and job creation throughout the region. She builds strategic partnerships that advance innovative marketing and business development strategies in the community. An advocate for workforce and leadership development, Luyster administers programs that pair education and industry sector-based strategies to develop talent pipelines, create meaningful career pathways in high-demand fields and prepare emerging and established professionals with leadership fundamentals. Luyster has been recognized as one of the City & State Pennsylvania’s 2025 Trailblazers in Economic & Workforce Development. Additionally, she was named a Top 25 Women in Business and Top 20 Under 40 by the Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal and was featured as a Northeast Woman by the Scranton Times-Tribune. Deeply committed to community service, Luyster lends her expertise to numerous boards and committees, including the Geisinger Northeast Advisory Council, Lackawanna County Workforce Investment Board, The Advocacy Alliance, Lackawanna County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Circle 200, Lackawanna County Commission for Women, Penn’s Northeast Executive Committee, The Institute for Public Policy & Economic Development, and the Northeastern Pennsylvania Regional Bioscience Initiative. Luyster received a bachelor’s degree from Wilkes University. She has completed advanced programs in nonprofit and leadership development through Villanova University, the University of Scranton, Penn State University, and the U.S. Chamber Foundation, and is an alumna of the IEDC-accredited Economic Development Course in Pennsylvania. Contact Amy Email: ALuyster@ScrantonChamber.com Phone: (570) 342–7711 ext. 134
