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Founded | 1925 |
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Founder | George B. Robey |
Type | Chamber of Commerce |
Focus | Business advocacy |
Location | |
Area served | Northern Virginia |
Method | Business networking Media attention Programming Political lobbying |
Key people | Julie Coons, President and CEO |
Website | novachamber.org/ |
The Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce is a membership based business network located in Fairfax County, Virginia. It represents 650+ businesses and 500,000 employees, making it the largest regional chamber of commerce in Virginia. [1]
The chamber provides the Northern Virginia business community with access to opportunities represented by the Chamber’s four foundational pillars: business development, thought leadership, strategic advocacy, and community partnerships.
In January 2016, the organization restructured itself from the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce to the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce. [2] In August 2018, the Chamber announced that Better Business Bureau Chief Operating Officer, Julie Coons, would be the organization's new President and CEO following a nation-wide search. [3]
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