MECHANICSBURG, PA (January 30, 2025) – The Central Penn Business Journal announced Monica Gould, founder and president of Strategic Consulting Partners, as a 2025 Icon Honors recipient. Gould is one of 18 business leaders being recognized who have left an indelible mark in their fields and whose integrity, vision, and selfless service have lifted up the central Pennsylvania community. The honorees were chosen by the editors of the Central Penn Business Journal.

“The 2025 Icon Honors recipients are an impressive group of leaders. They have worked tirelessly to excel in their careers, but they work just as hard to spark innovation and progress, meeting a variety of challenges in central Pennsylvania and beyond,” says Suzanne Fischer-Huettner, managing director of BridgeTower Media/Central Penn Business Journal. “These visionaries are actively engaged in the community, and they mentor other leaders as well. We at the Central Penn Business Journal are pleased to honor them.”

“Through Monica’s work with SARAA (Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority), I have firsthand awareness of her passion for making a positive difference in central Pennsylvania and beyond, for organizations across multiple industries, and to all employees. Her journey from an office of one in 1994 to a team of more than 30 and growing in the company’s 31st year is an amazing accomplishment. I view her as a partner for Strategic Planning and Organizational Development, a community advocate, and a valuable community leader,” says Wiliam Leonard, Chairman, SARAA Board of Directors.

“It is an honor to be included in this esteemed group of leaders—many of whom I have worked with professionally and in service to our communities—and all are individuals I deeply admire and respect. This group represents the frontline of innovation, optimism, resilience, and reinvention in our capital city region. In the past 30 years, I have had to reimagine and retool our path to success, and I’m tremendously grateful to all our clients and team members who have helped us remain on the cutting edge of services that are not only valuable to our clients but are meeting the needs of a four-generation, tech-forward workforce,” says Gould.

This year’s ICON Honors recipients will be recognized on March 10 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM at the Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel, 4650 Lindle Road, Harrisburg. Honorees will be profiled in a special publication that will be inserted into the March 14 issue of the Central Penn Business Journal and available online at www.CPBJ.com. For more information about the event, including the most updated listing of sponsors, visit https://www.cpbj.com/event/icon-honors/.

To learn more about Strategic Consulting Partners and their work, visit www.yourstrategicconsultant.com, or connect with SCP on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

ABOUT MONICA GOULD 

As the president and founder of Strategic Consulting Partners (SCP), an award-winning global management consulting firm, Monica Gould thrives on leading organizational change, navigating disruption, and building diverse and highly productive teams. A Central Penn Business Journal 2024 Women of Influence Circle of Excellence honoree, 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021 CPBJ Top 100 Power Player, a Pennsylvania Business Central 2025 Top 100 People, a 2023 Empowering Women Award winner, and a 2022 City & State PA Fifty Over 50 honoree, Gould develops long-term, sustainable strategies to build healthy workplace cultures. She has equipped more than 100,000 leaders to meet the future with clarity, confidence, and optimism.

ABOUT STRATEGIC CONSULTING PARTNERS 

Strategic Consulting Partners (SCP), headquartered in central Pennsylvania, is an award-winning international management consulting firm providing strategic planning, leadership and organizational development, and training and coaching for businesses, non-profits, and governments around the world. Founded in 1994, Strategic Consulting Partners is a woman-owned and minority-owned small business that prepares executives to lead highly motivated and efficient teams.

Celebrating 30 years of advising corporations, public and private entities, and government agencies in 2024, Monica Gould and her team have a reputation for delivering extraordinary results in organizational development, training, executive coaching, and strategic planning for some of the world’s highest profile brands. SCP is a Certified WBENC Women's Business Enterprise and EMSBC, a PA SDB and WBE, and a 2021 and 2020 Department of Labor HIRE Veterans Gold Medallion winner.