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Economic Development 2023: BRYAN K. STEPHENS

PRESIDENT AND CEO, HAMPTON ROADS CHAMBER, NORFOLK

Economic Development 2023: BRYAN K. STEPHENS

PRESIDENT AND CEO, HAMPTON ROADS CHAMBER, NORFOLK

//August 30, 2023//

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Stephens has headed the for the past 10 years, promoting business concerns in the region, home to Naval Station , the world’s largest naval complex, as well as significant manufacturing and hospitality sectors. 

The chamber maintained its U.S. Chamber of Commerce five-star accreditation in 2022, placing it in the top 1% of all U.S. chambers. Over the past year, the organization revamped its civic leadership development program, Lead757, and refocused its diversity, equity and inclusion program to be more actionable for businesses.  

A retired Army colonel, Stephens has won numerous military awards and decorations and is a graduate of West Virginia University, Golden Gate University and the U.S. Army War College. He is a gubernatorial appointee to the Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority and serves on boards for the University of Virginia’s Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership and Lead Virginia.

TRAIT(S) I ADMIRE: Quiet confidence and fierce determination; humbleness

WHAT I’VE LEARNED: Significance in life comes from giving.

SOMETHING I’D NEVER DO AGAIN: Run a marathon

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