2017-11-07T13:45:27-08:00 2016-12-31 Dunagan Jack LLP 3724 Jefferson Street Suite 307 Austin TX 78731 990 2016-01-01 740492475 Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce GREA 5124789383 535 East 5th Street Austin TX 78701 Mike Rollins President & CEO 2017-11-07 true Bob Dunagan P00235005 5124208997 X 2016 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z 6341950 false false X www.austinchamber.com X 1950 TX The Chamber is comprised of individuals and companies whose purpose is to promote the civic, commercial, industrial, transportation, education, agriculture, and other interest of the Greater Austin Area. 52 52 63 1000 0 16550 3584767 4135540 3355 6499 2034040 2183361 5622162 6341950 0 0 3914941 4557243 0 0 1434648 1468232 5349589 6025475 272573 316475 7349417 7428511 6395269 6157888 954148 1270623 The Chamber is comprised of individuals and companies whose purpose is to promote the civic, commercial, industrial, transportation, education, agriculture, and other interest of the Greater Austin Area. false false Through its economic development efforts, the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce works to bring new companies into the greater Austin area, thus creating new jobs. To promote the issues of interest to the greater Austin community, it monitors matters of transportation, health & safety, infrastructure, and government. false false false false true false false false false false true false false false true false false true false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true true false false true 13 0 true 63 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 52 52 false false false false true true false true true false false false true true true true true true true false X Leslie Gruver 5123225614 535 East 5th Street Austin TX 78701 Tony Budet Chairman 0.25 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Ellen Wood Chair Elect 0.25 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Gene Austin Imm Past Pres 0.25 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Cale McDowell Legal Counsel 0.25 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jennifer Stevens Communicatins 0.25 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Phil Wilson Econ Dev 0.25 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Shaun Cranston Education 0.25 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Doug Gray Talent Develop 0.25 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Kendel Martin Finance 0.25 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jerry Davis Reg/Local 0.25 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Gerardo Interiano State Policy 0.25 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Fred Heldenfels Federal Policy 0.25 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Stephen Coulston Membership 0.25 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Paul Trylko Membership 0.25 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Charmane Sellers Small Business 0.25 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Denise Bradley Special Events 0.25 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Akshay Shay Sabhikhi Innovation 0.25 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Tony Ross Tech 0.25 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Mini Kahlon Med Tech 0.25 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Anne Wynne Reg Mobility 0.25 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Nikki Graham Member at Large 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ray Wilkerson Member at Large 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 James Wood Member at Large 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 James Baer Director 2016 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Christian Director 2016 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Doug Driskill Director 2016 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Susie Gray Director 2016 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Scott Flack Director 2016 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Eric Loeffel Director 2016 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Erin Burget Director 2016 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Greg Vincent Director 2016 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Paul Arcediano Director 2017 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rich Gergasko Director 2017 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 John Graff Director 2017 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Stuart Grimshaw Director 2017 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Nevill Letzerich Director 2017 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Carlos Lopez Director 2017 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Demetrius McDaniel Director 2017 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Richard Rhodes Director 2017 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Matt Williamson Director 2017 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Joe Cantalupo Director 2018 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Coooper Director 2018 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Hugh Forrest Director 2018 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rudy Garza Director 2018 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jim Jarrett Director 2018 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dawn Jones Director 2018 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ali Khataw Director 2018 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Robert Nagel Director 2018 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kerry Parker Director 2018 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Michelle Robertson Director 2018 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Anna Sanchez Director 2018 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Robert Watson Director 2018 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mike Rollins President & CEO 45.00 0.00 X 503471 0 18694 Jan Riepen CFO - former 45.00 0.00 X 67334 0 5799 Leslie Gruver CFO - current 45.00 0.00 X 85424 0 2853 Michael Berman Sr. VP Comm & Mkt 45.00 0.00 X 147793 0 13963 Charisse Bodisch Sr. VP Econ Dev 45.00 0.00 X 194542 0 14953 Melissa Howard Membership Sales- account executive 45.00 0.00 X 139742 0 11477 Drew Scheberle Sr. VP Educ 45.00 0.00 X 146190 0 16405 Michelle Skelding Sr. VP Global Tech 45.00 0.00 X 171205 0 11731 Dana Harris VP - Advocacy 45.00 0.00 X 107098 0 10808 Cathleen Hight Sr. VP Inv Rel 45.00 0.00 X 113321 0 3255 Jeremy Martin Sr. VP Gov Rel 45.00 0.00 X 114284 0 14238 Vicki Zamorsky Sr. VP Operations 45.00 0.00 X 105614 0 10732 1896018 134908 10 false true false 0 10000 6550 16550 Events and Programs 1554585 1554585 Membership Dues & Assessments 2580955 2580955 4135540 6499 6499 0 0 55568 55568 55568 55568 0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous 120898 120898 Opp Austin-personnel reim 1787202 1787202 Opp Austin-rent reimb. 219693 219693 2127793 6341950 6263333 62067 0 0 0 0 1896018 0 2013795 161567 229030 256833 0 0 8806 0 0 0 63857 9592 83290 31358 0 146975 0 0 0 153402 0 114114 7584 Events and Programs 585882 Travel - 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The Chamber has three classes of members, Firm, Individual, and Honorary. Each Firm shall have one "Member Representative" and are eligible to name additional Member Representatives as determined by dividing the current dues established for Firm Members into the amount invested by the Firm Member exercising its right to additional Member Representatives. In no event shall a Firm Member have more than 20 Member Representatives. Each Individual member shall be a Member Representative. Honorary Members are approved by the Board of Directors. Honorary Members shall be Member Representatives. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process The Finance Committee reviews Form 990 prior to filing the return. A copy will be made available to the entire board at subsequent meetings. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts Directors and Officers disclose any conflicts of interest on an annual basis and recues themselves from voting on any matters with which they have a conflict. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce's process for determining compensation includes collection of comparable data (comparable positions of comparable organizations obtained from published salary survey reports) that is reviewed and discussed by the compensation committee comprised of board officers. Once made, the board's decision is documented and no individual with a conflict of interest is involved in the decision. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Upon written request, these documents will be made available for public inspection. 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