PROVIDENCE – The president of public relations firm Duffy & Shanley was elected chairman of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce board of directors, the organization announced Friday.
Jon Duffy will lead the business advocacy organization through September 2013. He succeeds William F. Hatfield, market president for Bank of America.
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“I look forward to working with my colleagues on the board to drive an action-oriented business agenda that fuels economic and entrepreneurial development and small business job growth throughout the region,” Duffy said in a news release.
Five local business leaders were also named as new board members, including Peter Andruskiewicz, president and CEO of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island; Timothy Horan, R.I. and N.H. president for National Grid; Max Winograd, president of NuLabel Technologies Inc.; Kenneth Levy, senior vice president of external affairs for Johnson & Wales University; and Michael Lee, managing director of Santander Real Estate Capital, Sovereign Bank.
“The Chamber’s membership base and governing structure reflect diversity of opinion, geography and business model,” said Laurie White, president of the Greater Providence Chamber. “We are well positioned to coalesce and provide the leadership, resources, commitment and collaborative spirit to growing the state’s economic base for the benefit of all Rhode Islanders.”
