MICHIGAN CITY: Ann Dahm will finish her approximately five-year tenure as president of the Michigan City (MC) Area Chamber of Commerce later this week when she moves to Port Townshend, Washington, to live by family. Throughout her career, she has enjoyed a variety of opportunities, especially the opportunity to solve different problems according to the different jobs.
At the local chamber, she saw the opportunity to set a standard of excellence, she said.”It’s my view that a chamber of commerce should be a model for a well-run business so I run it like a business,” she said. She hopes she encouraged all members of the local chamber to continue to set a high standard to which they will strive.
Many local business and community representatives, such as Unity Foundation President Maggi Spartz and local school Superintendent Barbara Eason-Wakins, wished her well and congratulated her on what she had done. Eason-Watkins said that, after she came to the district, her first meeting with local businesses was not as successful as later ones, and she credited Dahm for helping to improve the relationship.
