SINCE 1895, THE MOST PROMINENT AND RESPECTED VOICE OF BUSINESS has been the Sacramento Metro Chamber. The Metro Chamber is the oldest, largest and most influential business organization in Northern California and the only local chamber of commerce with a regional scope, serving the business and economic development needs of El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties.

Our job is to make sure that business needs are top-of-mind among community leaders and government officials. Today, progress continues in improving air quality and transportation infrastructure, increasing the region's level of flood protection, and developing programs that nurture a broad and capable workforce.

Metro Chamber Facts At A Glance

Year Founded
1895 as a 501 (c)(6) non-profit, member organization

Leadership
Matthew R. Mahood, President and CEO, January 2002-present
2009 Board Chair, Linda Cutler, GenCorp
2010 Board Chair, Randy Sater, Teichert
2011 Board Chair, Greg Eldridge, CH2MHill
Immediate Past Board Chair, Michael Jacobson, Intel Corporation (2008)

Mission Statement
The Sacramento Metro Chamber fosters regional economic prosperity.

Vision Statement
The Sacramento Metro Chamber is a catalyst in transforming the Sacramento region into an international center for commerce, learning, culture and recreation.

Metro Chamber Business Profile
Nearly 2,200 Sacramento-area businesses and organizations support the Metro Chamber, making it the second largest chamber in California. Our range of members includes sole practitioners to small-and medium-sized businesses, to large corporations.

The Metro Chamber:

• Manages a multitude of member services and programs for nearly 2,200 member businesses and organizations across six counties, representing nearly 190,000 employees

• Actively engages in roughly a dozen key policy issues each year; 2009 top priorities include flood protection, transportation solutions, business retention and expansion, health care and workforce development 

• Is driven by a 69-member board of directors
  

• Is supported by a committee structure that includes 23 committees made up of more than 450 volunteer leaders

• Is affiliated with a variety of diverse and distinct nonprofit organizations and partners that support the Metro Chamber's mission and regional economic development goals

• Is at the center of important decision-making activities with regional organizations, elected officials and city, county, state and federal agencies