CCAP spotlights Union County's Jeff Reber in Member Monday post

CCAP’s Member Monday post highlighted Jeff Reber just as Union County is still counting on its three commissioners to handle the county budget, fiscal management and administration in Lewisburg. Reber, the county’s vice-chair, also sits on CCAP’s Board of Directors and leads the organization’s Elections Reform policy committee.

Reber told the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee on Sept. 25, 2024, that counties appreciate the General Assembly’s attention to election and voting issues. His testimony focused on absentee and mail-in ballot access, putting him squarely in the middle of Pennsylvania’s ongoing debates over how elections are run and who controls the rules that govern them.

Union County’s commissioners, Reber, Preston Boop and Stacy Richards, form the county’s chief governing board. The county’s own description of that office says commissioners are responsible for policy making, fiscal management, administration, the annual budget and appointments to boards and authorities. Reber’s role on CCAP gives him a statewide platform, but the county’s day-to-day powers still rest with the local board in Union County Government Center in Lewisburg.

A 2024 speaker bio described Reber as a lifelong Union County resident with leadership experience in government, education, finance and business ownership. The same bio said he had held leadership roles with the Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Union County Industrial Development Authority, and that he has taught economics as an adjunct professor at Susquehanna University.

That broader civic resume has made Reber a familiar figure not only in county government but also in the regional business community, where he is listed as chair of the Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce board. His office remains listed at the Union County Government Center, underscoring that his state association role sits alongside, rather than outside, his local responsibilities.