How Don DePerro helped revitalize the Columbus Chamber or Commerce DePerro, who died unexpectedly Jan. 11, helped rebuild the business advocacy organization and forged new partnerships in the ...

Don DePerro (photographed Nov. 26, 2024) retired as president and CEO of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce in early January 2025. He’d held the post since March 2016. DePerro passed away on Saturday.

Ray takes over for Don DePerro, who is retiring. The chamber on Thursday announced Derrick Clay is incoming president and CEO, as of Jan. 6. News Sports Entertainment Business Opinion Advertise ...

Spurring membership is at the top of the to-do list for the Columbus Chamber of Commerce’s new CEO.

Don DePerro’s newspaper roots. DePerro’s career began as a youth in Buffalo, where he looked up to his father, a World War II veteran who drove a truck for Roadway Express during the week and ...

As a teenager in his hometown of Buffalo, New York, Don DePerro acquired an unusual nickname. “I would shake hands with everybody, and they started calling me ‘Chamber of Commerce,’” said DePerro, a ...