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American Chamber of Commerce Executives is pleased to announce the finalists for this year's prestigious Chamber of the Year competition. The winners in each category will be announced at this year’s annual ACCE convention  Aug. 1-4 in Louisville, Ky.

In late April, 25 ACCE  chamber executives joined ACCE President Mick Fleming for a six-day business and cultural awareness tour of Brazil. The trip featured stops in the coastal city of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil’s fastest-growing city and considered to be one of the world’s largest urban centers.

Ian Scott, ACCE’s vice president for communications and networks, joined more than 300 chamber professionals from Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma for the 2^nd annual MAKO conference, April 29 - May 1. The conference at Big Cedar Lodge in Branson, Mo., provided professional development and networking opportunities for chamber executives and professionals from the four adjoining states.

The 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with ACCE, the Community Growth Educational Foundation (CGEF), this week announced its new roster of leaders. 

All eyes will be on the running of the Kentucky Derby this weekend, and ACCE is getting in on the fun!

Last week ACCE co-hosted a seminar in Kansas City, Mo., that addressed an issue that more and more chambers are tackling: sentencing and corrections reform.

ACCE’s board of directors met in Chicago, April 19-20, in one of the country’s most historic hotels, the prestigious Palmer House Hilton. During the two-day meeting, board members from more than 20 states – from Hawaii to Massachusetts – worked through a full agenda.