Executive of the Year Award

Kelly Hall

Kelly Hall, President of the Longview TX Partnership is the 2009 recipient of the Executive of the Year Award.

The Executive of the Year Award recognizes a chamber CEO for outstanding performance over the last year. Candidates are judged in five areas of expertise including finance, communications, legislative action, and membership services performed by the chamber.

Kelly Hall, President of the Longview TX Partnership County is the recipient of the 2009 W.A.C.E. “Executive of the Year” Award.

Kelly has been in Chamber work for 10 years, and has quickly become an innovator in the chamber industry.

She has numerous accomplishments including developing and launching a chamber branded non-subscriber occupational health plan for chambers in the state of Texas. This program just won the award as the most outstanding chamber program in Texas. She also negotiated two community development block grants totaling over $70,000 for facade grants to help develop the city's downtown central business district.

In addition, Kelly renegotiated a CVB contract with the City of Longview increasing it to just over 55% which provided more funds for their marketing efforts.

Her community involvement is vast. She currently serves on the Longview Museum of Fine Arts, the Junior Achievement Executive Committee, Zonta and the Habitat for Humanity Women's Building Committee.