Chamber of Commerce
Executive Committee and Board of Directors 2016 Executive Committee Rose Allen, Chair, InterFuze Corporation Joe Newberry, Chair-Elect, Redstone Federal Credit Union Rey Almodóvar, Immediate Past Chair, INTUITIVE Ron Poteat, Chamber Foundation Chair, Regions Bank Kim Lewis, Secretary/Treasurer, PROJECTXYZ, Inc. Gary Bolton, Vice Chair, Economic Development & Industry Relations, ADTRAN, Inc.
Kevin Byrnes, Vice Chair, Government & Public Affairs, Raytheon Company
A Message from
Chip Cherry
Penny Billings, Vice Chair, Membership, BancorpSouth Greg Brown, Vice Chair, Workforce & Education, Brown Precision, Inc.
Jeff Gronberg, Vice Chair, Small Business & Events, deciBel Research, Inc.
Danny Windham, Vice Chair, Marketing & Communications,
Dear Chamber of Commerce Investors, Community Leaders and Friends: Delegations from regions throughout the U.S. have visited our community hoping to learn the secret to our success. They leave with an appreciation of how well we work together to address challenges and seize upon opportunities. We benefit from hosting these delegations because it reminds many of us just how special the area we call home really is!
Digium, Inc.
Tharon Honeycutt, Vice Chair, Member Engagement, MSB Analytics, Inc.
Mayor Tommy Battle, Chair-Appointed, City of Huntsville Mark Curran, Chair-Appointed, L-3 Communications - HSV Ops Bryan Dodson, Chair-Appointed, PHOENIX Beth Sippel, Chair-Appointed, First Commercial Bank Chairman Dale Strong, Chair-Appointed, Madison County Commission
The recent Google Fiber announcement is a great example of what can be accomplished when you bring bright, open minded people together to craft a strategy to ensure that we have the internet infrastructure needed to be competitive. Mayor Battle and the Huntsville City Council articulated a vision. The Huntsville Utilities Board, Jay Stowe, and his management team did an excellent job of identifying a solution that serves both their need of managing their infrastructure, and the community’s desire to have more robust internet capabilities. The result of the City and Huntsville Utilities’ efforts was the creation of a new type of partnership between a City utility and the private sector to provide world-class internet service to both business and residents. Well done! Congratulations to LEAN Frog Business Solutions, nLogic, Geeks and Nerds (GaN), and PROJECTXYZ for being honored with the U.S. Chamber’s DREAM BIG Blue Ribbon Award. These four were among 100 companies nationwide to be recognized for 2016. We are very proud of the management and employees of LEAN Frog, nLogic, GaN, and PROJECTXYZ. Also, additional congrats to LEAN Frog for recently being named a finalist for the U.S. Chamber’s DREAM BIG Small Business of the Year! Cummings Research Park (CRP) has been a significant part of our region’s economic engine for more than 50 years. A master planning process is underway that, when complete, will provide a vision and plan that will ensure that CRP remains vibrant for the next half century. Watch your inbox for updates on the master plan. I believe you will be excited about the possibilities. I look forward to seeing you at a Chamber event soon!
Chip Cherry, CCE President & CEO Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County
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initiatives april-may 2016
Mayor Troy Trulock, Chair-Appointed, City of Madison Tracy Marion, General Counsel, Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne, P.C. Chip Cherry, President & CEO, Chamber of Commerce
Elected Board Bill Bailey, Radiance Technologies, Inc. Kristina Barbee, Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. Bob Baron, Baron Services, Inc. Janet Brown, Belk Kevin Campbell, Northrop Grumman Corporation Frank Caprio, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Lynn Collyar, Deloitte LLP Michael Cox, PARSONS Deke Damson, Jerry Damson Honda Acura Dorothy Davidson, Davidson Technologies, Inc. John Eagan, BB&T Joe Fehrenbach, Intergraph Corporation Trip Ferguson, U.S. Space & Rocket Center David Fernandes, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama, Inc. Gene Goldman, Aerojet Rocketdyne Mike Gullion, SCI Technology – a Sanmina company John Gully, SAIC Jan Hess, Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. Steve Hill, AEgis Technologies Group Dr. Pam Hudson, Crestwood Medical Center Dr. Andrew Hugine, Alabama A&M University Hank Isenberg, IronMountain Solutions John Jordan, Wyle CAS Group David King, Dynetics, Inc. Brian Magerkurth, Par Pharmaceutical Janice Migliore, PALCO Telecom Service, Inc. Leigh Pegues, PNC Bank Jim Rogers, Lockheed Martin Corporation Jeff Samz, Huntsville Hospital Dr. Gurmej Sandhu, Sigmatech, Inc. Charlie Sealy, Sealy Management Company E.J. Sinclair, SES - Science and Engineering Services, LLC Mike Stanfield, Miltec Cynthia Streams, Domino’s Pizza (Valley Pizza, Inc.) Nilmini Thompson, Systems Products and Solutions, Inc. Tim Thornton, nLogic, Inc. Lynn Troy, Troy 7, Inc. Ken Tucker, The Boeing Company Frank Williams, Landers McLarty Dodge Chrysler Jeep