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Chamber Committees

Economic Development — Works with County partners to help recruit and retain industry.
Its mission is to advocate, partner, and engage to ensure a vibrant business community in DeKalb
County. • Economic Development

• Education and Workforce
Education and Workforce — Develops partnerships with educational institutions in
DeKalb County and Georgia to strengthen educational opportunities for the region and helps build a • Governmental Aairs
stronger workforce thus making DeKalb County an attractive location for thriving businesses and • Membership Engagement
industry.
• Small Business
Governmental Aairs (Public Policy) — Represents the business interests in DeKalb
County thru eective communication between the Chamber and local and state ocials. The mission • W.E.L.D.
is to ensure that DeKalb County is a place that is competitive locally and statewide. • Young Professionals

Membership Engagement — Encourages the engagement and involvement of new and
existing members in using the benets included with a Chamber membership. This important The DeKalb Chamber through
committee serves as an extension of the Chamber by collecting member feedback to ensure a
productive and good return on their membership investment. committee structure facilitated
solutions to community and
Small Business — Assists the Chamber with recruiting, educating and mentoring small business development
businesses. The focus is to create and identify opportunities for growth in the public and private sector
as well as, facilitates partnerships to improve small business programs. challenges. These solutions
required collaboration between

Women Executive Leaders of DeKalb (W.E.L.D.) — Exists to share and deliver leadership, economic
innovative and sustainable solutions that impact women executives, emerging leaders, and women development interests, elected
business owners in metro Atlanta through chamber programming and events.
ocials, education advocates,
Young Professionals (YP) — Provides DeKalb young professionals with an opportunity to and communities in DeKalb
develop leadership skills, give back to the community and provide a forum for local executives and city County, Georgia.
leaders to educate and promote the growth of DeKalb County. YP is open to those 25 to 40 years of age
that are interested in professional development, community issues, mentoring and networking.

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