Sierra Madre Chamber Board Elects New President
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Published: Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce elected Matthew Krantz to be President for the remainder of the 2009 term at its April 30th Board of Directors meeting. Krantz is owner of Beantown Coffee Bar, and has served on the Board since January of 2008, when he was elected to the Board after being recruited by 2007 Chamber president Patricia Hall. He sits on the Marketing Committee and is Chair of the Taste of Sierra Madre Committee. He also spearheaded the Chamber’s 2007 4th of July participation in the City’s 4th of July parade. “I’m looking forward to working with the Chamber to be more responsive to the problems and the needs of its members,” said Krantz, adding “personally I think we’ve been very caught up with the events, we’ve been very event oriented, and that’s how the Chamber’s been for a long time, and I would like to see us continue to do that, but to grow, and be a resource to the business owners serving Sierra Madre.”
The office was vacant after the resignation of Bill Coburn, who was selected by the Board to fill the position of Executive Director. Also serving on the Board as officers are vice-president Enid Joffe of Clean Fuel Connection, and Secretary Linda Thunes of Linda Thunes Bookkeeping. Krantz’ selection as President left an opening at Secretary, which is being filled on a temporary basis by Board member Susan Henderson. Other Board members are Elaine Aguilar, City Manager, Elizabeth Booth of Santa Anita Park, David Ford of SCE, Henderson, of Mountain Views News, Halcyon Koerber of Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Sue Lamb of Webb-Martin Realtors, Gilbert Lucero of Restaurant Lozano, resident member George Maurer, Sally Morrison of Sierra Madre Books, and Marie Senese of Marie’s CDs.
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