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Carroll County Chamber of Commerce / Carroll
Tomorrow: new logo, new branding, and website
Chamber/Carroll Tomorrow experienced leadership changes this year, but brought back
some previous employees and added a few fresh hires now marching forward into 2024
story by Wayne J. Reynolds
The year 2023 has been one of unexpected
change and turnover for the Carroll County
Chamber of Commerce/Carroll Tomorrow
organizations, with the two ultimately landing
on their collective feet with both broad and
focused goals already laid out for 2024.
The change began in
March when Karen
Handel unexpectedly
resigned from her posi
tion as president/CEO
after only 21 months of
employment. Shortly
after her hire in 2021, she
spoke on her vision and thoughts about the
position during a StarNews interview, pro
claiming, “This ain’t your grandaddy’s cham
ber”. An official statement after her abrupt
departure thanked her “or her service”.
Brian Dill was then named interim presi
dent/CEO March 16 th, and then hired on June
1st. Dill had previously worked for Carroll
Tomorrow as vice president of Economic
Development & Global Commerce about ten
years ago. He remains employed with Tanner
Health Systems as Vice President of External
Affairs, but has stepped down from his respon
sibilities as executive director of the Tanner
Foundation.
On June 17th Rhyne Ownenby also returned
to the chamber as Senior Vice President of
Operations, after an approximately six month
absence. Ownenby reports directly to Dill. She
has day-to-day oversight of the Chamber.
Another very familiar chamber face, Daniel
Jackson, also temporarily has returned to help
with the transition.
Owenby explained, “We were not fully
staffed at that time and Daniel helped fill the
void.”
Dill added, “Daniel is a good mentor and
coach for us. He is even-keeled, and greatly
helped with background
and information on pro
jects. He will remain
going forward on special
projects as needed.”
Jackson had retired in
March 2021 after nearly
20 years as President/CEO
of Carroll Tomorrow and the Carroll County
Chamber of Commerce.
When asked about his dual responsibilities
with the chamber and with Tanner, Dill
responded, “It is about prioritizing time. It is
probably 60/40, 70/30 on goals and objectives
depending on the week. On the front end, I had
more leeway focusing on the chamber putting
everything in place and getting staffing levels
up to 100% on both the chamber and Carroll
Tomorrow sides.
“In the winter months, I will spend more
time on Tanner with my responsibilities with
the legislatures in both Georgia and Alabama
as well as in Washington.”
Dill stated they had their 2024 projects and
programming lined up. They will be introduc
ing a new logo, branding, and website for both
the chamber of commerce and Carroll
Tomorrow.
See CHAMBER'S CHANGES page 8
Brian Dill
President/CEO
Carroll County
Chamber of Commerce
& Carroll Tomorrow
brian@carroll-ga.org
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Rhyne Owenby
Senior Vice President
Carroll County
Chamber of Commerce
rhyne@carroll-ga.org
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Joseph Ingui
Director
Economic Development
Carroll Tomorrow
joseph@carroll-ga.org
2023 Carroll County Chamber of
Commerce Executive Committee
Chair:
Jill Duncan, State Farm Insurance
Treasurer:
Sheryl Williams, Bank OZK
At-Large:
Dr. Allison Key, 3:16 Healthcare
At-Large:
Tim Brewer, Addison Smith
Dill stated they had their 2024
projects and programming lined
up. They will be introducing a new
logo, branding, and website for
both the chamber of commerce
and Carroll Tomorrow
Zarah Spraggins,
Program and Event
Manager
Carroll County
Chamber of Commerce
zarah@carroll-ga.org
Haley Bell
Carroll Tomorrow
Project Manager
Carroll Tomorrow
haley@carroll-ga.org
Paula Eason,
Membership & Events
Coordinator
Carroll County
Chamber of Commerce
paula@carroll-ga.org
Christi O’Barr-Miller,
Administrative Assistant
Carroll County
Chamber of Commerce
christi@carroll-ga.org
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