{"id":106559,"date":"2018-09-01T07:16:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T12:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=106559"},"modified":"2018-09-01T07:16:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T12:16:42","slug":"verville-new-vw-chamber-president-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/09\/01\/verville-new-vw-chamber-president-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Verville new VW Chamber president\/CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n

The Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors announces the appointment of Mark Verville as the new Chamber president\/CEO.\u00a0Verville will begin his duties as CEO on Wednesday, September 12. The Board\u2019s action comes with the fullest confidence that Verville will continue to be an excellent steward of the Chamber\u2019s mission of actively promoting its members\u2019 interest and supporting community initiatives.<\/p>\n

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Mark Verville<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Verville has served the Chamber for the past two years on the Board of Directors. He has also served in leadership board positions with United Way of Van Wert County, Main Street Van Wert, and the Van Wert Rotary Club.\u00a0Additionally, he volunteers extensively with the Van Wert High School Athletic Boosters, Van Wert Elementary School WATCHdog program, coaches youth baseball and flag football, and will continue to serve as area coordinator for Junior Achievement.<\/p>\n

A Van Wert resident since 1996, Verville most recently held a position as the project coordinator at Westwood Behavioral Health Center, where he was responsible for marketing, community relations, staff recruiting and retention, and grant management.\u00a0Prior to working in the nonprofit sector, Verville served in finance and management<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a tremendous opportunity,\u201d said Verville.\u00a0\u201cOur community is moving in a positive direction, and I look forward to helping members grow their business, network with others, and develop partnerships.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am passionate about issues that affect our local companies, and I endeavor to provide superior services and resources to Chamber members and continue to build a great place to live and work,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the interview process, one of the things that stood out to the committee was Mark understood the Chamber and our accomplishments over the most recent years,\u201d said Chamber Board President Leah Treece. \u201cHowever, maybe more importantly was his vision for going forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe talked a lot about membership.\u00a0He wants to get out there and understand why you are a member and what value you see in the membership,\u201d Treece added.\u00a0\u201cWe are excited and look forward to the membership initiative Mark puts into place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Verville is a graduate of the University of Evansville and attended Harlaxton College in Grantham, England. He and his wife, Tonia, are the parents of four children: Emma, Rachel, Sarah, and Benjamin.\u00a0In his spare time, he enjoys golf, reading, and spending time with his family and their various activities.<\/p>\n

An open house will be scheduled in the near future to welcome Verville as the new Chamber CEO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information The Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors announces the appointment of Mark Verville as the new Chamber president\/CEO.\u00a0Verville will begin his duties as CEO on Wednesday, September 12. The Board\u2019s action comes with the fullest confidence that Verville will continue to be an excellent steward of the Chamber\u2019s mission […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 02:22:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}