Mary Kate Essad will lead the Chamber’s efforts to support local businesses, strengthen community partnerships, and advance initiatives that promote economic growth and member engagement throughout our community.<\/p>\n
“We are excited to welcome Mary Kate to the Chamber,” said Chanel Schmidt, Chamber President. “Her leadership, passion for community development, and commitment to serving our members make her an excellent choice to guide our organization into the future.”<\/p>\n
As Executive Director, Mary Kate will work closely with Chamber members, local businesses, community leaders, and stakeholders to further the Chamber’s mission to promote the economic and social development of the Village of Belgium and the surrounding area by encouraging the support of business, education, tourism, community participation and growth.<\/p>\n
“I am honored to join the Belgium Area Chamber and look forward to building relationships with our members and community partners,” said Mary Kate. “Together, we will continue to create opportunities that strengthen local businesses, encourage collaboration, and support the long-term success of our communities.”<\/p>\n
The Chamber is excited about its future under Mary Kate’s leadership and looks forward to the opportunities and growth ahead. See less<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mary Kate Essad will lead the Chamber’s efforts to support local businesses, strengthen community partnerships, and advance initiatives…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,269,144],"class_list":["post-31748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-belgium","tag-business","tag-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/117052924548035649","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}