Press Releases

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber and the rest of the Ohio Metro Chambers Coalition applaud Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio General Assembly for enacting HB606, granting businesses tort protection against COVID lawsuits.

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber is announcing that its Board of Directors will begin a search for a new president & CEO this fall and expects to fill the position in the first quarter of 2021. The incoming president & CEO will replace current Chamber leader Tom Humphries, who led the organization starting in 1997 until retiring in 2017 but was asked to return by the Board in November 2019.

Although the 28th annual Athena Award Dinner has officially been cancelled for 2020 and will resume in 2021, the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber is pleased to have moved forward with the selection and presentation of the 13th Athena Scholarship to Gabriella Gensamer, who graduated from Western Reserve High School and the Mahoning County Career & Technical Center (MCCTC) and will attend Youngstown State University this fall to study electrical engineering.

The Regional Chamber and MAGNET will again partner to honor a Valley manufacturer with the Chamber's fourth annual Excellence in Manufacturing Award. Nominations are now being accepted for the award, which focuses on a company's longevity in business, growth, product innovation and achievement.

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber’s Board of Directors has named two new members who will serve a term that starts immediately and ends Dec. 31, 2023.