ELMHURST CHAMBER HONORS MULTI-TASKING SALESWOMAN AS AMBASSADOR OF THE YEAR
ELMHURST, Ill., January 2, 2008 — Local businesswoman Kristi Reynolds will be recognized as Ambassador of the Year for 2007 at the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s 89th Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon held in the Presidential Room at the Diplomat West Banquet Halls (681 West North Avenue) on Wednesday, January 23, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The award is presented annually to a member of the green-coated Chamber Ambassadors for his/her outstanding service.
Reynolds, Founder and Owner of Looking Out For You Windows & Doors (449 East Park Avenue) and Account Executive at The Elmhurst Independent (546 South York Street), has served as an Ambassador and Team Captain since 2003. She also is a second-term member of the Chamber’s Board of Directors.
“I am honored to have been chosen as this year’s Ambassador of the Year,” Reynolds said. “I have enjoyed being an Ambassador for the Elmhurst Chamber these past five years. It is an honor for me to represent the Chamber at ribbon cuttings and other community events.”
Added Reynolds, “I feel that it is my privilege to pass on the excitement of belonging to such an active chamber. Our Chamber provides so many benefits to its members. The more I take advantage of all it offers, the better I’m able to pass it on.”
“Kristi is the epitome of who a Chamber Ambassador is supposed to be,” said John Quigley, Chamber President and CEO. “Her attendance at ribbon-cuttings for new members and other Chamber events is commendable, and she proudly wears her green jacket.”
Reynolds, who has 20 years of experience in newspaper advertising sales and management, was first elected to the Chamber Board in 2004 and re-elected in 2007.
She has served on the Marketing Committee since 2003.
In 2004, after 17 years with the Elmhurst Press and then Liberty Suburban Chicago Newspapers, Reynolds founded Looking Out For You Windows & Doors, a Chamber member since then, and joined the advertising sales staff at The Independent.
For most of her two decades in community newspapers, Reynolds played an instrumental role in the production of the Chamber’s Elmhurst Community Directory, including the annual publication’s dramatic magazine-style redevelopment from 2000-03, and its record-breaking growth in 2007.
As a 10-year member of the Elmhurst Noon Lions Club, Reynolds is current Membership Chair and Advisor for the newly chartered LEO Club for teens (ages 12 to 18), and has served as Social Chair, Fundraising Chair, Speaker Chair and then President.
She also is a new member of the Board of Directors of the Elmhurst Children’s Assistance Foundation (ECAF).
Reynolds is a 13-year resident of Elmhurst.
Ambassadors represent the Chamber at numerous member business functions, including ribbon cuttings (working under a captain in three teams of 10), grand openings, anniversaries and other celebrations and special events. The group is comprised mostly of current and former members of the Chamber’s Board of Directors.
Established in 1918, the Elmhurst Chamber is a voluntary organization of business and professional men and women who have joined together for the purpose of promoting the civic and commercial progress of the community.
The 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.