CORRY – Charles “Chuck” Eurydice Gray has been selected as the commencement speaker for NPRC’s
2025 Commencement Ceremony slated to be held on Saturday, May 17 at Enchanted Beginnings in
Corry. Gray is a community and economic development leader who serves as the executive director at
Impact Corry. Impact Corry, a rural development hub organization, has been named non-profit of the
year by the Non-Profit Partnership in Erie under her leadership. In nearly six years leading the
organization, Gray has helped raise over 12 million dollars in federal, state, and local funding to benefit
her organization, the city of Corry, and Erie County at large.
Gray is a twenty plus year professional dedicated to radical collaboration, data, optimism, symbiotic
relationships, and planning that aims at the base of the fire rather than the flames. Her educational
journey includes completing dual degrees in communications, arts and literature with a teaching
concentration and graduating Cum Laude from Grove City College in 1988. She continued her education
at the graduate level at the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont.
In addition to her work as an executive director of the non-profit world, Gray serves as a lecturer for the
Jefferson Educational Society’s Erie chapter and is currently running for a seat on the Corry City Council.
She also serves or has served on several boards in the area that includes the Erie Regional Chamber and
Growth Partnership, the Erie County LEAD Team, Northwestern Commission’s Broadband as well as
Business Expansion and Retention delivery teams, and Infinite Erie’s Housing Delivery Team.
Anyone who has met Chuck immediately catches her infectious energy and unwavering optimism – and
likely wonders: When does she ever sleep? She is relentless and resilient. Passionate and
compassionate. A studier of the past, but a planner for the future as she presently works to lift up her
community for the betterment of its residents. Before her work as a non-profit leader, Gray spent much
of her career working in the industries of theatre and fundraising. Her career in theatre led her to
opposite ends of the country, having lived in the northeast in Vermont as well as residing in the western
edge of the United States in San Jose, California.
Upon returning to her native Warren County after relocating from northern California, Gray worked
several contracted jobs including spending time with the Warren-Forest Higher Education Council,
working as a fundraiser for an organization based in San Jose, and working as a writer and editor for a
local newspaper. However, coming back to Warren County opened the opportunity to work full time in
theatre back where her life began. Gray served as the artistic director for the Struthers Library Theatre
for nearly five years; a dream come true in her career, finally realizing the role of artistic director. While
theatre has since taken a backseat, she enjoys writing musicals and following the successes of her
former musical theatre students in her spare time as well as hiking with her dogs, and spending time
with family and friends.
Throughout her career, Gray has leaned on her education to help her serve in a variety of industries and
in various regions in the country. Sharing a bit about herself and hopefully inspiring graduates is
something she says she is “grateful and blessed” to have the opportunity to do. “It’s something I never
thought I would be asked to do,” Gray shared. “I’m thankful, especially because NPRC is a game-changer
in this region. I can remember when the College was just getting started and so many individuals were
working diligently to provide that chance for more affordable higher education north of Interstate 80 in
Pennsylvania. It’s a resource our area needed, and I am thrilled to address these graduates come May. I
know it’s an impressive group filled with learners achieving a variety of degrees. Hopefully, the lessons I
have learned throughout my career and life I can share with these graduates, and they can use going
forward,” she said.
For more about Northern Pennsylvania Regional College’s upcoming commencement ceremony, visit
the intuitions website at www.regionalcollegepa.org .
About NPRC: Northern Pennsylvania Regional College (NPRC) is authorized by the PA Department of
Education to award associate degrees and certificates in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. NPRC is an
open-admission, two-year institution of higher education. The College’s mission is to provide affordable
and accessible post-secondary education to the residents of northern Pennsylvania. NPRC brings
affordable education to a 10-county region (Cameron, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, McKean, Potter, Tioga,
Venango, and Warren). With flexible scheduling options at numerous instructional locations as well as
remote, attending Northern Pennsylvania Regional College is an excellent option for individuals
interested in furthering their education close to home or who need flexibility in their educational
journey. With a growing team of high-quality industry-leading instructors directing our classrooms,
students are empowered by a welcoming community to change their lives and brighten their futures.
NPRC is a candidate for accreditation with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE).
https://regionalcollegepa.org.
