{"id":65341,"date":"2016-01-16T11:02:47","date_gmt":"2016-01-16T16:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=65341"},"modified":"2016-01-16T11:02:47","modified_gmt":"2016-01-16T16:02:47","slug":"oneida-chamber-executive-director-honored-with-statewide-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=65341","title":{"rendered":"Oneida Chamber, Executive Director Honored With Statewide Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2015-Chamber-Dir-of-Year.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-65342\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2015-Chamber-Dir-of-Year.jpg\" alt=\"2015 Chamber Dir of Year\" width=\"388\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2015-Chamber-Dir-of-Year.jpg 388w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2015-Chamber-Dir-of-Year-146x150.jpg 146w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2015-Chamber-Dir-of-Year-291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/a>(Oneida, Albany, NY \u2013 Jan. 2016) The Employer Alliance for Affordable Health Care, the largest single-issue grassroots coalition in New York State, has named Greater Oneida Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Royale Scuderi as chamber executive of the year, recognizing her efforts in small business health insurance advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>The Greater Oneida Chamber of Commerce also received the 2015 Chamber of the Year Award on behalf of the work of its members.<\/p>\n<p>Scuderi is the first chamber leader to be chosen by the Employer Alliance to receive this honor.\u00a0The Greater Oneida Chamber is the third chamber in the Alliance\u2019s 18 year history to be named Chamber of the Year.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn working with our coalition in the past two years, Mrs. Scuderi has shown overwhelming support in representing her members\u2019 concerns as they relate to health insurance affordability,\u201d said Employer Alliance Executive Director Pamela Reese Finch.\u00a0 \u201cShe and the Oneida Chamber embody our philosophy that together, small businesses will achieve great things. Ms. Scuderi herself set an unprecedented level of leadership that is truly worthy of its own recognition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2015-COY-Oneida.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-65343\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2015-COY-Oneida.jpg\" alt=\"2015 COY - Oneida\" width=\"367\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2015-COY-Oneida.jpg 367w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2015-COY-Oneida-138x150.jpg 138w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2015-COY-Oneida-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/a>The Employer Alliance for Affordable Health Care represents more than 3,100 small and medium-sized businesses throughout New York State. The federal government estimates that\u00a0over the\u00a0past decade, average annual family\u00a0premiums\u00a0for workers at small firms\u00a0increased\u00a0by 123 percent. The Employer Alliance and its chamber partners\u00a0focus on educating state lawmakers and advocating for state-level change.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about The Employer Alliance, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.employeralliance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.employeralliance.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Oneida, Albany, NY \u2013 Jan. 2016) The Employer Alliance for Affordable Health Care, the largest single-issue grassroots coalition in New York State, has named Greater Oneida Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Royale Scuderi as chamber executive of the year, recognizing her efforts in small business health insurance advocacy. 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