ECONOMY
28 | BOOK OF LISTS 2021
LARGEST CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE IN GREATER HARTFORD
(Ranked by number of members as of March 2020)
HOW THE TOP 5 FARED:
Membership
%
2019 2020 change
Middlesex
County Chamber
of Commerce 2,210 2,210 0%
Central
Connecticut
Chambers of
Commerce 1,600 1,711 7%
Connecticut River
Valley Chamber
of Commerce 650 650 0%
West Hartford
Chamber of
Commerce 550 570 4%
Quinnipiac
Chamber of
Commerce 575 560 -3%
Midstate
Chamber of
Commerce 565 525 -7%
Largest chambers of commerce
in Greater Hartford
(Ranked by number of members as of March, 2020)
Rank Chamber
Members/
Minimum
dues
per year Membership contact(s)
Head of chamber/
Year founded
1
Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce (a)
393 Main St., Middletown, CT 06457
860-347-6924; www.middlesexchamber.com
2,210
$220
Sandra Heinly-Canning
sandra@middlesexchamber.com
Lawrence McHugh
1895
2
Central Connecticut Chambers of Commerce
Executive Suites at 440 N. Main St., Bristol, CT
06010
860-584-4718; www.centralctchambers.org
1,711
$125
Dee Babkirk
d.babkirk@centralctchambers.org
Cynthia A. Bombard
1889
3
Connecticut River Valley Chamber of Commerce
2400 Main St., Glastonbury, CT 06033
860-659-3587; www.crvchamber.org
650
$275
Tina Lorentzen
tina@crvchamber.org
Mary Ellen
Dombrowski
2016 (b)
4
West Hartford Chamber of Commerce
948 Farmington Ave., West Hartford, CT 06107
860-521-2300; www.whchamber.com
570
$275
Kate Kobs
kate@whchamber.com
Christopher Conway
1908
5
Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce
50 N. Main St., Wallingford, CT 06492
203-269-9891; www.quinncham.com
560
$295
Gary Ciarlegio
gary@quinncham.com
Garrett Sheehan
1915
6
Midstate Chamber of Commerce
546 South Broad St., Suite 2C, Meriden, CT 06450
203-235-7901; www.midstatechamber.com
525
$295
Rosanne P. Ford
r.ford@midstatechamber.com
Rosanne P. Ford
1896
7
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce
20 Hartford Road, Manchester, CT 06040
860-646-2223; www.manchesterchamber.com
500
$300
Emma Petersen
emma@manchesterchamber.com
April DiFalco
1901
8
MetroHartford Alliance
31 Pratt St., 5th Floor, Hartford, CT 06103
860-525-4451; www.metrohartford.com
450
$400
Kate Baumann
kbaumann@metrohartford.com
David Griggs
1799
9
The Chamber of Commerce Windham Region
1010 Main St., Windham, CT 06226
860-423-6389; www.windhamchamber.com
400
$300
Diane Nadeau
diane@windhamchamber.com
Diane Nadeau
1887
10
Avon/Canton Chamber of Commerce (c)
412 W. Avon Road, Avon, CT 06001
860-675-4832; www.avonchamber.com
350
$140
Lisa Bohman
avonchamber@sbcglobal.net
Lisa Bohman
1965
10
Cheshire Chamber of Commerce
195 S. Main St., Cheshire, CT 06410
203-272-2345; www.cheshirechamber.org
350
$175
Yetta Augur
yetta@cheshirechamber.org
Yetta Augur
1974
10
Greater New Britain Chamber of Commerce
185 Main St., Suite 423, New Britain, CT 06051
860-229-1665;
www.greaternewbritainchamber.com
350
$225
Nella Lastrina
Sarah Thompson
nella@greaternewbritainchamber.com
Sarah@greaternewbritainchamber.com
William D. Moore
1913
13
North Central Connecticut Chamber of
Commerce
P.O. Box 123, Enfield, CT 06083
860-741-3838; www.ncccc.org
325 (d)
$250
Mike Vezzola
mike@ncccc.org
Charles Miller
1892
14
Simsbury Chamber of Commerce
720 Hopmeadow St., Simsbury, CT 06070
860-651-7307; www.simsburycoc.org
310
$198
Morgan Hilyard
info@whchamber.com
Morgan Hilyard
1961
15
Windsor Chamber of Commerce
261 Broad St., Windsor, CT 06095
860-688-5165; www.windsorcc.org
255
$152
Adam Gutcheon
adam@windsorcc.org
Adam Gutcheon
1901
16
Newington Chamber of Commerce
171 Market Square, Suite 101, Newington, CT
06111
860-666-2089; www.newingtonchamber.com
215
$195
Peter Forcellina
pete@newingtonchamber.com
Peter Forcellina
Deanna Reney
1945
17
Plainville Chamber of Commerce
1 Central Square, P.O. Box C, Plainville, CT 06062
860-747-6867; www.plainvillechamber.com
165
$185
Lisa Hubina
info@plainvillechamber.com
Jeff DiCosimo
1908
17
Wethersfield Chamber of Commerce
200 Main St., Wethersfield, CT 06109
860-721-6200; www.wethersfieldchamber.com
165
$160
Debra Raymond
wethersfieldchamber@sbcgloabl.net
Cristina Orsini
Peter O'Keefe
1965
19
West Haven Chamber of Commerce
355 Main St., West Haven, CT 06516
203-933-1500; www.westhavenchamber.com
160
$175
Alan Olenick
info@westhavenchaber.com
John Kraemer
1919
20
East Windsor Chamber of Commerce
107 Main St., Broad Brook, CT 06016
860-221-8821; www.eastwindsorchamber.com
140
$175
James Richards
jim@eastwindsorchamber.com
James Richards
1995
21
Rocky Hill Chamber of Commerce
2264 Silas Deane Highway, Rocky Hill, CT 06067
860-258-7633; www.rhchamber.org
100
$150
Karen Amodeo
rhchamberct@gmail.com
Bryan Wosczyna
1989
22
Bradley Regional Chamber of Commerce (e)
P.O. Box 1335, East Granby, CT 06026
860-653-3833; www.ctchamber.org/bradley
75
$150 (f)
Gina Maria Alimberti
ginamariaalimberti@yahoo.com
Leslie Marques
1954
Source: Each chamber via survey.
(a)
Includes Killingworth Chamber of Commerce.
(b) Glastonbury Chamber founded in 1902 and East Hartford Chamber in 1915.
(c) Rebranding from Avon Chamber of Commerce after the Canton Chamber of Commerce dissolved in December 2020. Members of the Canton Chamber began joining the organization
at the beginning of December.
(d)
Data from 2019 survey
(e) Data from 2019 survey.
(f) $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 Timothy Doyle.
