NEW YORK: The Greater Fayetteville Chamber plans to announce its next president and chief executive officer Thursday.
The announcement will come at 11 a.m. at the chamber’s new downtown office at 159 Maxwell St., according to a news release from the 219 Group, a local marketing firm.
Earlier this year, chamber officials announced they would end financial ties with the Economic Development Alliance to focus on its original mission of business advocacy.
The split is scheduled to take place by the end of this year.
In September, the chamber announced its new name and logo. It was formerly the Fayetteville Regional Chamber, a private organization with about 800 dues-paying members.
The Economic Development Alliance, which is heavily subsidized by local tax dollars for industry recruitment, is an umbrella organization of the chamber that will become its own entity, with a new board of directors, by year’s end.
Doug Peters – the chamber’s president and CEO since 2008 – announced in May he would resign by the end of this year to coincide with when the organizational changes are scheduled to take place.
As CEO, he has overseen both organizations.
In June, the chamber’s board chairman, George Breece, said it would conduct a national search for its next president.
