The Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce is a voluntary organization of business and professional men and women who have joined together for the purpose of promoting the civic and commercial progress of our community.
The Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce is an association of business people concerned about improving the area in which they do business. We are a not-for-profit organization. Our strength lies in the number and diversity of our membership. Both large and small businesses from virtually every profession are represented and influence the direction of the Chamber's programs. These programs are financed by membership investments.
The more members the Chamber has, the better we can represent the business community. We accomplish collectively what no business could do alone.
We are not a department of the city, county or state government; a political body, a civic club or professional society; a social service, welfare, or charitable institution; a private advertising, publicity or public agency.
The Greenville Business Men’s Association began meeting in 1944. First on the agenda was to vote to take on the responsibilities of the 7-man post-war planning committee permanently, which eventually would lead them to purchase the Camp Reynolds site from the federal government. Since they were going to take on the post-war planning, they voted to also take on the responsibilities of a Chamber of Commerce. Dues were set and committees established.
At the end of 1947, December 8 to be exact, the incorporators met. It was at this meeting, which followed the regular board meeting, that the details of incorporation from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania were read. While the group discussed changing the name to Chamber of Commerce in 1948, the name change would take another 26 years before becoming official in 1974.
Executive Committee
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Amanda Banic
President
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Todd Hedderick
Keystone Adolescent Center
President Elect -
Mark Batt
Thiel College
Vice President -
Alyssa Babcock
Greenville Savings Bank
Treasurer -
Brian Mailliard
St. Paul’s
Past President
Board of Directors
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Jim Rust
The Record Argus
724.588.5000 -
Vicki Poe
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Tom Hall
Primary Health Network
724.977.4440 -
Lydia Kelso
Corps Couture
724.988.9845 -
Karen Ferguson
Greenville Savings Bank
724.588.5420 -
John Cascio
Hagan Business Machines
814.724.4601 -
JD Walton
Jamestown Coating Technologies
419.350.7573 -
Katy Cowie-Igersheim
Community Counseling Center
724.981.7141 x149 -
Don Gault
UPMC
724.656.4087 -
Lori Goodlin
Kalchthaler Insurance Agency
724.588.7170 -
Joseph Ribley
Padrone’s Pizza & Pub
614.554.2318 -
Chris Banic
Walberg Family Pharmacies
724.866.3994 -
Jordan Batt
Baughman Family Community Center
724.917.2857
How is the Chamber funded?
Membership matters. Our membership dues help support the work of the chamber. Our tiered due structure allows businesses to join us in our mission of community and business development at a level that is both accessible for the type of business and where membership benefits are appropriate and just that, beneficial!
Mission
The Mission of the Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce is to provide leadership and to promote progressive, orderly community development, while maintaining a climate conducive to the continued economic, civic and educational progress of the Northern Mercer County area.
Purpose
The overall objectives of the Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce are: economic development, promotion of our community and making available information, both educational and tourist related. We strive to attract businesses that will complement our area, provide a suitable environment for expansion of existing business, and generally improve business conditions for all. We are directly involved in providing more jobs, improving education, keeping a watchful eye on government at all levels, transportation needs, and many other programs.