Chamber Of Commerce Announces New Executive Director

The Ellwood City Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce our new Co-Executive Directors, Loralei Gallaher-Hink and Jillian Court.

Loralei and Jillian will be working alongside each other as the Executive Director of Membership and the Executive Director of Media, respectively. They are looking forward to continue the mission of the Chamber which is to promote a healthy local economy and a high quality of life for the Ellwood City Area and act as the resource center for business, voice for economic development and an information center for the community.

Santillo will be stepping down as chamber executive director

The chamber encourages businesses and residents to stop by their offices to meet the new Executive Directors and to thank Mr. Raymond Santillo for his service as Executive Director.

Raymond has increased our membership from 206 to 428 members during his 3 years of service to the Chamber and he will be heading in to his second retirement at the end of this year.

Ray, a lifelong resident of Ellwood City, has had a tremendous amount of involvement in the Ellwood City community. He has been very involved in sports throughout his life, the Wolves Club for years and served on several committees and boards. Ray was part of the group that founded the Gobblers Gallop in 1995 and is still the Head Timer at the event that just celebrated its 20^th year. He was also involved with starting the Annual Ellwood City Oktoberfest in 2010 with the Wolves Club.

Thank you to Ray for his energy and dedication to the Ellwood City Area.

Feel free to contact us at 724-758-5501 or by email if we can assistant you or your business in any way.

Jillian Court, Executive Director of Media – media@ellwoodchamber.org
Loralei Gallaher-Hink, Executive Director of Membership – membership@ellwoodchamber.org

Raymond Santillo, Retiring Executive Director – execdir@ellwoodchamber.org

Pictured below, (Left-to-Right) Santillo, Loralei Gallaher-Hink, and Jillian Court.