ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

CELEBRATING 125 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY

Nancy Hughes Anthony, who joined the 170,000-member Canadian Chamber of Commerce as President and CEO in September 1998, will be making a much-anticipated visit to Windsor to serve as keynote speaker at the Chamber’s 125^th Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, October 17, 2001.

As President and CEO, Ms. Hughes Anthony is the principal spokesperson advocating the policy positions of the Canadian Chamber’s members to the federal government, international organizations, the media and the general public.

At our event, she will provide attendees with an overview of the Canadian Chamber’s role and relationship with local Chambers, touch on the policy setting process, perhaps covering some of the submissions discussed at the Canadian Chamber’s AGM being held this month in Winnipeg, and provide our Chamber with advice on what we can do on behalf of our membership in terms of lobbying government and tips on how to do it successfully.

Prior to her arrival at the Chamber, Ms. Hughes Anthony gained senior experience in the federal and provincial governments as well as the private sector, having served as a federal deputy minister, a senior advisor to the government of Prince Edward Island and, most recently, as a corporate vice-president.

She is currently the Business Co-Chair of the Canadian Business and Labour Centre, is a Vice-Chair of the World Chambers Federation, a member of the Board of Governors of Carleton University and a Governor of the Council for Canadian Unity.

In March 2000, and again in March 2001, the National Post deemed Ms. Hughes Anthony as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Business Women in Canada.