Mayor Tommy Battle

Other economic development partners in New York for meetings included U.S. Representatives Parker Griffith and Robert Aderholt, officials with the Alabama Development Office, the North Alabama Industrial Development Association, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Port of Huntsville.

A link to the video of the interview is available on the Chamber’s website. »

The “Member’s Only” portal home page has some important links that members need to know about:

In the middle of the portal home page is the Calendar of Events which will contain information about Chamber events and links to sign up for those events.

To the left of the Calendar of Events is the “Update Your Contact Information” link. This link allows members to update demographic information as well as listing descriptions. This link also allows employee contacts to be added under the main company profile. Keep in mind that to protect the security of this information all profile change requests must be approved by Chamber staff before they are applied. This will cause a short delay before the changes will be visible on the website. Continue »

Lucia Cape

For the past three years, Cape has served on the board of this organization that provides education in the area of financial literacy, develops workplace skills and raises career awareness in local school-age youth in kindergarten through 12th grade.

“I felt it was important to partner with this organization because its goals mirror several key initiatives that the Chamber and its investors focus on which include creating early career awareness and skills development,” said Cape. Continue »

For more information on this event, contact Brittany Winkfield at bwinkfield@hsvchamber.org. Registration is available on the Chamber’s website www.huntsvillealabamausa.com.

The Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County will have a booth at this event to promote the array of diverse technologies and available job opportunities in Huntsville. The booth will be located in the east and west hall booth at EW3006.

Guest presenters at the conference are scheduled to include Gen. James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; NASA Administrator Charles Bolden; Congressman Parker Griffith; and Missile Defense Agency Executive Director David Altwegg.

For a complete agenda and registration information, visit www.smdconf.org.

No other venue will allow businesses to meet with this kind of breadth and depth of local sellers in one setting. Businesses interested in the following products and services should register with Mitzi Floyd at mfloyd@hsvchamber.org immediately:

• Promotional items
• Lodging for out of town guest and meeting space rentals
• Accounting and Financial/Banking Services
• Company-wide Insurance plans/programs
• Aerospace, Defense & Engineering Services/Partners
• Office Products and Supplies (Including Printers, Fax Machines, Etc..)
• Lawn Care
• Security
• Janitorial
• Computer & Networking Services & Web Design
• Audio Visual/Internet Providers/Wireless Communication
• Builders/Contractors/Realtors
• Staffing and Employment Services
• Catering Services
• Training/Educational Services
• Advertising Agencies/PR Firms/Trade Show Services/Graphic Design

For more information, click here »

In order for organizations to be listed in the upcoming Initiatives, the Chamber staff must have booth applications and payment by August 28.

The 2009 Business Expo will be held in the Von Braun Center South Hall. For more information about the Business Expo, contact Terrie Ledbetter at tledbetter@hsvchamber.org.

The Augustine Commission (Click photo to enlarge)

While in Huntsville, the Commission heard from MSFC Director Robert Lightfoot and Ares program managers and directors about the system’s development. Approximately $3 billion has been spent to date developing Ares I plans, prototypes, simulators, hardware and testing equipment and ground support facilities. (click here to see a video of Ares I progress.)

Despite significant progress on Ares I, several commissioners seemed inclined to abandon the new vehicle in favor of extending the space shuttle and focusing more resources on extending the space station. Continue »

Dr. Andrew Hugine

He returned again to South Carolina State University and served as assistant vice president for academic affairs and interim executive vice president, among many others.

From 2003-08, Hugine culminated his 30-year affiliation with South Carolina State University as its president. During his brief but productive administration, he was credited with the construction of a major residence facility and the preparations for a massive complex to house the University’s new School of Engineering.

“This is a young organization and it is tremendously gratifying to attract outstanding scientists who will have a profound impact to not only the institute and its growth, but to the entire biomedical research field,” noted Richard Myers, director of HudsonAlpha. The skills and experience that Barsh and Levy bring, he added, are highly complementary to the institute’s current and planned programs of research.

Barsh, a physician-scientist who comes to HudsonAlpha from the Stanford University School of Medicine, has provided valuable insights to pigmentation biology, diabetes and obesity, neurodegeneration, bone marrow failure and melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer.

Levy comes to HudsonAlpha from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he founded and directed the Vanderbilt Microarray Shared Resource. The VMSR is recognized as a world-class genomics facility that has attracted numerous clients.