SPECIAL TO THE PRESS
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tia Rae Stone, President and CEO of the Greater Taylor Chamber of Commerce has recently completed her second year at Institute for Organization Management, the Institute announced Institute is the professional development program of the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce and is a four-year nonprofit leadership training program at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
“Institute graduates are recognized across the country as leaders in their industries and organizations,” said Raymond P. Towle, IOM, CAE, the U.S. Chamber’s vice president of Institute. “These individuals have the knowledge, skills, and dedication necessary to achieve professional and organizational success in the dynamic association and chamber industries.”
Stone has served the Taylor Chamber since Dec. 1, 2015, and has already completed a three-year program with the Center for Chamber of Commerce Excellence with Texas Chamber of Commerce Executive and has had numerous other trainings.
This year, she is participating in a Fellowship for Economic Mobility with the American Chamber of Commerce Executives and a certification program in Workforce Development Fundamentals, also with ACCE. The Institute program has educated tens of thousands of chamber and other nonprofit leaders on how to build stronger organizations, better serve their members and become strong business advocates since it began in 1921, according to the Institute.
Institute’s curriculum consists of four week-long sessions at four different university locations throughout the country.
Through a combination of required courses and electives in areas such as leadership, advocacy, marketing, finance and membership, Institute participants are able to enhance their own organizational management skills and add new fuel to their organizations, making them run more efficiently and effectively.
