The Pennsylvania Association of Chamber Professionals (PACP) awarded the designation of Pennsylvania Certified Chamber Executive (PaCCE) to Venango Area Chamber of Commerce President Susan Williams, at the Awards Ceremony of the 2019 PACP Chamber Professionals & Leadership Conference held October 17 at the DuBois Country Club. 

The PaCCE program was established in 2008 to promote the chamber of commerce field as a profession and to recognize those individuals who have attained an established level of achievement within this profession in the state of Pennsylvania.  The PaCCE designation is to be awarded to those demonstrating a combination of chamber experience, service to PACP, professional achievements, and continuing education. Susan was the sixth chamber executive to earn the PaCCE designation.

The designation is meant to encourage chamber boards of directors to recognize and value the expertise and skill possessed by a chamber professional and to encourage chamber executives and senior management staff to continually enhance and expand their skills through the pursuit of professional development related to the areas of chamber leadership and management. 

Susan was also among thirteen chamber of commerce professionals who were awarded PACP’s distinguished Service Awards, for her fifteen years of service with the Venango Area Chamber of Commerce. Each year PACP recognizes chamber professionals who have served any five-year increment in chamber management. PACP’s Service Awards are meant to promote and recognize outstanding chamber service not only to the individual’s community but also to their professional association.

This article was published in the Venango Chamber’s November 2019 VenangoWorks! Newsletter.