We are excited to tell you about our new 2023 Covington Community & Business Resource Guide. This replaces our Membership Directory. Here are highlights about the new guide, to be published in February 2023.

• ​Expanded content including both community and business resources
• Broader reach with appeal to visitors, residents and businesses for a longer shelf life
• Membership directory by category
• Opportunities for members and nonmembers to advertise in the guide with discounts for members
• Stable advertising prices - We know your prices are going up, and our costs for the guide will be higher, but we will maintain 2021 pricing for our members.
• The guide is done in partnership with the City of Covington, Washington.

If you are a Covington Chamber member, contact executive director Dana Neuts to secure your ad spot.
If you are not a member of the Covington Chamber, contact ambassador Jen Suski to secure your ad spot.

See our 2023 rate sheet here.

At our November 10, 2022 monthly networking luncheon, we presented 16 $25 Fred Meyer gift cards ($400) to The Storehouse food bank for their Thanksgiving fundraising campaign. In addition to the food provided by The Storehouse, families will be able to use the gift cards to buy their own main course, whether it is a traditional turkey, tofu or something specific to their culture. 

This donation was made possible by our Good Work Fund, a restricted fund that comes from our member sponsors, each of whom invests $750 or more in the Covington Chamber each year. A portion of their membership investments goes directly to the Good Work Fund.

Every month or so, a committee selects a local cause, project, or community "good work" to support. Past donations include coats for Thrive Wellness Clinic's "No Cold Kid" campaign, $500 to support Oil Change Day, $300 to buy safety vests for litter clean-ups, and $600 to purchase PPE for local businesses at the height of COVID-19.

Thank you to these sponsors for making our Good Work Fund possible:
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• City of Covington, Washington
• MultiCare Covington Medical Center
• Red Canoe Credit Union
• Schram & Associates
• Covington Place
• Edward Jones (Scott Beusch, Eric Callison, Bryan LaBelle, Dalton Saggau, Dean Saggau, Sara Sas, Dave Wilson)
• Tanya Neilsen-Lester, RE/MAX Northwest
• UW Medicine | Valley Medical Center
• Covington Water District
• Law Offices of Torres & Haroldson
• Oakpointe Communities
• PNW Sports Institute powered by Outpatient Physical Therapy
• Real Life Church
• Republic Services
• Team Marti, John L. Scott
• Cathy Wahlin, Windermere Real Estate
• Weatherly Inn
• The Door Organics
• Tenaska

The 2023 Covington Chamber board of director elections are complete. On October 27, 2022, the board of directors certified the votes. The slate of directors for 2023 include the following:

• Bridget O’Connor, Red Canoe Credit Union, current board chair (elected for a new two-year term)
• George Frasier, Green River College and Green River College Foundation, treasurer
• Scott Beusch, Edward Jones (elected for a new two-year term)
• Pat Hanis, Hanis, Irvine, Prothero PLLC
• Lori Paxton, Kent School District
• Mark Smith, MultiCare Medical Centers – Auburn and Covington
• Jean Wall, Jean Wall State Farm (elected for a new two-year term)
• Regan Bolli, City of Covington, ex-officio
  
  

Newly elected to the board:
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• Denzel Jones, Covington Water District (two-year term begins Jan. 1, 2023)
• Tamara Paul, The Tamara Paul Group (two-year term begins Jan. 1, 2023)

​Voting members of the board of directors will nominate and select officers for 2023, per our by-laws. Congratulations to our board members, and thank you to each of them for agreeing to serve in these vital roles!

Please join us in congratulating Bridget O’Connor, community engagement officer for Red Canoe Credit Union, who is the new chair of the Covington Chamber board. Bridget served as chair-elect in 2022, and when chair Cass Laney stepped down, Bridget graciously accepted the chair position, per Covington Chamber bylaws. The board confirmed her appointment on October 28, 2022.

Thank you, Bridget, for your willingness to fill the vacancy a little earlier than planned. The board and staff are excited to work with you in your new role.