Bill Zens has been the director of the Illinois Valley Area Chamber of Commerce for just over a week. His first goals involve getting to know what the members’ needs are.
Zens says he looks forward to working with economic and business development groups, as well as IVAC’s hundreds of members. He says it’s wonderful to work for an organization with so many members wanting to help each other. Zens has nine years of experience working for Coca-Cola.
The previous IVAC director, Joni Hunt, held the job for five years. She left at the end of 2020 to take another job.