The Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce is led by a board of directors, which formulates policies and sets goals for the organization, promoting the mission of building community through business.
The Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce is led by a board of directors, which formulates policies and sets goals for the organization, promoting the mission of building community through business.
Chair: Laura Webb, Webb Investment Services, Inc.
First Vice Chair: Michael Meguiar, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Second Vice Chair: Austin WalkerWhitney Commercial Real Estate Services
Immediate Past Chair: Carolyn Coward, The Van Winkle Law Firm
Secretary: Jami Daniels, The Daniels Group
President: Kit Cramer, Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce
Treasurer: Jason Walls, Duke Energy
Chair Audit Committee: David Worley, Worley, Woodbery, & Associates, PA
Vice Chair Member Services: Meherwan Irani, Chai Pani Restaurant Group
Vice Chair Economic Development: Jay Richardson, New Belgium Brewing
Vice Chair Public Policy: Terri King, Coldwell Banker King
Vice Chair, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Sharon Oxendine, Bow & Arrow Consulting Services, LLC
Alex Fraga, FIRC Group
Jackie Grant, Roberts & Stevens
Cristina Hall Ackley, Ginger’s Revenge
David Hayes, BB&T Now Truist
Jared Kay, Amplified Media
Greg Lowe, HCA – NC Division
Jeff Pigg, CFO Solutions
Chuck Pickering, Biltmore
Michael Porterfield, Roots Hummus
Tyler Reed, GE Aviation
Lindsey Rhoden, McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture
Sabrina Rockoff, McGuire, Wood & Bissette
Joe Scully, Westmoreland & Scully
Ben Teague, Biltmore Farms, LLC
Joe Ward, First Bank
Members At-Large
Adriana Chavela, Hola Carolina Magazine
Jason Moore, Elite HRV
Mayor, City of Asheville: Esther Manheimer
Chair, Buncombe County Commission: Brownie Newman
Chair, Young Professionals of Asheville: Justine Wickerham, RootWise Landscape Solutions, LLC
Chair, Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority: Himanshu Karvir, Virtelle Hospitality