Bettina Hannigan is a 4th generation PNW (Pacific Northwest) native from Walla Walla, WA where her family farmed since the 1880’s. She has been a small business owner most of her career, including being a General Contractor and eventually a small business consultant. She moved to Florence in 2014 to retire, obviously flunking - she took the President CEO position at the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce and currently sits on the Oregon State Chamber as Chair and the Lane Workforce Partnership Board of Directors. She is a graduate of WACE Academy and of the US Chamber Business Leads Fellowship Program. As a Chamber President and CEO her passion is to support small business and develop thriving communities that will sustain and support the future. She is focused on bringing resources and people together to build innovative relationships to bridge challenges and grow opportunities together.