{"id":207483,"date":"2026-04-23T18:19:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/207483\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:19:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:19:40","slug":"queens-chamber-of-commerce-swears-in-board-of-directors-and-executive-committee-members-qns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/207483\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens Chamber of Commerce swears in Board of Directors and Executive Committee members \u2013 QNS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"904\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000047411.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"board\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Queens Chamber of Commerce\u2019s Executive Committee and Board of Directors, including Jamie McShane (second from left) were sworn in for the 2026 term.<\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of the Queens Chamber of Commerce<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queenschamber.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Queens Chamber of Commerce<\/a> introduced and swore in its 2026 Board of Directors and Executive Committee members after announcing the results of its annual meeting and election of officers and directors on Thursday, April 23.<\/p>\n<p>Those serving on the Executive Committee for the 2026 term in the Queens Chamber of Commerce, the borough\u2019s oldest and largest business association, include CFM Development President and CEO Carl Mattone, Acrisure Partner and Executive Vice President Nash Roe, Maspeth Federal Savings Executive Vice President and COO Dave Daraio, LIJ Forest Hills Hospital Northwell Health President Lorraine Chambers-Lewis, Resorts World New York City SVP of Community Development Michelle Stoddart, ConnectOne Bank Vice President and Sales and Service Leader Maria Odysseos and Graf and Lewent Architects Partner Howard Graf.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coned.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Con Edison<\/a> Media Relations Director Jamie McShane was sworn in as the newest member of the Queens Chamber of Commerce\u2019s Board of Directors.\n<\/p>\n<p>McShane and the other members of the Board of Directors were sworn in by Queens County Surrogate Judge Cassandra Johnson.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/?attachment_id=607696\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-607696 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-607696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000047398.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\"  \/><\/a>Queens County Surrogate Judge Cassandra Johnson (left) swore the members in. Photo courtesy of the Queens Chamber of Commerce\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe are proud to welcome Jamie McShane to the Queens Chamber\u2019s Board of Directors,\u201d Queens Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Grech said. \u201cJamie is a highly respected communications leader with deep experience navigating complex issues and engaging diverse communities. His work at Con Edison and throughout his career reflects a strong commitment to New York City\u2019s business community. That perspective will be a tremendous asset as we continue advancing opportunities for Queens businesses and strengthening connections across the borough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Before he joined Con Edison, McShane worked as the vice president of the Real Estate Board of New York, the director of communications for the New York City Council and was an Emmy-award-winning producer at multiple news outlets, including NY 1 News, WNBC and CNN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Members of the Queens Chamber of Commerce\u2019s Executive Committee and Board of Directors, including Jamie McShane (second from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[1168,82282,9,24,63,122,5807,82283,124,123],"class_list":["post-207483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-con-edison","tag-jamie-mcshane","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-chamber-of-commerce","tag-queens-chamber-of-commerce-board-of-directors","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}