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“PROMOTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND STRIVING TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL WILKES COUNTY CITIZENS.”
“Your business connection to profit and growth”
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce, established in July 1946, is a non-profit membership organization. The Chamber celebrates sixty-three years of encouraging and promoting business opportunity and growth within Wilkes County. Wilkes Chamber of Commerce has over 30 years of US Chamber of Commerce accreditation and was awarded a 3-Star rating in 2006. This prestigious honor was earned through the Chamber’s program development, membership recruitment and retention, and governance.
Executive Committee of the Board of Directors
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2010 Chairman
B. Townes, Wilkes Community College
Chair Elects
2011 - Terri Parsons, Benny Parsons Rendezvous Ridge
Past Chair
Andrew Casey, Casey & Company Forestry, PLLC
VP Small Business Development
Phyllis Boyd-VanHoy, Small Business Center Network, WCC
VP Education
Wanda Hutchinson, Wilkes County Board of Education
VP Workforce Develpment
Ginger Shaffer, Workforce Investment Act Director, WCC
VP Youth Leadership
Eric Cramer, Wilkes Telecommunications |
Treasurer
Johann Louchez, BB&T
Assistant Treasurer
Christy Perry, Wachovia Wells Fargo
VP Legal Affairs
Bert Greene, Joines, Greene & James, PLLC
VP Tourism/Quality of Life
Matt Mayberry, Holiday Inn Express
VP Wilkes Vision 20/20
Dan Little, SunTrust Bank
VP Economic Growth
Bill Warden, Retired Lowe's Companies, Inc.
VP Leadership Wilkes
Darrell Miller, Wilkes Community College
Executive Committee At-Large Members
Jimmy Flythe, Duke Energy
Mark Welborn, Tyson Foods, Inc. |
Board of Directors
2010 Term
Pete Cassi, CompuCredit Corp.
Jim Halsey, Louisiana-Pacific Corp.
Terri Parsons, Benny Parsons Rendezvous Ridge
Johann Louchez, BB &T
Fran Moore, A. Fran Moore Agency Allstate Insurance
Michael Newton, Valley Radiology Associates
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2011 Term
Randy Brooks, Gardner Glass Products, Inc.
Ernest Coles, WATCO Inc.
Audrey Dyer, ECMD, Inc.
Tathel Miller, Bank of Granite
Curtis Parker, Mi-De Designs, Inc.
Chuck Smithey, Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
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2012 Term
Keith Brown, CenturyLink
J. Gene Faile, Wilkes Regional Medical Center
Ashley Moody-Gardner, Edward Jones Investments
Charles Johnson, United Country - Johnson Realty
Scott Nafe, The Mirror Factory
Beth Vannoy, Vannoy, Colvard, Triplett & Vannoy, LLC |
Chamber Staff
Linda Cheek, President
Jamie Lakey, Membership Director
Lynn Dyer, Office Manager
Jessica Barnett , Information Specialist
Ronda Latterell , Director o Wilkes Vision 20/20
Bonnie Shumate, Winston-Salem UL/Part-time |
Click here for the 2009 PROGRAM OF WORK
Click here for a current list of our Chamber Champions.
 The Chamber celebrated its 63rd Annual Membership Dinner on January 22, 2009. Serving Wilkes since 1946.
Soaring to New Heights…in 2009
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