The What’s So Cool About Manufacturing® Best of PA Contest features videos from contests throughout the state. A special panel of judges select the state’s top three videos, and the team with the most votes per day in its regional contest receives the state Viewers Choice Award.
2025 Awards Event
Wednesday, May 14, 12:30 p.m.
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, Harrisburg, PA
Best of PA Nominees
Nominees are selected from regional What’s So Cool About Manufacturing® contests throughout Pennsylvania. A contest’s number of nominees is determined by its total number of entries.
Berks Schuylkill (PA)
Central Susquehanna (PA)
Chester Delaware (PA)
Lehigh Valley (PA)
North Central (PA)
Northern Tier (PA)
Philadelphia Region (PA)
Pittsburgh Central (PA)
Pittsburgh East (PA)
South Central (PA)
Southern Alleghenies (PA)
West Central (PA)
Best of PA Judges
Brittany Garzillo
Emmy Award-Winning Producer/Reporter
Mount Laurel, N.J.
Katelyn Smith
Emmy Award-Winning Anchor/Reporter
WGAL News 8, Lancaster, PA
Gina Masciola
Executive Director of Education
WQED PBS, Pittsburgh, PA
Gwen Anderson
Education Outreach Coordinator
WQED PBS, Pittsburgh, PA
Past Best of PA Winners
| 2024 | Broughal Middle School, Bethlehem, PA |
| 2023 | Northeast Middle School, Bethlehem, PA |
| 2022 | Eyer Middle School, Macungie, PA |
| 2021 | Contest Not Held |
| 2020 | Saint Clair Area Middle School, Saint Clair, PA |
| 2019 | Neil Armstrong Middle School, Fairless Hills, PA |
| 2018 | Northeast Middle School, Bethlehem, PA |
Best of PA Partners
Best of PA Planning Team
Karen Buck
Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC)
610.628.4626
