At the Chamber’s 216th Annual Meeting, nearly 1,500 members of our regional business community heard from Chamber President & CEO, Rob Wonderling, 2014 – 2016 Chamber Board Chairman, Denis O’Brien, Senior Executive Vice President, Exelon Corporation and CEO, Exelon Utilities, and incoming Board Chairman, John Fry, President, Drexel University (view remarks).
Remarks from each speaker centered around the work we’ve accomplished together as a business community through the Chamber, the urgent steps we need to take to continue to stay ahead as a modern city and region, as well as a focus on the critical importance of diversity and inclusion of being a key driver of business growth.
We also heard from keynote speaker, Brian L. Roberts, Chairman & CEO of Comcast, with NBC News White House Correspondent, Kristen Welker, on Comcast’s role in growing the region, innovation, focus on customer service, and the focus on how Comcast attracts and retains great talent.
Watch a recap of the 216th Annual Meeting below:
The videos below highlight our accomplishments in the past year, and a look forward into the work the Chamber will focus on in the coming years:
Last Year at the Chamber 2015/16 Year-in Review
At the Heart of Good Business
Here’s what people had to say on Twitter at the event, find more with #GoodBizPHL
Our chamber is a unique & powerful tool, leading change and developing strategies to advance and grow our region. -Denis O’Brien #GoodBizPHL
— Chamber for Gtr PHL (@ChamberPHL) October 14, 2016
Great to see @ChamberPHL focusing on regional collaboration for economic growth at its annual meeting #GoodBizPHL
— Josh Sevin (@joshsevin) October 14, 2016
@DrexelUniv Pres John Fry dares Philly to find sense of urgency. To be 1st tier city –Innovate. Include. #goodbizphl @chamberphl @bftp_sep
— Margaret B Bradley (@mbbrad) October 14, 2016