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20TH CENTURY
1954
JANUARY: Chamber sponsors a series of television programs, principally on business and community life in Queens, in conjunction with New York City’s Summer Festival
1960
JANUARY: Chamber President Ira H. Genet appointed to Temporary State Commission on the 1964-5 World’s Fair
1977
JANUARY: Sister Thomas Francis of
St. John’s Queens Hospital and Margaret Swezey of Citibank become the first female members of Chamber’s board
of directors
APRIL: Chamber moves to new offices at 29-15 Queens Plaza North, where it re- mains for 13 years.
the first woman Ex- ecutive Director of the Chamber
1994
JANUARY: Chamber begins “Queens Chamber Today,” a program on Queens Public Television (QPTV)
1983
APRIL: Margaret Swezey of Citibank is elected the Chamber’s 27th President, the first woman to hold this position
JUNE: Chamber hosts its first annual business expo.
1964
JANUARY: To welcome the arrival
of the New York Mets to Shea Stadium, Chamber hosts organizational meeting of the Queens Mets Booster Club
1959
JANUARY: John T. Clancy, who served six terms as Chamber president, becomes Borough President.
1982
JANUARY: Chamber announces plans to issue “scorecards” on elected officials’ positions on business issues.
1995
APRIL: Chamber moves to Bulova Corporate Center, 75- 20 Astoria Boulevard, Jackson Heights.
1993
MARCH: Lucy C. Nunziato is appointed
21ST CENTURY
2000
APRIL: Chamber establishes new Sub-Committees to keep in step with the change in the County: Telecommunications Sub-Committee, Ex- port Sub-Committee, Education Sub- Committee and the Minority- and Women- Owned Business Sub- Committee
2001
SEPTEMBER: After a terrorist attack destroys the World Trade Center, Chamber coordinates donations and volunteer recovery and relief activities.
2011
MARCH: Queens Chamber celebrates its’ Centennial of 100 years of service to the community
Jack Friedman, the Queens Chamber takes on a major relief role after Hurricane Sandy
2016
MARCH: Mayra DiRico is selected as the first foreign-born, female President of the Queens Chamber Board of Directors
2015
JULY: Thomas J. Grech becomes the Chamber’s Executive Director
2012
OCTOBER: Under the stewardship of Executive Director
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