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Carolinas Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives
Awards over $9,000 in US Chamber of Commerce’s Institute of
Organizational Management Scholarships
The Carolinas Association of
Chamber of Commerce Executives (CACCE) announced recently
that they had awarded over $9,000 in Institute of
Organizational Management Scholarships. The CACCE
Scholarship Committee made their recommendations in
mid-April.
In recent years CACCE more than
doubled the amount of scholarship money to be awarded to
worth recipients. This year ten $500 scholarships and four
$1,000 scholarships were awarded by the Scholarship
Committee chaired by Carlotta Ungaro, President of the
Beaufort County Chamber of Commerce.
Two of the $1,000 scholarships
were sponsored by the Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce and
titled Ashby Ward Scholarships, named for their former
President and CEO, Ashby Ward. The recipients of the 2008
Ashby Ward Scholarship were Laurette Leagon from the Yadkin
Valley Chamber and Beverly Nelson from the Archdale-Trinity
Chamber.
The
other two full scholarships were awarded to first
year attendees at the Georgia Institute. These
contributions were given in the name of the Hearn
Family, a family who has had three distinguished
leaders in the chamber business in North Carolina
for over seventy-five years. Two full scholarships
are provided annually, on a need basis, to rookie
chamber employees that are members of CACCE. One was
given specifically from North Carolina and the other
from either state. The recipients of the Hearn
Family Scholarships in 2008 are Rob Clapper from the
Laurens County Chamber and Betty Ann Collins from
the Greater Mount Airy Chamber.
The recipients of the $500
scholarships included Kelly Wallace of the Greater
Smithfield-Selma Area Chamber, Jenni Tweed of the Henderson
County Chamber, Deborah Carter of the Cabarrus Regional
Chamber, Dean Faile of the Lancaster County Chamber, Linda
Parsons of the Moore County Chamber, Teresa Ranking of the
Belmont Chamber, Beth Simmons of the Reidsville Chamber,
Becky Adams of the York County Regional Chamber, Radford
Thomas of the Lexington Area (NC) Chamber and Jennifer Bryan
of the Knightdale Chamber.
Other chambers who contributed
to the scholarship funds included the Dunn Area Chamber,
Greater Greenville Chamber, Henderson County Chamber, Rowan
County Chamber, Greater Summerville/ Dorchester County
Chamber, Union County Chamber and the York County Chamber.
Institute for Organization Management is a
professional development program for association and chamber
executives. Presented by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
Institute is hosted at five university locations across the
country. Since 1921, thousands of nonprofit professionals
have attended, making it the most recognized and valued
educational program in the industry. The Institute
curriculum is a four-year course of study designed by
experts in association, chamber, and nonprofit management.
Participants take five required core courses each year with
the same group of colleagues, creating a learning group that
builds upon previous classes. Students consistently report
that the experience the most inspiring and innovative
professional development program they’ve ever attended.
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