Meet our Councils!

Here at the Chamber, we strive to open up opportunities for you to expand your business. We offer our members professional networking groups and industry councils to help you make connections to help your business grow. In our last post we wrote about our networking groups, so today we’ll cover the councils.

Our Healthcare Council is comprised of individuals and companies from the Healthcare Industry. This includes medical, insurance, and care services. They Healthcare Council is one of our committees looking to educate members, the business community, consumers, and government representatives on different ways to reduce employee absenteeism costs, increase worker productivity and reduce overall healthcare costs.

The Healthcare Council meets on the 3^rd Friday of each month at 8:15am. They also hose a variety of programs and seminars throughout the year covering health issues affecting you and your staff members.

 Our Technology Council was created to serve as the driving force behind the rapid technology growth in the Valley. Their goal is to increase all Chamber members’ technology knowledge while helping them understand how technology can help their business. The council gives Valley technology leaders a forum for collaboration and innovation and brings awareness to local technology resources. Through this, local tech resources can serve Valley businesses. They believe strengthening the technology presence in the Valley will positively affect businesses across different industries. By making local technology resources more easily available to businesses, they can help contribute economic growth in the Valley.

The Technology Council meets Thursday of each month. For more information contact Nancie Gray at (203) 925-4981. (Nominal membership fee)

The Hospitality Council is currently comprised of the Valley area Hotel Managers and Sales Directors. They meet as needed to discuss the issues and concerns facing their industry.

The Human Resource Forum holds a monthly meeting, hosted and sponsored by The Schegg Group, for area Human Resource managers and their Associates as well as other invited guests. Meetings feature speakers on current HR topics.

Young Emerging Professionals (YEPs) looks to help young professionals and entrepreneurs in their 20s and 30s become better engaged in community life, expand professional and social opportunities and become ambassadors future leaders.

Their objective is to create and connect a diverse network of young professionals and to develop an atmosphere and environment that caters to the desires and interest of young professionals and entrepreneurs.

Young Emerging Professionals does have additional requirements that include company membership in the Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce as well as nominal annual dues, which include entry into Young Professional Monthly Programs, this, however, excludes major events.

Feel free to contact us for more information on our councils! (203) 925-4981

Summer Intern, Noelle Monk