A longtime sales and marketer in the biotech industry has been elected the new chairman of small business development nonprofit SCORE Bucks County.
David Boster, of Langhorne, replaces co-chairs Ray Valukonis and Erwin Michelfelder as head of the Bucks County chapter and will serve a two year term through September 30, 2020.
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A native of Harrisburg, Boster received a master’s degree in biology from Bloomsburg University. His career in the biotech industry spanned 35 years in the biotech industry, primarily on the sales and marketing side.
Boster said his business career has prepared him for his new role leading SCORE Bucks County.
“I’ve acquired a lot of experience and knowledge,” Boster said. “What better way to utilize that then to give back to people?”
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Boster joined SCORE, the national nonprofit business mentoring organization, three years ago. In addition to mentoring small business owners and entrepreneurs, he had also previously served as chairman of the chapter’s seminar committee.
In order to keep up with the digital age as it relates to business, Boster said the chapter will offer a new digital marketing series beginning in September. Topics include Facebook, LinkedIn, Websites and other digital outlets. The chapter will continue its popular starting a business; and running a business workshops. Webinars remain a favorite among SCORE clients. Various one-hour webinars are planned for the remainder of the year, Boster said.
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“We just come up with ideas based on conversations with clients,” Boster said. “The challenging part is sometimes finding people to deliver the Webinar.”
Boster said he would like to see the chapter continue its goal of broadening its base of female mentors, as well as bringing more diversity to the existing membership pool. SCORE locally has been working to recruit more women mentors, in particular. Once an organization primarily comprised of retired executives, today’s SCORE Bucks County has approximately 50 members of all ages, including a growing number of mentors in the work force or running their own businesses.
“We now have more people who work and more people who are younger with a desire to mentor,” Boster said.
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