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  • About Us
    • Contact
  • Find a Member
  • Membership
    • Member Login
    • Become a Member
    • Chairman's Club
  • Calendar of Events
  • Get Engaged
    • Recognize a Leader
    • Increase Your Exposure
    • Dive Deeper >
      • Government Affairs Council
    • Leadership Rockford >
      • Leadership Rockford/CAP Alumni
    • Advantage Clubs / BNGroups
    • Illinois SBDC
    • Presentation Proposals
    • Blog
  • Resources
    • Community Priority Series
    • The Voice >
      • Current Issue - The Voice
    • The Voice Now
    • Job Board

Hi! We're the Rockford Chamber of Commerce

The Rockford Chamber of Commerce has existed since 1912 with the sole purpose to Lead Business Growth. The founding officers and members of the Chamber wanted the organization to be "a forceful working unit for the good of Rockford". But what does it mean to Lead Business Growth? How are we a forceful working unit for the good of Rockford? Truthfully, the work of the Chamber lives in our members.
 
It lives in small organizations finding access to elected officials who can help remove barriers to funding. It lives in educational programming that helps managers be better leaders and keeps organizations out of compliance issues. It lives in groups of executive-level women navigating broken glass at their feet from the ceilings they’ve shattered and a tribe to help them best determine how to continue to fiercely lead their organizations through tumultuous times or periods of growth. It lives in the manufacturers looking for new markets across seas or new collaboration partners across town. 


We have helped countless businesses grow and expand. We've been a constant advocate for a strong business community - removing obstacles, influencing policy, and forging partnerships. We have recognized, trained, and encouraged leadership development for our current and future workforce. 

We exist to Lead Business Growth. And we are here for it. Here to help business with their unique needs be the very best they can be in the very best business environment we can create, with the very best people we can train. We are the Rockford Chamber of Commerce.


Our Mission: Leading Business Growth
The Rockford Chamber of Commerce delivers benefit to the community by leading in the promotion of economic growth, advocating for the interests of business, and providing service and educational opportunities that help our members grow.

Who Can Help With What
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Meet Our Team

Caitlin Pusateri

Caitlin Pusateri
President
815-316-4337

Doug Hessong

Doug Hessong
Director of Publications & Technology
815-316-4338

Carmen Kellerman

Carmen Kellerman
Event & Program Coordinator
815-316-4302

Doug Rand

Doug Rand
Accounting Manager/Controller
815-316-4316

Andrew Wright

Andrew Wright
Director, Strategic Initiatives
815-316-4310

Heidi Garner

Melissa Adams
Executive Assistant to the CEO
815-316-4312

Doug Hessong

Susan Contrady
Account Executive
815-316-4317

Caitlin Pusateri

Kristin Muehlfelder
Member Relations
815-316-4315


Joan Sundvall

Joan Sundvall
Membership Contact Coordinator
815-316-4320


Meet Our Board of Directors

Executive Committee
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Jean Crosby, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Crosby Starck Real Estate
Chair


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Dan Ross, Community Foundation
of Northern
Illinois
Immediate Past Chair

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John Schuster, JFS Services
Treasurer

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Don Daniels
Vice Chair

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Lesly Couper, workplace
Vice Chair



Directors
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Travis Anderson
UW Health Northern Illinois Region

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Doug Curry
Stenstrom Construction Group

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Ira Grimmett
Collins Aerospace

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Tim Honquest
Honquest Family Funeral Home with Crematory

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Jake Loescher
Savant Wealth Management

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Kris L. Machajewski
YWCA Northwestern Illinois

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Denise Sasse
RSM US LLP

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Brent Scott
Rockford Community Bank, A Wintrust Community Bank

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Ryan Snider
Rockford Ice Hogs

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Christina Valdez
CMM & Associates

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Alexis Wright Conniff
Woodward, Inc.

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Samuel J. Castree
Staff Management, Inc.

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Kelly Epperson
Rosecrance Health Network

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Troy Haggestad
WilliamsMcCarthy LLP

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Carly LaMonica
LaMonica Beverages

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Jamar Luster
Ripe Life Juice

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Dawna Menke
OSF HealthCare

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Peter Schmeling
Schmeling Construction Co.

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Teri Sharp
American Precision Supply, Inc.

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Alex Stagnaro-Green, MD, MHPE, MHA
University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford

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Dustin Vock
Meiborg, Inc.

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Robert Young
Midwest Packaging and Container


Ex-Officio Directors
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Caitlin Pusateri
Rockford Chamber of Commerce

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Therese Thill
Rockford Area Economic Development Council

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John Groh
Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau


Chairman's Club

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308 W State St, Suite 350  |  Rockford, IL 61101
Phone: (815) 987-8100 | info@rockfordchamber.com | sitemap

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