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Since graduating from Florida Southern College in 1998, Wiggins has grown as a public relations and communications professional. From 2005 to 2015, Wiggins served the Lakeland Chamber in a resource development and membership recruitment role and later as Vice President of Communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAmy\u2019s previous experience with the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce along with her focus on organizational sustainability and data-driven strategies makes her the right choice to lead our Chamber,\u201d said Stacey Heacock Weeks, Chair of the Chamber\u2019s Board of Directors. \u201cWe are excited to work with her to create a collaborative environment for promoting our business investors and community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wiggins returns to the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce after most recently serving as Executive Director of Lakeland Symphony Orchestra, previously known as Imperial Symphony Orchestra. While there, she led the group\u2019s effort to transition from volunteer to professional musicians and a rebrand of the organization to better reflect its connection between music and the community. Wiggins also has an extensive community volunteer resume. She has served on the Board of Directors for both Lakeland Vision and Polk Vision, is a Council Member of Lakeland Mayor\u2019s Council on the Arts, is the current President of Polk Art Alliance, is past-President of the Polk County Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association and is current Board Chair of Linking Community Now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wiggins will oversee a staff of 8 and work closely with the Executive Committee and 38- member Board of Directors to carry out the Lakeland Chamber\u2019s mission as the Catalyst for business success, Convener of leaders and influencers, and Champion for our thriving community. She will also support the Lakeland Chamber Foundation\u2019s focus on addressing business education and workforce development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Chamber is an incredible resource for businesses today, and the excitement and vision for the future of business growth through Chamber programs will strengthen our value to the entire community,\u201d said Wiggins. \u201cThe challenges of the past 24 months have inspired a renewed focus on resilience, creativity, and collaboration. Lakeland\u2019s business community is smart and innovative \u2013 I\u2019m ready to listen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Lakeland Chamber of Commerce is a 501 (c) (6) not-for-profit organization consisting of nearly 1,200 investor businesses, making it the largest chamber in Polk County, Florida. Its mission is to serve as the Catalyst for business success, Convener of leaders and influencers, and Champion for our thriving community. In 2019, the Lakeland was recognized with a 5-Star Accreditation from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for its sound policies, effective organizational procedures, and positive impact on the community. This significant achievement marks the 50th consecutive year of Accreditation for the Lakeland Chamber.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Lakeland Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Amy Wiggins has been selected as its new President and CEO. On January 18, the Chamber\u2019s Executive Committee voted to… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[2226],"class_list":["post-19359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chamber","tag-lakeland-chamber-of-commerce-names-amy-wiggins-as-new-president-and-ceo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}