{"id":12945,"date":"2011-09-02T03:42:26","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T08:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=12945"},"modified":"2011-09-02T03:43:29","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T08:43:29","slug":"munroe-chosen-as-new-chamber-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/09\/02\/munroe-chosen-as-new-chamber-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Munroe chosen as new Chamber president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Van Wert independent\/<\/strong><em>Chamber information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors announced Thursday that it has selected Susan L. Munroe as its new president\/CEO. She will begin work at the Chamber on Tuesday, September 6.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12946\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12946 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Munroe-Susan-9-2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"337\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susan Munroe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Chamber Board was very impressed with Susan\u2019s vision for the Chamber and her strategy for building relationships within the community,\u201d said Shonda Vorst, chairman of the Chamber&#8217;s Board of Directors. \u201cShe has a multitude of skills and knowledge that will be vital assets to the success of the Chamber.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Munroe replaces Kate Gribble, who resigned in July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe in a prosperous future for the Van Wert area, and will be steadfast in my commitment to lead the Chamber\u2019s partnership with area businesses to build economic growth,\u201d said Munroe.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2001, Munroe has served as the children and family program director for First Presbyterian Church in Van Wert, where she was responsible for creating and directing programming and special events, managing volunteers, and implementing and directing event planning, fundraising, and internal and external promotional opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to her work at First Presbyterian, Susan held positions as advertising manager, public relations specialist, and marketing specialist with AT&amp;T. She holds a master\u2019s degree in corporate communications and a bachelor\u2019s degree in speech communication.<\/p>\n<p>Munroe has volunteered extensively throughout the Van Wert community for organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Junior Achievement, the Van Wert High School Athletic Boosters, Van Wert High School Band Parents, and Boy Scouts.<\/p>\n<p>Munroe and her husband, Steve, have three children, and have been Van Wert residents since 1993.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert independent\/Chamber information The Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors announced Thursday that it has selected Susan L. Munroe as its new president\/CEO. She will begin work at the Chamber on Tuesday, September 6. \u201cThe Chamber Board was very impressed with Susan\u2019s vision for the Chamber and her strategy for building [&hellip;]<\/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-12945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-05 18:15:02","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\/12945","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=12945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}