Annual Gala & 90th Anniversary Celebration

Join us at our year end Gala to help us commend the accomplishments of 2014  and celebrate the upcoming  90th Anniversary of the Walton Area Chamber of Commerce.
We are very pleased to have Chris Meade as our keynote Speaker. Chris Mead is senior vice president of the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives, an organization representing 1,200 local, state, and regional chambers of commerce.  He also is executive director of the foundation affiliated with ACCE, Community Growth Educational Foundation (CGEF).  His previous experience includes economic development and other consulting, publishing newsletters on international trade, and serving as vice president of the Council for Urban Economic Development (now the International Economic Development Council).

Chris holds an MBA degree from Stanford University and a BA degree in English from Oberlin College.