Board of Directors

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Mike Gaymon Chamber of Commerce Download Bio (125K)

A native of South Carolina, Mike Gaymon was educated in the public schools/colleges there. He began his Chamber career in April of 1976. He led Chambers in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Alabama, before moving to Georgia in April 1988 to serve as the President/CEO of the Greater Columbus Georgia Chamber of Commerce.

Gaymon has been selected by his peers as the Georgia Chamber Executive of the Year, Georgia Tech's Top Presenter for Economic Development Workshop, US Chamber's top five national instructors, and is one of Georgia's first Certified Chamber Executives. He is the only current Chamber Executive to have been selected to lead the State Associations of both Alabama and Georgia.

He has taught courses at Auburn University, University of Oklahoma, University of Delaware and the University of Georgia.

His economic development accomplishments exceed $3.7 billion dollars with over 45,900 new jobs being generated.