Opinion: Chambers of commerce no longer occupy the power position they once held, and leading one is no longer the great gig it once was.
to partner with former Bexar County Commissioner Kevin Wolff in his business consultancy, and San Antonio Women’s Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Yvonne Katz announced last week that she is stepping down after 20 years.Success! You're on the list.
Chambers of commerce no longer occupy the power position they once held at City Hall when, for example, the Greater Chamber in the closing decades of the 20th century spoke with one voice representing the community’s major employers. The subsequent proliferation of chambers, each with its own agenda and priorities, diluted that power. The more recent rise of Big Tech also changed the equation. Tech titans don’t dress in suits and ties and carve out time to lead chamber committees.
The Austin chamber and economic development divorce is reminiscent of the 2017 decision by Jenna Saucedo-Herrera, at the time the newly appointed CEO of the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation, to move the SAEDF staff out of the Greater Chamber’s River Walk offices.
“But he has been asked to step down as Chamber Chair-Elect because he has worked for a firm for the last 18 months that has trial lawyers as its clients? That’s insulting to his contributions and leadership to our City. The Chamber is clearly not living up to its new name as being Great Again.”
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