NoVa chamber inducts Deb Gandy as next chair

Deborah G. “Deb” Gandy, senior managing director at Chevy Chase Trust Investment Advisors, was inducted as 2023-2024 chair of the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday.

Gandy, the first Black woman to chair the chamber, previously served as the chamber’s 2022-2023 vice chair and succeeds Matt McQueen, Peraton Inc.’s chief communications and engagement officer, as the chamber’s chair.

“The chamber board and executive committee are [composed] of as dynamic a group of business leaders as you’ll find in any major market in this country,” Gandy said in a statement. “With their participation, I am confident in the chamber’s ability to excel. … The chamber’s regional impact will be more significant this time next year than it is today.”

A wealth adviser and relationship manager for Chevy Chase Trust, which has offices in McLean and Bethesda, Maryland, Gandy advises clients in investment management, financial and estate planning and trust administration and oversees the delivery of services to clients.

Gandy was previously director and private banker at Citi Private Bank. Before that, she was a senior vice president and relationship manager at U.S. Trust Co., now Bank of America Private Bank. Gandy also held roles with Wachovia Bank and Trust Co. and the Royal Bank of Scotland in New York City.

Gandy is a past board chair for Lead Virginia and a 2012 graduate of the statewide leadership program. She serves on the board of directors for Signature Theatre in Arlington, the board of trustees for the Arlington Community Foundation and the Dean’s Advisory Board for George Mason University’s Honors College.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The Northern Virginia Chamber also appointed other new board officers at its annual members’ meeting on Tuesday:

• Vice chairman: Mark Carrier, president, B. F. Saul Company Hospitality Group
• Secretary: Richard Pineda, president and CEO, Calibre Systems Inc.
• Treasurer: Jeff Rubery, market executive, EagleBank

Founded in 1925 as a Fairfax County-focused organization, the Tysons-based Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce represents more than 650 businesses that employ about 500,000 employees across the Greater Washington area.