Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Holds Annual Meeting
March 27, 2011
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By: Stephen Kent
Bay City Times' winning Table Decoration
The Bay Area Chamber of Commerce held it's 128th Annual Meeting on Wednesday at the Doubletree Conference Center. 460 members and guests attended the event which featured a Table Decorating Contest, silent auction, awards, the presentation of annual awards, and a great dinner.
Entertainment was provided by the Josh Ramses Band and by a visit from an Elvis Trio that opened the meeting.
Awards Presented:
Leadership Alumni Community Service Award.
Michael Hanisko - Weinlander Fitzhugh
Brenda Scramlin - COPOCO Community Credit Union
Ambassador of the Year
Stephanie Kolomak - Citizens Bank
Ambassador All Star Team.
John Jatczak - Chemical Bank
Cindy Miller - United Way of Bay County
Meri Sue Engers - Meadowbrook Insurance Group
Mark Delestowicz - Independent Bank
Stephanie Kolomak - Citizens Bank
Amy Phillips - the Dow Chemical Company
Energize Bay Area YPN Award
Kylee Wackerle - Dow Corning Corporation
Family Friendly Employer Award
Charter Communications
ATHENA Award
Jami Dobson-Schrumpf - Dobson Health Care Services
James A. Barcia Award for Excellence in Public Service.
Tom Hickner, Bay County Executive
Business Hall of Fame
Stu Reid - Weinlander Fitzhugh
Arlene Bush - Harris-Bush Realty
Jimmie Dobson - Dobson Corporation
Also honored were
Outgoing Chairman of the Board
Brad Kessel of Independent Bank
and Retiring Directors
Michael Debo - Chemical Bank,
Bill Gagliardi - the Green Panel
Sohail Qamar - Dow Kokam.
The program was wrapped up by a video presentation prepared by WNEM TV 5 featuring the officers of the Chamber.
MyBayCity Photos By Julie McCallum
It truly was truly Las Vegas Like with Elvis Presley Impersonators in the House
(Joseph Mazzeo - General Motors,
Chris Girard - Do-All, Inc.,
Ann Lingle - Independent Bank)
Tom Kos - Doubletree General Manager, Chris Girard - President of Do-All Inc. and Master of Ceremonies, Eric Jylha - (TV-5)
The Annual Meeting was held at the Doubletree Hotel in the Grand Ballroom
The Josh Ramses Band provided the music, Mike Bacigalupo, Brian Charbonneau and Steven Gallagher
Stu Reid - Weinlander Fitzhugh, Business Hall of Fame inductee.
Brenda Scramlin
COPOCO Community Credit Union
Tom Hickner
Bay County Executive
Jimmy Dobson - Business Hall of Fame Inductee
Table Decorating by Do-All Inc.
Table Decorating by Bay Valley
Table Decorating by Consumers Energy
Table Decorating by Chemical Bank
Stephen Kent
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Steve Kent and his family have lived in Bay City for 40 years. He is VP of Technical Services at MMCC which produces MyBayCity.Com. Kent is active in many Bay City civic organizations.
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