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Addison County Chamber Of Commerce Hires New Executive Director

photo provided Andrew Mayer

Tuesday January 16, 2007

    James Daily of Porter Medical Center, president of the Addison County Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the hiring of Andrew Mayer of Anthem, Arizona as the chamber's new Executive Director. Andrew will begin his duties on February 1st.

    Andrew is a 1981 graduate of Middlebury College with a degree in American Studies. He served as Membership Sales Representative and Manager of Entrepreneurial Programs at the Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce in Denver, Colorado. There he planned, promoted and staged 40 educational programs per year, as well as planned business to business trade shows, golf tournaments, and annual membership meetings.

    After six years at the Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, Andrew assumed the Executive Directorship at the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce in Anacortes, Washington. His accomp-lishments at the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce include the development of a marketing campaign to increase hotel stays and traffic in the community, increasing membership in the chamber by 20%, as well as directing numerous highly attended events, just to name a few. In addition to these accomplishments, Andrew was also involved in the “Save Our Ferry” campaign which successfully stopped plans to close a state ferry run which would have caused significant economic harm to the local community.

    In addition to his extensive Chamber of Commerce experience, Andrew has experience as a small business owner as well. He currently owns his own insurance company in Phoenix, Arizona, where he has won sales awards for production in all lines of insurance and financial services.

   Andrew replaces Linda Stearns, who is retiring after 24 years as the Executive Director of the Addison County Chamber of Commerce.

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