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

  • Jess Dart

    1944

  • Paul Moss

    1945

  • James Lee

    1946

  • Silas Moss

    1947

  • Bruce Denniston

    1948

  • Dale Douds

    1949

  • Darrell Chase

    1950

  • Sam Brown, Jr.

    1951

  • David Van Harlingen

    1952

  • Richard Stratton

    1953

  • Warren Keck, Jr.

    1954

  • Samuel Lucas

    1955, 1956

  • Earl Miller

    1957, 1958

  • Harold McClure

    1959, 1960, 1961

  • Wesley Hodge

    1962

  • John Brenneman

    1963

  • Jack Foulk

    1964, 1965

  • Frank Frampton

    1966, 1967

  • Clyde Uber

    1968, 1969

  • James Follett

    1970

  • Charles Heisser

    1971, 1972

  • Robert Nace

    1973

  • William McMillen

    1974

  • Donald McClimans

    1975

  • Lewis Bear

    1976

  • Walter Bollenbacher

    1977

  • David Geisel

    1978

  • WM. E. Johnston

    1979

  • Don Dart

    1980

  • A.J. Barrett

    1981

  • Terry Wheeler

    1982

  • Robert Reichard

    1983

  • Phillip Godfrey

    1984

  • Henry Heil

    1985

  • Sally Vogan

    1986

  • Collins Defibaugh

    1987

  • Henry Heil

    1988

  • Timothy Williams

    1989

  • Jeff Wallace

    1990

  • Mark Watson

    1991

  • Doug Anderson

    1992

  • Glen Augustine

    1993

  • Janet Hurlbert

    1994

  • Dr. Peter Sotus

    1995

  • Brian Peterson

    1996

  • Eric Mong, DDS

    1997

  • Phillip Godfrey

    1998

  • Larry Franklin

    1999

  • Jill Murrin

    2000

  • Dave D'Urso

    2001

  • Jeanne Endicott

    2002

  • Bob Piccirilli

    2003

  • Dan Wallace

    2004

  • Rick Kalchthaler

    2005

  • Phillip Godfrey

    2006, 2007

  • Stacey Walberg

    2008

  • Roberta Leonard

    2009, 2010

  • Richard Miller

    2011

  • Bob Piccirilli

    2012

  • Lynn Chuey

    2013

  • Kevin Orsinger

    2014

  • Stephen Williams

    2015

  • Jonathan Bailey

    2016, 2017

  • Patti McClimans

    2018, 2019

  • Lori Goodlin

    2020, 2021

  • Brian Mailliard

    2022, 2023

  • Amanda Banic

    2024