SKANEATELES — Tara Lynn, director of alumni affairs at Cornell University’s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, has been named executive director of the Skaneateles Area Chamber of Commerce and Skaneateles Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
Lynn, who will assume her new responsibilities on June 16, succeeds Susan Dove, who was the chamber’s executive director for 17 years. Dove plans to buy the Colonial Motel, which she will reopen as the Skaneateles Inn, according to a news release from the Skaneateles Area Chamber of Commerce.
“The Chamber’s board of directors is thrilled that Tara has decided to take up the baton as the second-ever executive director,” Thomas Grant, chair of the chamber’s board of directors, said in the news release. “We are confident Tara will do a great job extending the standard of excellence Sue delivered day in and day out, and look forward to new ideas and designs that will help propel the Chamber to the next level.”
As director of alumni affairs at the Johnson School, Lynn recruited and managed hundreds of volunteers, and organized programs and events worldwide. She served as assistant director of alumni relations from 2007 to 2010, when she was promoted to director, the release stated.
A resident of Skaneateles, Lynn earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in international management from the University of Vermont. She also has studied at Otago University in New Zealand and the University of Hawaii.
“I’m truly honored to be chosen as the next executive director of the Skaneateles Area Chamber of Commerce and I look forward to serving the community that I know and love,” Lynn said in the release.
The Skaneateles Area Chamber of Commerce states it has more than 400 members, works to promote its members’ prosperity, cultivate growth and economic development, and preserve the quality of life for the entire community located in southwestern Onondaga County.
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