{{short description|Chamber of Commerce}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox organization | name = Dallas Regional Chamber | logo = Dallas Regional Chamber logo.gif | logo_size = 200px | type = Advocacy group | founded = 1909 | founder = | location = Dallas, Texas | origins = | key_people = Dale Petroskey (President & CEO) | region_served = {{Flag icon|USA}} North Texas | focus = Business advocacy | method = Policy advocacy, member engagement | revenue = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | owner = | website = [http://www.dallaschamber.org/ Dallas Regional Chamber Official Website] | tax_exempt = | dissolved = | footnotes = }} '''The Dallas Regional Chamber''', formerly known as the '''Dallas Chamber of Commerce''' and the '''Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce'''—is a chamber of commerce that represents businesses and institutions in North Texas, including the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area.
==History==
The Dallas Regional Chamber was founded in 1909 as a combination of three smaller organizations: the Commercial Club (founded in 1893),<ref>{{Cite book | last = Graff | first = Harvey J. | title = The Dallas Myth: The Making and Unmaking of an American City | publisher = Univ of Minnesota Press | year = 2008 | location = Minneapolis | pages = 284 | isbn = 978-0-8166-5269-3 }}</ref> the 150,000 Club,<ref>The 150,000 Club was a group of Dallas businessmen that came together in 1905 with the goal of spurring growth in the city to reach 150,000 residents by 1910. The 150,000 population goal was met in 1920. [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hdd01]</ref> and the Freight Bureau—and the Dallas Board of Trade, established in 1874.<ref>{{Harv |Graff|2008| p=281}}</ref>
The Dallas Regional Chamber is supported by roughly 3,000 businesses and organizations across twelve counties, and its members represent nearly 600,000 area employees. The chamber's mission statement:
{{cquote|The Dallas Regional Chamber promotes prosperity through public policy, economic development and member engagement.}}
The chamber is led by a board of roughly 100 business executives.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallaschamber.org/about/board-of-directors/|title=Board of Directors|website=Dallas Regional Chamber|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref> In 2020, the chairman of the board is John Olajide, founder and CEO of Axxess; the chairman-elect for 2021 is Michelle Vopni, Dallas Office Managing Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP.
Dale Petroskey has served as president of the Dallas Regional Chamber since April 2014. Mr. Petroskey is the former Executive Vice President of Marketing for the Texas Rangers baseball club. He is a former executive of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and the National Geographic Society, and a former political appointee in the administration of United States President Ronald Reagan.
Recent notable speakers before the Dallas Regional Chamber include Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chan |first=Sewell |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/business/economy/08fed.html |title=Bernanke Says Nation Must Take Action Soon to Shape Fiscal Future |work=The New York Times |date=7 April 2010 |access-date=2010-09-20}}</ref> Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Godinez |first=Victor |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-ballmer_08bus.ART.State.Edition1.3cc0c87.html |title=Tech innovation vital, Microsoft chief Ballmer tells Dallas-area execs |work=The Dallas Morning News |date=8 May 2010 |access-date=2010-09-23}}</ref> former United States Secretary of State James Baker,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Souder |first=Elizabeth |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-bakergreenhouse_19bus.State.Edition1.3a536f1.html |title=James Baker urges president to push nations on greenhouse gases |work=The Dallas Morning News |date=19 June 2009 |access-date=2010-09-23}}</ref> and Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bush |first=Randolph |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/local/stories/091610dnmetleppert.2606c0d.html |title=Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert cites progress, calls for lower homeowner taxes |work=The Dallas Morning News |date=15 September 2010 |access-date=2010-09-23}}</ref>
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Category:Chambers of commerce in the United States Category:Organizations based in Dallas Category:Organizations established in 1909 Category:1909 establishments in Texas