Director of benefits for KY Chamber of Commerce speaks at Tuesday luncheon

Being a member of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce or any chamber of commerce has a number of benefits.

Shawna Burton, director of member benefits and partnerships for the Ky. Chamber of Commerce, spoke about some advantages of chamber membership during Tuesday’s Southern Ky. Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

“There is nothing like the connections and the networking and the relationships that you will build through your chamber, your local chamber specifically,” said Shawna Burton, who is director of member benefits and partnerships for the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. “What the local chamber does is really bring you opportunities like this, such as monthly networking lunches, ribbon cuttings and opportunities to save money. It is the friendships and the relationships that you are building that go so much further than anything you could do by being in a directory or being listed on a website.”

Burton was the keynote speaker for the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce monthly membership luncheon Tuesday, which was held at The Corbin Center.

She spent most of her address talking about how membership in the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce or the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce can give you access to reduced prices on health insurance coverage through a partnership with Anthem called ChamberAdvantage, and how chamber members can get a discount on their workers compensation policy through Clearpath Specialty.

During the luncheon, new member plaques were presented to the Knox County Fiscal Court, KCEOC Community Action Partnership, La Donnas Catering, and Union College.

Greg Razmus, who is a member of the chamber’s board of directors, noted that the chamber is in the midst of a membership drive with the goal of getting 100 new members to join, and/or getting former members to rejoin the chamber.

KCEOC Community Action Partnership sponsored Tuesday’s luncheon.

La Donnas Catering provided the meal for the luncheon.