Special Interest & Advocacy

The Chamber's mission is to enhance the business climate and quality of line our community, while advocating for pro-business regulations, along with providing quality enrichment and special networks that benefit a variety of business platforms.

• Government Advocacy/ Civic Engagement:
  • Government Relations Committee
  • Candidate Forums
  • CEO Roundtables
  • Election Academy
  • Legislative Forums
  • Leadership Westerville
• Special Interest Networks:
  • BAR Association
  • CPA
  • Small Office Home Office (SOHO)
  • Women in Business
  • Young Professionals
• Involvement in the Community (Board Seats):
  • Leadership Westerville
  • Uptown Westerville Inc.
  • Westerville Foundation
  • Westerville Scholarship Foundation
  • Westerville Visitors and Convention Bureau

Past Elected Officials Who Met with Members:

• Lt. Governor Jon Husted, CEO Roundtable, August 2019
• State Representatives Rick Carfagna and Mary Lightbody, State Senator Tina Maharath and Andrew Brenner, Mayor Craig Treneff, Genoa Township Trustee Chair Karl Gebhardt, Legislative Forum, March 2019
• Representatives Joyce Beatty and Troy Balderson, December 2018
• Representative Troy Balderson, CEO Roundtable, October 2018
• Former Representative Pat Tiberi, CEO Roundtable, August 2017

“Being involved with this committee (Government Relations) has a lot of value for me and my company.  We are members of nine different chambers. This committee is why I have chosen the Westerville Area Chamber to be involved with.”

- John Kelley, former Owner of Two Men & A Truck and member of Government Relations Committee