New CEO Named for Santa Cruz Chamber

SANTA CRUZ, CA – The Santa Cruz Area Chamber of Commerce announced this week that Casey Beyer has accepted the position of President/CEO for the Chamber, effective April 3, 2017. Beyer succeeds Bill Tysseling, who will retire after 11 years of service.

Beyer was selected from a pool of more than 100 applicants in a nationwide search.

“Casey is exactly the person we were searching for to be the next leader of the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce," said Chris Maffia, board chair and member of the search committee. “His experience and vision will ideally position the Santa Cruz Chamber for the future, and Casey understands how government works and will continue to be a successful advocate for our businesses and community as a whole for years to come."

Casey has served as Executive Director for the Santa Cruz County Business Council since 2015 where his leadership was instrumental in creating the community collaboration that resulted in Measure D gaining 2/3 voter approval last November.

He has worked on public policy issues at the local, regional, state, and national levels for members of Congress, U.S. Senate, California and Nevada state senators, and the California Secretary of State, including chief of staff for Tom Campbell in Congress who represented the Santa Cruz area from 1988 to 2000.

He also was Senior Advisor to the President of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, continues as a governor appointee to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and is highly regarded by his peers as a consensus builder who seeks solutions to issues that impact greater Santa Cruz county business community, Chmber officials said.

As Chamber CEO, Casey lead the Chamber and the business community in addressing challenges and opportunities created in this era of evolving communications, transformative technologies, and dramatic changes in the form and character of industries and enterprises.

In accepting the CEO position, Casey stated, “I am looking forward to leading the chamber staff and volunteers in partnership with elected and government officials to do great things in Santa Cruz County.”

About the Santa Cruz Area Chamber of Commerce

The Santa Cruz Area Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to promoting economic vitality and prosperity in Santa Cruz County, and has worked to promote economic vitality and prosperity in Santa Cruz since 1889. The Chamber represents more than 15,000 employees at organizations throughout the County of Santa Cruz. For more information, please visit santacruzchamber.org.

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