ECONOMY
36 | HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL • DECEMBER 24, 2018
LARGEST CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE IN GREATER HARTFORD
(Ranked by number of members as of March 2018)
Largest chambers of commerce
in Greater Hartford
(Ranked by number of members as of March 2018)
Rank Chamber Members
Minimum
dues
per year Membership contact(s)
Head of
chamber
Year
founded
1
Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce
393 Main St., Middletown, CT 06457
860-347-6924; www.MiddlesexChamber.com
2,219 $215
Cathy Duncan
Cathy@MiddlesexChamber.com
Lawrence McHugh 1895
2
Central Connecticut Chambers of
Commerce
440 N. Main St., Bristol, CT 06010
860-584-4720; www.centralctchambers.org
1,900 $100
Dee Babkirk
d.babkirk@centralctchambers.org
Cynthia A.
Bombard
1889
3
Connecticut River Valley Chamber of
Commerce (a)
2400 Main St., Glastonbury, CT 06033
860-659-3587; www.crvchamber.org
600 $250
Tina Lorentzen
tina@crvchamber.org
Mary Ellen
Dombrowski
2016 (b)
3
Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce
50 N. Main St., Wallingford, CT 06492
203-269-9891; www.quinncham.com
600 $354
Dee Prior-Nesti
dee@quinncham.com
Dee Prior-Nesti 1915
5
Midstate Chamber of Commerce
546 South Broad St., Suite 2C, Meriden, CT
06450
203-235-7901; www.midstatechamber.com
545 $295
Rosanne P. Ford
r.ford@midstatechamber.com
Séan W. Moore 1896
6
West Hartford Center Business
Association/ West Hartford Chamber of
Commerce
948 Farmington Ave., West Hartford, CT
06107
860-521-2300; www.whchamber.com
540 $275
Barbara Lerner
blerner@whchamber.com
Barbara Lerner 1908
7
MetroHartford Alliance
31 Pratt St., 5th Floor, Hartford, CT 06103
860-525-4451; www.metrohartfordalliance.com
524 $400
Julie Daly Meehan
jdmeehan@metrohartford.com
David Griggs 1799
8
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce
20 Hartford Road, Manchester, CT 06040
860-646-2223; www.manchesterchamber.com
495 $295
Amy Heritage
amy@manchesterchamber.com
April DiFalco 1901
9
Tolland County Chamber of Commerce
30 Lafayette Square, Vernon, CT 06066
860-872-0587; www.tollandcountychamber.org
460 $300
Candice Corcione
tccc@tollandcountychamber.org
Candice Corcione 1957
10
Greater New Britain Chamber of Commerce
185 Main St., Suite 423, New Britain, CT
06051
860-229-1665;
www.greaternewbritainchamber.com
400 $225
Taylor Adametz
Taylor@greaternewbritainchamber.com
Timothy T. Stewart 1913
11
The Chamber of Commerce Windham
Region
1010 Main St., Windham, CT 06226
860-423-6389; www.windhamchamber.com
370 $300
Diane Nadeau
diane@windhamchamber.com
Diane Nadeau 1887
12
Greater Southington Chamber of
Commerce
31 Liberty St., Suite 210, Southington, CT
06489
860-628-8036; southingtonchamber.com
350 $325
Taylor Crofton
taylor@southingtonchamber.com
Taylor Crofton 1938
12
Avon Chamber of Commerce
412 W. Avon Road, Avon, CT 06001
860-675-4832; www.avonchamber.com
350 $140
Lisa Bohman
avonchamber@sbcglobal.net
Lisa Bohman 1965
14
Simsbury Chamber of Commerce
749 Hopmeadow St., Simsbury, CT 06070
860-651-7307; www.simsburycoc.org
340 $180
Lisa Gray
info@simsburycoc.org
Louis George 1961
14
Cheshire Chamber of Commerce
195 S. Main St., Cheshire, CT 06410
203-272-2345; www.cheshirechamber.org
340 $295
Yetta Augur
yetta@cheshirechamber.org
Yetta Augur 1974
16
Windsor Chamber of Commerce
261 Broad St., Windsor, CT 06095
860-688-5165; www.windsorcc.org
300 $152
Jane M. Garibay
jane@windsorcc.org
Jane M. Garibay 1901
16
North Central Connecticut Chamber of
Commerce
P.O. Box 123, Enfield, CT 06083
860-741-3838; www.ncccc.org
300 $225 (c)
Mike Vezzola
mike@ncccc.org
Bob Saunders 1892
18
South Windsor Chamber of Commerce
22 Morgan Farms Drive, South Windsor, CT
06074
860-644-9442; www.southwindsorchamber.org
260 $250
Robin Breen
info@southwindsorchamber.org
Elaine AbouAkar 1968
19
Newington Chamber of Commerce
1046 Main St., Newington, CT 06111
860-666-2089; www.newingtonchamber.com
250 $185
Gail Whitney
office@newingtonchamber.com
Kathy Braga 1945
20
Canton Chamber of Commerce
326 Albany Turnpike, Canton, CT 06019-0704
860-693-0405;
www.cantonchamberofcommerce.com
215 $135
Gary Miller
gary@cantonchamberofcommerce.com
Gary Miller 1967
21
Granby Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 211, Granby, CT 06035
860-653-5085; www.granbycoc.org
165 $165
John French
gcoc@granbycoc.org
Mary Anne Guarco 1965
21
Wethersfield Chamber of Commerce
200 Main St., Wethersfield, CT 06109
860-721-6200; www.wethersfieldchamber.com
165 $160
Leslie Civitello
wethersfield@sbcglobal.net
Alana DiMarco 1965
23
East Windsor Chamber of Commerce
107 Main St., Broad Brook, CT 06016
860-221-8821; www.eastwindsorchamber.com
155 $125
James Richards
jim@eastwindsorchamber.com
James Richards 1995
24
Bradley Regional Chamber of Commerce
(d)
P.O. Box 1335, East Granby, CT 06026
860-653-3833; www.ctchamber.org/bradley
85 $150 (e)
John French
admin@bradleyregionalchamber.org
Kellie Hemrsen 1954
Source: Each chamber via survey.
(a)
A merger of the former Glastonbury and East Hartford Chambers.
(b) Glastonbury Chamber founded in 1902 and East Hartford Chamber in 1915.
(c) $195 (sole proprietor).
(d) Windsor Locks and East Granby Chambers merged in 2013.
(e) $300 for freight forwarders, which are companies that need the Chamber's stamp to certify that all the products they are shipping were made in the United States.
—Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher.
Chamber of Commerce of
Eastern Connecticut CEO
and President Thomas A. Sheridan
was appointed chairman of the
Connecticut Airport Authority's
board of directors.
The
MetroHartford
Alliance named David Griggs,
a Minnesota-based economic-
development expert, as its new
president and CEO, replacing
longtime Alliance chief executive
Oz Griebel, who unsuccessfully ran
for governor as an independent
candidate in 2018.
HOW THE TOP 5 FARED:
Membership
%
2017 2018 change
Middlesex
County Chamber
of Commerce 2,175 2,219 2%
Central
Connecticut
Chambers of
Commerce 1,600 1,900 18.8%
Quinnipiac Chamber
of Commerce 620 600 -3.2%
Connecticut River
Valley Chamber
of Commerce 600 600 0%
Midstate Chamber
of Commerce 600 545 -9.2%
