FRIDAY, August 2, 2013
TEMPLE DAILY TELEGRAM / 1
Meet Rod Henry, New President of the Temple Chamber of Commerce
AUG•2013 EVENTS CALENDAR 5 Golf Committee Meeting, 10 am 6 Business Link Lunch, 12 pm Downtown Temple Alliance Committee Meeting, 3 pm 7 Workforce Legislative Luncheon, 11:30 am 14 Business Networking Breakfast, 7 am Business Networking Breakfast Committee Meeting, 8 am Red Carpet Ambassador Committee Meeting, 12 pm 15 Board Meeting, 8 am Ribbon Cutting, Painting With a Twist, 4 pm 16 Fright Fest Committee Meeting, 9 am 17 Leadership Temple Orientation, 8 am 20 Leadership Temple Board Meeting, 1:30 pm 22 Business After Hours, 5 pm 23 Temple Chamber Golf Classic
By: Melissa Davis, Charter Real Estate After an extensive search, the Chamber is excited to introduce a new leader. Rod Henry has been selected as the new President of the Temple Chamber of Commerce. The role has been vacant for the past year after the resignation of Bourdon Wooten. Since that time, the Chamber Board has been working to find a replacement with the vision and determination to lead the Temple business community into even greater prosperity. The Board worked closely with Waverly Partners, an experienced executive search consulting firm, to find a replace that would best serve the needs of our growing business community. “I think it was wise to use Waverly Partners to help us narrow our focus,” said Board member Harry Macey. Waverly sorted through hundreds of resumes and preselected candidates based on our community, the vision of the Chamber and specific criteria identified by the board. Macey added,“Instead of our committee spending time analyzing dozens of resumes, we were able to see only qualified candidates who would be a great fit in our community.” Rod Henry comes to Temple from the Indiana community of Terre
Haute. In his 21 years as Chamber President there, Rod accomplished a great deal for the community and its various industries. In 2010, Terre Haute was named Indiana Chamber’s Community of the Year. Mr. Henry worked to revive the downtown area, attracting two hotels, expanding the children’s museum and bringing various galleries and restaurants to the area. For the Chamber, Rod led a team that saw 350+% growth in membership revenue and a total revenue increase of 130+%. He worked with various community leaders to establish programs like the Better Health Wabash Valley initiative, Terre Haute A Level Above campaign, Wabash River Development & Beautification, Wabash Valley Education Consortium
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and Terre Haute Young Leaders, a program similar to Leadership Temple. Rod is experienced in working hand in hand with EDC leaders. In his over 36+ years of affiliation with Chamber organizations, he has partnered with EDC and community leaders not only to bring new business to his communities but to spur growth of existing industry. Board member Stacie Bratton says she is encouraged by Mr. Henry’s record. “Rod brings with him a true sense of what Chamber work is all about,” she said. Bratton was impressed by Rod’s “enthusiasm for chamber work and serving the business community of Temple.”