Virginia Business: Treacy elected chairman of Virginia Chamber of Commerce
From Virginia Business Magazine: The Virginia Chamber of Commerce has elected Dennis Treacy, president of the Smithfield Foundation, as chairman of its board of directors. Treacy has served in leadership roles with Smithfield Foods since 2002. He previously served as Virginia’s director of environmental quality and as an assistant attorney general in the natural resources […]
RTD: Virginia Council of CEOs forms partnership with Virginia Chamber of Commerce
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch: The Virginia Council of CEOs said Wednesday it has formed a partnership with the Virginia Chamber of Commerce and plans to expand its membership and services from its current focus in the Richmond region. Under the partnership, active members of the Council will have dual membership in the Virginia Chamber of […]
Virginia Chamber of Commerce Welcomes New Executive Board Members
RICHMOND — The Virginia Chamber of Commerce has welcomed five new members to its executive committee for 2017. Brief bios of the new executive committee members are available below. A full list of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Executive Committee members is available at https://www.vachamber.com/about/board-of-directors-and-leadership/ Bill Aden – Vice Chair – Southwest […]
Virginia Business: More than a job
From Virginia Business Magazine’s coverage of Stephen Moret’s keynote address at Chamber Day: In what was his public debut before the larger business community, Stephen Moret, the new president and CEO of Virginia’s business recruiting arm, told members of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday that he wants to position Virginia as one of […]
RTD: New leader at the Virginia Economic Development Partnership promises reforms, economic growth across regions
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch: The new leader of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership is promising reforms at the beleaguered agency and an economic growth strategy that won’t leave any region of the state behind. Stephen Moret made his inaugural speech as president and CEO of the partnership Wednesday to a friendly business audience at the […]
Virginia Chamber of Commerce announces partnership with the Virginia Council of CEOs
RICHMOND – The Virginia Chamber of Commerce announced today a formal partnership with the Virginia Council of CEOs. The Virginia Chamber of Commerce is the largest business association in Virginia, with more than 26,000 member companies. The Virginia Council of CEOs is a non-profit association founded in 2000 to connect CEOs for peer mentoring and […]
Dennis Treacy Elected Chairman of Virginia Chamber of Commerce
RICHMOND – The Virginia Chamber of Commerce elected Dennis Treacy, president of the Smithfield Foundation, to serve as chairman of the board of directors at the Chamber’s annual meeting January 25 in Richmond. Treacy served as first vice chair of the board in 2016. He succeeds 2016 Chairman Tom Palmer, senior vice president and regional […]
Chamber Briefings Newsletter – January 20, 2017
The 2017 General Assembly session convened on Wednesday, January 11, 2017. So far this session, over 2100 bills and resolutions have been introduced. Legislators had until 3:00 pm today to introduce legislation to be considered. The first full week of session has already been a busy one. Now that the General Assembly is in session, you […]
Chamber Briefings Newsletter – December 2016
President’s Message On December 2nd, we hosted over 700 business leaders in Williamsburg for the 2016 Virginia Economic Summit. At the Summit, we launched Blueprint Virginia 2025, an update to our long-term economic development plan. Over the next year, we will once again convene Virginia’s regional leaders and industry experts to analyze state and regional economies […]
New Overtime Rule Blocked But Questions Remain
The day before Thanksgiving, a Texas federal judge temporarily blocked the December 1, 2016, implementation of the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) new overtime rule. The new rule more than doubled the salary threshold requirement for exemption status as well as automatically adjusted the threshold every three years beginning in 2020. The following Q&A attempts to […]
