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Darke
County Chamber of Commerce...
Chamber
sets stage for Annual Meeting on June 1st
Photos:
Left – Ben Taylor; Right – Andrew Doehrel
The Darke
County Chamber of Commerce invites chamber members and businesses
interested in
learning more about chamber membership to its Annual Luncheon Meeting
on
Friday, June 1 at Romer’s Catering, Greenville.
Registration opens at 11:00 AM, business
meeting begins at 11:45 AM, and
the meeting ends at 1:00 PM. Cost
is $15
for chamber members and $20 for future members.
Reservations are required by May 29, 2012.
The meeting
program includes the ceremonial installation of officers and directors
by Judge
Jason Aslinger and Judge Julie Monnin, passing of the gavel to new
Chairman
David W. Compton, presentation of the 2012 Chamber Citizen of the Year
Award,
distribution of the new Chamber Membership Directory, and distribution
of the
2011-2012 Annual Report. “What’s
Important to Your Business” is the program topic including an update on
state
and federal issues. Additionally,
the
Darke County Visitors Bureau will share the stage to present their
Tourism
Citizen of the Year Award.
Guest
speaker Ben Taylor is the Executive Director of the U.S. Chamber’s
Great Lakes
Regional Office. To achieve the U.S. Chamber’s public policy goals, Ben
cultivates and maintains legislative, political and grasstops resources
throughout Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Ben leads
the U.S. Chamber’s efforts to strengthen its relationships with Members
of
Congress through member businesses, associations, and local and state
chambers
of commerce across the region. Before
joining the U.S. Chamber in 2008, Ben previously served as a
Legislative
Assistant in Congressman David Hobson’s (OH-7) Washington, D.C. office.
He has
also served in various positions in Ohio state government.
Ben
graduated magna cum laude from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a
Bachelor
of Arts degree in Political Science and History.
He currently resides in Chicago.
Guest
speaker Andrew “Andy” Doehrel is the long-time president and chief
executive
officer of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.
Doehrel has served as President of the Ohio
Chamber of Commerce since
April 1993. Prior
to his position as
president, Doehrel was the executive vice president and general counsel
for the
organization, in which he directed the chamber’s full-time legislative
team.
In addition
to his responsibilities as president, Doehrel works with legislators,
business
leaders and government officials every day on issues affecting Ohio
Chamber
member companies. Doehrel
also
specializes in labor issues including workers’ compensation, product
liability
law, civil justice reform and regulatory practices.
He has played a primary role in the passage
of several key Ohio workers’ compensation reform laws over the years
and
continues to be a key figure in refinement of the program.
Prior to
joining the Chamber in 1983, he was a partner in an occupational safety
and
health consulting firm. He also served as program director for Ohio’s
OSHA
on-site consultation program and spent four years as staff legal
counsel for
the Ohio Department of Industrial Relations.
In 1991, he was appointed to the Unemployment
Compensation Advisory
Commission in Ohio where he continues to serve as co-chairman of the
commission. Doehrel
graduated from
Capital Law School in 1977 with a juris doctorate degree.
Established
in 1893, the Ohio Chamber of Commerce is the largest statewide business
advocacy group working to promote and protect the interests of its
members and
to foster a strong, favorable business environment throughout Ohio.
The Darke
County Chamber has proudly served its membership as an advocate for
business
and community development since 1927.
Sponsors of the Annual Meeting are BASF, DPL
Energy, Greenville
Technology Incorporated, Production Paint Finishers, Inc., Second
National
Bank, Spirit Medical Transport, Walls Brothers Asphalt, and Walmart of
Greenville.
Contact
the Chamber at 937-548-2102 or
info@darkecountyohio.com to
make a
reservation by May 29, 2012.
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