Betsy D’Onofrio of Inland Home Mortgage will be honored as 2020 Ambassador of the Year at the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s 102nd Annual Awards Gala in the Normandy Banquet Room at Elmhurst American Legion THB Post 187 on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, from 7:30 to 10 a.m.  Click HERE to register.

The award is presented annually to a member of the green-coated Chamber Ambassadors for his/her outstanding service.

“Betsy has been part of the fiber of our business organization for more than a decade,” said John R. Quigley, ECCI President and CEO since 1999.  “Her commitment to the work of the green jackets is without fail.”

As ECCI’s public relations team, Ambassadors welcome new members at their Grand Opening celebrations with ribbon-cutting events, and join members celebrating Grand Re-Openings, major anniversaries and office expansions or relocations.

A Chamber Ambassador for the past five years, D’Onofrio served as ECCI’s Member Advocate from 2008-10, was appointed to a three-year Board of Directors term in 2016 and also was a member Director on the Membership Committee.

“While Betsy’s departure from our staff hit hard,” Quigley stated, “I believe that her efforts to remain connected with our Chamber have been to our mutual benefit.”

D’Onofrio also has been a Director on the Hillside-Berkeley Chamber of Commerce Board since 2014, and currently serves as their President.

Employed with ECCI member Inland Home Mortgage since 2015, D’Onofrio now serves as a Business Development Manager and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Officer.

Her resume included service on the Illinois Association of Mortgage Bankers’ Affordable Lending Committee since 2016, North West Housing Partnership since 2019 and DuPage Homeownership Center’s Advancement Committee since 2015.

D’Onofrio is a member and Director of the Elmhurst Lions Club since 2018.

Following her time at the Elmhurst Chamber, D’Onofrio served as a District Sales Manager for then-ECCI member Premiere World Discovery for five years, selling revenue-generating group travel tours to chambers of commerce, not-for-profit organizations, park districts, educational alumni associations and financial institutions.

Established in 1918, the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry is a voluntary organization of business and professional men and women who have joined together to promote the civic and commercial progress of the community.

The Elmhurst Chamber also serves the needs of its members through services, programs and events that provide opportunities for networking and referral, business education, development and promotion, governmental representation and community involvement.

The Chamber’s mission is to promote an environment that creates success for local businesses and our community.