Firm hired to lead search for Burbank Chamber of Commerce's next director

Firm hired to lead search for Burbank Chamber of Commerce’s next director

Jan. 23, 2016 8:02 PM PT

The Burbank Chamber of Commerce is seeking a new executive director after the retirement last month of Gary Olson, who had served as the chamber’s president and chief executive for 11 years.

A seven-member special committee of the chamber’s board of directors has hired the consulting firm McIntyre-St. Clair LLC to conduct the executive search, develop a strategic plan and assist in the transition, according to a statement.

The chamber — which represents businesses and lobbies on various economic issues at the local, state and federal levels — has roughly 1,000 member businesses with about 33,000 employees in Burbank.

Candidates can apply for the executive director position by emailing don@msstrategy.com a detailed letter of interest outlining their qualifications related to the position description — available online here — along with a resume and three references. The deadline for applications is Feb. 5.

Chad Garland, chad.garland@latimes.com

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Chad Garland

Chad Garland covered the city of Burbank and Bob Hope Airport for the Burbank Leader until 2016. Previously, he has covered Arizona’s congressional delegation in Washington, D.C., for Cronkite News Service and Oregon’s Legislature for the Associated Press. His work investigating questionable veterans’ charities as part of the award-winning News21 national investigative project “Back Home” earned a “Best in Business” award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in 2013. Before becoming a reporter, he spent more than a decade in various assignments related to national defense. An Illinois native, his first California address was at Marine Corps boot camp in San Diego. He has degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Arizona State University, as well as a diploma from the Army’s Defense Language Institute in Monterey, where he learned to speak Russian.