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YEAR	NAME	COMPANY
Newhall Chamber of Commerce
1923	Albert C. Swall	Swall Hotel, etc.
Note: The organization appears to have disbanded after 1923. A 1930 citation refers to it as the Chamber of Commerce of Newhall-Saugus and links it with the Kiwanis Club and with A.B. Perkins. We next hear of it (as the Newhall Chamber) in this 1941 news report.
1941	Dr. Sarah L. Murray (first woman?)	Physician, Surgeon
Newhall-Saugus Chamber of Commerce
1947	Paul Carrell
1948	Henry Dreher	(Still) president in June 1949; [link].
1949	Ed Hilburn	Hilburn Funeral Home
1950	Ray Engell
1951	Ralph W. Overton	NOTE: There exists a listing that erroneously reverses Hadley's and Overton's years.
1952	Carleton Hadley	Newhall Firestone Store
1953	Robert Lagerberg	Partner, Salmond and Lagerberg (Union Oil consignee at San Fernando Road and Pine Street)
1954	Clyde Houdeshell
1955	Dr. Wm. J. Bonelli, Jr.	Santa Clarita Water Co., etc.
1956	Adrian Adams	Attorney at Law
1957	Fred Wilson (not this Fred Wilson)
1958	Dr. Wm. Scown, Jr.
1959-60	Phil Merlino
1961-62	Everett Nichols
1963	Tom Neuner
1964	Jack Nelson
1965	John Fuller
1966	Robert M. Hunt
Newhall-Saugus-Valencia Chamber of Commerce (Exact year of switch unk.)
1967	James B. Keysor, Jr.	Keysor-Century Corp.
1968	James R. Lowder	Attorney at Law
1969	Charles D. White
1970	Davis J. McLean
1971	Jim Pugh
1972	John H. Groom
1973	Walter E. Black
1974-75	Richard G. Millar	Realtor
1976	Vince Wiese	Owner, Vince Wiese Chevrolet
1977	Richard G. Millar	Realtor
1978	Sara Faye Wood	Surety Savings & Loan Assn.
1979	Arthur N. Briner
Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce (Name Changed June 1980)
1980-82	Robert Bardwell
1983	Robert Silverstein
1984-85	Connie Bishop
1986	Terry Martin	Condie, George & Martin CPAs
1987	Tonia Henson
1988	Lou Garasi	President, Gruber Systems
1989	Mike Berger	Salomon Smith Barney
1990	Rosalie Gnam	Southern California Edison Co.
1991	Gary Choppé	Owner, Creative Image Studio
1992-93	Marlee Lauffer	Vice President of Corporate Communications, The Newhall Land and Farming Co.
1994-95	Gary Johnson	Owner, Consolidated Micro Services
1996	Marc Aronson	Owner, Business Builders
1997	Tim Burkhart	Operations Director, Six Flags Magic Mountain
1998	Kimberly Kurowski	Owner, A-1 Party
1999	Will Fleet	Publisher, The Signal
2000	Connie Worden-Roberts	Director, SCV Transportation Management Assn.
2001	Doug Sink	CFO, REMO Inc.
2002	Rick Winsman	Owner, Saratoga Engraving
2003	Kris Hough	Branch Manager, Valencia Bank & Trust (Union Bank of California, as of 2-10-2003)
2004	Duane Harte	Owner, Academy Addressing & Mailing
2005	Ed Masterson	Golden West K-9 (June 2005) Loose Goose Wine Festival
2006	Chris Fall	Advantage Disposal
2007	Pam Ingram	Realtor, RE/MAX of Santa Clarita
2008	Charlie Gill	Owner, Integrated Property Services Group Inc.
2009	Bill Kennedy	Owner, Wingspan Business Consulting
2010	John Shaffery	Principal, Poole & Shaffery LLP
2011	Dana Cop	Public Affairs, AT&T Inc.
2012	Chris Angelo	Owner, Stay Green Inc.
2013	Fred Arnold	Investment Counselor, American Family Funding
2014	Jim Backer	CEO, JSB Development Inc.
2015	Sue Nevius	Operations Director, Integrity Lodging LLC
2016	Curtis Woods	Eternal Valley Memorial Park
2017	John Musella	The Musella Group (public relations)
2018	Troy Hooper	General Manager, Tournament Players Club (TPC) Valencia
2019	Nancy Starczyk	Real Estate Agent/Broker, Realty Executives
2020	Nancy Starczyk	Real Estate Agent/Broker, Realty Executives
2021	John Vance	Vance Wealth
2022	Christian Raigosa	Kaiser Permanente

Note: "President" was the title given to the volunteer president of the chamber board until mid-2003, when the title was changed to "chairman" or "chairwoman." The (paid) executive director became "president" and CEO. This list indicates the volunteer president/chair of the board.

NEWHALL / SCV CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
1923 to Date

Newhall/SCV Chamber Presidents