Your chamber is served by a staff of two.
Donny B. Ray serves as Executive Director. Ray, former Blount County Revenue Commissioner, is a graduate of Oneonta High School. He attended Snead State before transferring to the University of Alabama where he graduated in 1983 with a degree in economics.
He returned to Oneonta and went to work as a computer programmer/tax mapper in the Blount County revenue commission office, where he worked until 1993, when he was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Kyle Bryan. He was elected to two subsequent terms, serving as revenue commissioner until he retired in 2008. From 2008 to 2010, Ray worked for The Atlantic Group, an aeiral photography and mapping company in Huntsville, providing mapping products for engineering, tax assessment, and utility services.
Aimee Wilson serves as Assistant Director. Also a Blount County native, Wilson is a graduate of Oneonta High School and Auburn University. She earned a bachelor of arts in corporate journalism.
She spent several years in the public relations field before becoming a features writer for The Gadsden Times. Before joining the chamber, Wilson did contract work with local companies to help in their efforts of community outreach and service.