Jay Chesshir Named Incoming Chair Of National Chamber Executives Association

Jay Chesshir, president and CEO of the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce, was elected to serve as Chairman-elect of the Board of Directors of the national Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) at the group’s 101st Annual Convention in Montreal, Canada on August 14.

ACCE is a national organization of professionals who manage chambers of commerce.

Chesshir will become ACCE’s 2016-17 Chairman of the Board at the association’s Annual Convention in Savannah, Ga., in August of 2016.

He has served as the 15th President and CEO of the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce since 2006. Chesshir began his career at the Little Rock Regional Chamber in February 2005, serving as Economic Development Vice President, Senior Staff Executive for Fifty for the Future, and Executive Director of the Metro Little Rock Alliance, an eleven county marketing coalition dedicated to central Arkansas’s becoming recognized as the premier location for new and expanding business within the mid-south.

With the Chamber, Chesshir has directly worked over $1.9 billion in new and expanded capital investment in the region, accounting for over 13,700 new jobs and $479 million in annual payroll.

Chesshir previously served as President of the Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce and Garland County Economic Development Corporation.