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.
Past Presidents
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Jess Dart
1944
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Paul Moss
1945
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James Lee
1946
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Silas Moss
1947
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Bruce Denniston
1948
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Dale Douds
1949
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Darrell Chase
1950
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Sam Brown, Jr.
1951
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David Van Harlingen
1952
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Richard Stratton
1953
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Warren Keck, Jr.
1954
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Samuel Lucas
1955, 1956
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Earl Miller
1957, 1958
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Harold McClure
1959, 1960, 1961
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Wesley Hodge
1962
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John Brenneman
1963
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Jack Foulk
1964, 1965
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Frank Frampton
1966, 1967
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Clyde Uber
1968, 1969
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James Follett
1970
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Charles Heisser
1971, 1972
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Robert Nace
1973
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William McMillen
1974
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Donald McClimans
1975
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Lewis Bear
1976
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Walter Bollenbacher
1977
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David Geisel
1978
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WM. E. Johnston
1979
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Don Dart
1980
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A.J. Barrett
1981
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Terry Wheeler
1982
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Robert Reichard
1983
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Phillip Godfrey
1984
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Henry Heil
1985
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Sally Vogan
1986
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Collins Defibaugh
1987
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Henry Heil
1988
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Timothy Williams
1989
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Jeff Wallace
1990
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Mark Watson
1991
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Doug Anderson
1992
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Glen Augustine
1993
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Janet Hurlbert
1994
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Dr. Peter Sotus
1995
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Brian Peterson
1996
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Eric Mong, DDS
1997
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Phillip Godfrey
1998
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Larry Franklin
1999
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Jill Murrin
2000
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Dave D'Urso
2001
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Jeanne Endicott
2002
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Bob Piccirilli
2003
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Dan Wallace
2004
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Rick Kalchthaler
2005
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Phillip Godfrey
2006, 2007
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Stacey Walberg
2008
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Roberta Leonard
2009, 2010
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Richard Miller
2011
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Bob Piccirilli
2012
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Lynn Chuey
2013
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Kevin Orsinger
2014
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Stephen Williams
2015
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Jonathan Bailey
2016, 2017
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Patti McClimans
2018, 2019
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Lori Goodlin
2020, 2021
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Brian Mailliard
2022, 2023
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Amanda Banic
2024