Clarion Area Chamber director receives honors

Tracy Becker, excutive director of the Clarion Area Chamber of Business and Industry, holds the awards that she recently received. (Contributed photo)

Tracy Becker, excutive director of the Clarion Area Chamber of Business and Industry, holds the awards that she recently received. (Contributed photo)

From staff reports

CLARION – Tracy Becker, executive director of the Clarion Area Chamber of Business and Industry, was awarded the Keystone Award for outstanding service by a chamber of commerce executive.

The award was presented Thursday during the Pennsylvania Association of Chamber Professionals’ chamber professionals and leadership conference at The Park Inn in Clarion.

The Keystone Award – the highest honor bestowed by the Pennsylvania Association of Chamber Professionals – recognizes outstanding service in, and contributions to, the profession of chamber management in Pennsylvania. Becker, who was nominated by her staff, is only the 24th recipient of the award since it was established in 1963.

Becker, who began her chamber career in 1987, has been given much credit for the success of the international award-winning Autumn Leaf Festival. The event recently won the 2017 Event of the Year award at the PA Wilds awards ceremony earlier this year.

She also was recognized for 30 years of service at the awards ceremony.