The highest elected officer of the Chamber is the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman serves one year as the Chairman-Elect, and then becomes the Chairman the following year. The Chairman remains on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee for two years after his/her one-year term. The Board hires a Chamber President for an unspecified term. The following individuals have previously served as Chairman of the Board of Directors:
View Board Chairs and Chamber Presidents Pictorial Gallery 1949 - 2009
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| Year |
Name |
Affiliation at time of service |
| 2011 |
Michael Foster |
MTFA Architecture |
| 2010 |
Philip M. Keating |
Bean, Kinney & Korman, P.C. |
| 2009 |
Ellen Rainey |
Hamilton College |
| 2008 |
Margaret McKeough |
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority |
| 2007 |
Barbara Nicastro |
The Law Offices of Barbara E. Nicastro |
| 2006 |
Sean Hosty |
Smith Barney |
| 2005 |
Stanley Taylor |
George Mason University |
| 2004 |
Steve Barto |
UBS |
| 2003 |
Jim Whittaker |
SRA International |
| 2002 |
Randy Anderson |
Virginia Commerce Bank |
| 2001 |
Charlie King |
Red Top Cab |
| 2000 |
James Bennett |
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority |
| 1999 |
Mark Ingrao |
Washington Gas / Arthur Anderson, L.L.P. |
| 1998 |
Gordon Thrall |
Guernsey Office Products |
| 1997 |
Robert H. Hawthorne |
The George Mason Bank |
| 1996 |
Douglas D. Martin |
NationsBank > Tate Insurance Agency |
| 1995 |
Carolyn S. Settles |
Settles Associates |
| 1994 |
W. Scott McGeary |
Northern Virginia Building Industry Association |
| 1993 |
Jerry W. Norris |
Virginia Power |
| 1992 |
Scott E. Sterling |
The Charles E. Smith Companies |
| 1991 |
James R. Cooke |
Harris, Beach & Wilcox |
| 1990 |
Henry O. Lampe |
Prudential Securities |
| 1989 |
Leonidas T. Delyannis |
L.T. Delyannis & Associates |
| 1988 |
Monte Davis |
Central Fidelity Bank |
| 1987 |
Charles B. DeLashmutt |
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| 1986 |
Stephen P. Caruthers |
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| 1985 |
David M. Guernsey |
Guernsey Office Products |
| 1984 |
Robert L. Gratton |
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| 1983 |
Ray L. Hemness |
Northern Virginia Doctors Hospital |
| 1982 |
Paul C. Nasetta |
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| 1981 |
James L. Hemingway |
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| 1980 |
Eric W. Erdossy |
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| 1979 |
Fred A. Burroughs, III |
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| 1978 |
M. Patton Echols, Jr. |
Attorney |
| 1977 |
Charles McD. Radigan |
Attorney |
| 1976 |
Jack Redinger |
Vosbeck, Vosbeck, Kendrich & Redinger (VVKR) |
| 1975 |
William Nicoll |
Sears, Roebuck & Co. |
| 1974 |
F.E. Stone |
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| 1973 |
Herbert N. Morgan |
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| 1972 |
Charles T. Lindsay |
Lindsay Cadillac Co. |
| 1971 |
Gordon L. Dewey |
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| 1970 |
Robert E. Skinner |
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| 1969 |
Dr. Henry E. Bastien |
Henry E. Bastien, M.D. |
| 1968 |
Charles L. Thompson |
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| 1967 |
Frank S. Embry |
Arlington Trust / Prudential Bank of Arlington |
| 1966 |
C. Wynne Tolber |
Attorney |
| 1965 |
Fred A. Gosnell, Jr. |
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| 1964 |
Ashton C. Jones, Jr. |
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| 1963 |
Preston C. Caruthers |
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| 1962 |
Charles H. Rideout |
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| 1961 |
George M. Rowzee, Jr. |
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| 1960 |
James H. Berkey |
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| 1959 |
James H. Berkey |
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| 1959 |
Alfred E. Crowe |
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| 1958 |
Alfred E. Crowe |
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| 1957 |
Leon H. Logan |
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| 1956 |
Robert A. Peck |
Bob Peck Chevrolet |
| 1955 |
L. Hunger Blevins |
L. Hunter Blevins, D.D.S. |
| 1954 |
Jacob H. White |
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| 1953 |
Jacob H. White |
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| 1952 |
Ray E. Baker |
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| 1952 |
Joel T. Broyhill |
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| 1951 |
Thomas E. Sebrell, III |
Clarendon Trust Company |
| 1950 |
Thomas E. Sebrell, III |
Clarendon Trust Company |
| 1949 |
Sidney R. Johnston |
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| 1948 |
William V. MacMahon |
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| 1947 |
Harold G. Heishmann |
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| 1946 |
Everett B. Coxen |
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| 1945 |
Aubrey P. Grow |
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| 1944 |
Elton L. Usilton |
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| 1943 |
Elton L. Usilton |
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| 1942 |
Wm. Morrell Stone |
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| 1941 |
Frederick E. Westenberger |
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| 1940 |
Frederick E. Westenberger |
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| 1939 |
Ernest G. Baldwin |
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| 1938 |
Erle R. Kirby |
Kirby Dodge |
| 1937 |
Erle R. Kirby |
Kirby Dodge |
| 1936 |
Alonzo L. Kelly |
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| 1935 |
George M. Yeatman |
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| 1934 |
George M. Yeatman |
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| 1933 |
George M. Yeatman |
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| 1932 |
Ashton C. Jones, Sr. |
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| 1931 |
Walter U. Varney |
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| 1930 |
William S. Hoge, Jr. |
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| 1929 |
William P. Ames |
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| 1928 |
William P. Ames |
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| 1927 |
Louis C. Carl |
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| 1926 |
Louis C. Carl |
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| 1925 |
Keith A. Brumbach |
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| 1924 |
John Ahalt |
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