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The State Chamber:
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We Are Your Advocate. If you’re a member of The State Chamber, you have a say at the State Capitol BEFORE a law is passed or a regulation imposed.
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The State Chamber...Who Are We?
Our Mission:
To make Oklahoma "The State of Choice for Business."
Our Vision:
The State Chamber's business advocacy will be the most valued membership investment for Oklahoma business.
The State Chamber, Oklahoma's Association of Business and Industry is the state's most effective lobbying organization representing all types and sizes of business.
- We are a private, nonprofit, business-membership organization designed to advocate business needs at the state and federal levels. Our staff consists of 21 professionals, including ten registered lobbyists.
- While The State Chamber's primary mission is to represent business interests at the capitol, we also provide services and programs designed to address the specific needs of small business, manufacturing, community development and education.
- The State Chamber's membership is more than 2,000 individual business locations, in 25 states. More than 50 percent of our members have less than 35 employees.
- The State Chamber's policy is developed and set by a volunteer membership corps comprised of more than 650 professionals involved in more than 30 separate committees, task forces and councils. Their recommendations are then taken to the full Board of Directors for policy approval.
- Our organization is 81 years old and serves as both The State Chamber and the State Manufacturers' Association for all Oklahoma businesses.
Affiliate organizations of The State Chamber include:
- Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce Executives;
- Oklahoma Economic Development Council; and,
- Oklahoma 2000, Inc.
In 1990, The State Chamber became the nation's first accredited state chamber. In 1996, we became the first state chamber in the nation to become re-accredited. We are proud of the designation and continue to use the re-accreditation process as a tool for future growth and development.
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