Colette Cocco

With experience in small business ownership, non-profit leadership, advertising, sales, and marketing, Colette offers a practical business perspective. In her Procter & Gamble roles, Colette gained knowledge of both consumer insights and strategic customer business development.   She leveraged her corporate background to purchase and manage a recycling business.  By forging strategic relationships, she built her business into a top auto battery recycler in the region.  Between her business ventures, she led the incorporation and board formation of a non-profit, now over 10 years old. She currently works as a Senior Advisor for BMI Mergers & Acquistions and serves as President of the Lancaster Express Network of American Business Women's Association.

Colette enjoys bringing business insights to her Corporate Faculty position at Harrisburg University.  She teaches courses in Entrepreneurship, Marketing, and Management.

Colette holds a BA in Communications from Southern Methodist University and an MBA from the University of Tennessee.  She grew up in South Dakota and now calls Hershey, PA her home.  In her free time, she enjoys reading, traveling, spending time with family and friends, and visiting her son and daughter at their colleges.