Dana Ketterling Lifetime Sales Achievement Awards

ACCE’s career recognition program for sales professionals is presented in memory of Dana Ketterling, ACCE’s resource development officer, a gifted membership professional and champion of chambers of commerce and the communities they serve. The following criteria are used to determine the recognition levels:

  • Bronze: 500 sales or $175,000 in new sales
  • Silver: 750 sales or $300,000 in new sales
  • Gold: 1000 sales or $500,000 in new sales
  • Platinum: 1250 sales or $750,000 in new sales
  • Million Dollar Circle:  $1 million in new sales 
  • Diamond: $1.5 million in new sales 

How to qualify:

Recipients must be a current ACCE member organization in good standing. Contact JoAnna Dehler for details. 

  1. Submit the Award Recognition Form (signatures required) by May 15, 2026. Please note that award level recognitions are only awarded once for each level.  
  2. ACCE does not track your lifetime sales. You must notify ACCE that you have reached the next recognition level by submitting the Award Recognition Form.
  3. Only one level will be awarded per year. For example, if you surpass both the Silver and Gold levels by May 15, 2026, you can either choose to accept your Silver or Gold award in 2026. If you choose to accept your Silver award first, you must submit a new application to receive Gold in 2027.
  4. Please include ALL of your lifetime sales on the form where noted. (Alternatively, if you have already received an award for a Lifetime level, you may re-submit a copy of the recognition form you submitted for that previous level, and then a new form encompassing subsequent sales.)
  5. 2026 award recipients will be recognized at the Awards Show during #ACCE26 in New Orleans, LA, on Tuesday, July 21. Awards will be mailed to recipients who are unable to attend in person.

Eligible sales:

  1. ACCE’s Lifetime Sales Award is open to current ACCE member chambers of commerce in good standing. Non-member organizations are ineligible.
  2. Only new member personal sales through May 15, 2026 are eligible for consideration. Sales obtained through volunteer or outsourced campaigns or secured by staff as a group are not applicable. Sales must be executed and closed by the awardee, even if initiated by a referral from staff or volunteers.
  3. Only figures related to new member sales are applicable. Membership sales executed under a tiered dues structure must be adjusted so only the new membership portion of the sale are reported for purposes of the award. Upgrades, sponsorships and advertising dollars are not eligible.
  4. To comply with the requirement that sales be to new members only, the new member should not have been on the chamber's books as a member of the chamber during the previous 12 months before the sale.

2026 Award Recipients: 

Congratulations to the membership professionals who received 2026 Dana Ketterling Lifetime Sales Achievement Awards!  
 

DIAMOND | Individuals who have achieved $1.5 million in new sales of chamber memberships throughout their careers.

Linda Ferguson, Greater Cleveland Partnership
Lindsay Riches, Salt Lake Chamber
Shannon Spiess, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce

MILLION DOLLAR CIRCLE | Individuals who have achieved $1 million in new sales of chamber memberships throughout their careers.

Christopher Slocombe, Greater Cleveland Partnership
Lita Stein, Vegas Chamber

PLATINUM | Individuals who have achieved 1,250 sales or $750,000 in new sales of chamber memberships throughout their careers.

Richard Bigoney, Huntsville/Madison County Chamber
Paul Fleming, Boise Metro Chamber
Huey Gray III, Detroit Regional Chamber
Alexandria Ho, Dallas Regional Chamber
Lisa Hoyt, Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce
Tyeme Woods, Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

GOLD | Individuals who have achieved 1,000 sales or $500,000 in new sales of chamber memberships throughout their careers.

Zach Henkel, Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce
Amanda Petrone, Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
Amy Shuttle, Bristol Chamber of Commerce

SILVER | Individuals who have achieved 750 sales or $300,000 in new sales of chamber memberships throughout their careers.       

Sandy Anderson, Boise Metro Chamber
Melinda Baker Trotman, Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce
Nathan Cooley, The Chamber of Catawba County
Phillip Faust, Union County Chamber
Cameron Gallad, Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
Cameron Hansbrough, Greater Jackson Chamber
Cam Jackson, Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce
Brittany Jenkins, Tulsa Regional Chamber 
Lonny Schonfeld, Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce

BRONZE | Individuals who have achieved 500 sales or $175,000 in new sales of chamber memberships throughout their careers.

Shelby Chaney, Troy Area Chamber of Commerce
Greg Dietz, Greenville Chamber of Commerce
Michelle Glenn, Table Rock Lake Chamber of Commerce
Othell Little, Detroit Regional Chamber
Katrina Ross, Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
Dalton Schneitter, Vegas Chamber
Brandon Tarpley, Boise Metro Chamber