Fresno County Women's Chamber of Commerce Featured Speaker:

Steve Newvine

 

Steve Newvine has served as Chief Executive Officer for the Greater Fresno Area Chamber of Commerce since February 2004. His responsibilities include operational management, defining community issues that impact the Chamber membership, and recommending Chamber policy to the board of directors. Steve directs a staff of ten, serves a board of 25 elected directors, and is employed by the 1,900 members of the Chamber of Commerce.

Steve is a member of the Fresno Rotary Club, the Fresno Compact, and the Fresno Regional Jobs Initiative Implementation Task Force. He serves on the board of directors for the Economic Development Corporation Serving Fresno County, Fresno Business Council, and United Way of Fresno County.

Prior to his hiring by the Greater Fresno Area Chamber of Commerce, Steve was President of Livingston County Chamber of Commerce in suburban Rochester, New York. He holds a BA degree from Syracuse University and an AAS degree from Herkimer County Community College. He graduated from high school at South Lewis Central School in Turin, New York.

Prior to his career in Chamber management, Steve was a TV journalist working as a reporter, anchor, executive producer and news director at TV stations across the eastern United States. In New York State, he was a member of the adjunct faculty at the State University of New York campus at Genese teaching public speaking and broadcast writing courses since 1996.

Steve and his wife Vaune, a former religious education coordinator, will celebrate their silver anniversary this summer. They have two daughters Alison and Colleen. Both daughters work in the nursing field.

Steve was a past president of Avon Rotary Club, a past member of the board for Livingston County Business Education Alliance and a past director of the Livingston County Community Health Partnership. He served on the board of directors for the Chamber Alliance of New York State and Finger Lakes Tourism. In 2003, he was chair of the Livingston County United Way Campaign.