Hayward Chamber board names Swartz chair for 2011-2012

• August 5, 2011 6:00pm

Terri Swartz, dean of Cal State East Bay's College of Business and Economics, is the new chair of the board of directors for the Hayward Chamber of Commerce.  Over the 2011-2012 fiscal year, Swartz will chair the chamber’s 20-member board of directors, which provides direction for the more than 600 Hayward business and organization members.

“I am looking forward to an exciting year of growth for both the chamber and the city, working with the leading advocate for economic development and growth in Hayward,” Swartz said. “With a 70-year tradition of excellence, the chamber is uniquely positioned to promote and advance Hayward through our many community events, committees and affiliate groups, government advocacy, and business development activities.”

Swartz said that three of the initiatives she will focus on during her term will be: chamber growth and stability; economic development and growth in Hayward; and improvement in the Hayward Unified School District. 

“These three areas are intertwined,” Swartz said. “We as a chamber, and as a city, cannot move forward in a sustainable way without progress in all three areas.

Swartz has been dean of CBE since December of 2007, after joining the college in July of that year as its interim dean.

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