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Ambassador / Membership Council

Mission Statement:  To enhance business growth and development of our members by the recruitment of new members and to represent the chamber as goodwill ambassadors.  To increase the Chamber’s representation of the business community through recruitment of new members and retention of existing members.  To be an advocate for members and the business community in building and sustaining a diverse and prosperous economy.

Chairmen: Jacques DuBose of Heartland Payment Services & Steve Artale of Hungry Horse Restaurant.

Staff Member Responsible for Council:  Terri Politi, Vice President of Membership Development.

Ambassadors:  Catherine Akridge of Akridge Farmers Insurance Agency, Staci Andrews of Salon Infusion, Shawn Bonner of Hungry Horse Restaurant, Kimberly Dandurand of Windstream Communications, Bob Davis of RPM Mortgage, Gopi Dodhia of America's Best Value Inn, Jacques DuBose of Heartland Payment Services, Kam Emerson of Allstate Insurance - The Emerson Group, Denise Graves of The Graves Group of the Phyllis Browning Company, Jodi Harper of Texas Heritage Bank, Vanessa Hersh of Ranch Radio Ltd, Kerry Phillip of Boerne Banking Center, Shay Ray of Century 21 Ruple Properties, Ralph Rodriguez of Fair Oaks Real Estate, Kurt Schick of WellMed of Boerne, Frank Shubert of The Boerne Star, MJ Slater, Paula White & Ola Armstrong of GVTC, Cheryl Smith of Broadway Bank, Allison Smoot of All County Home Care, Richard Speer of Speer Architect, Matthew Staackhouse of ABC Home & Commercial Services, Ed White of Realty Executives of Boerne and Larry Wood of Build Web 2.0.

Overall Goal: To Recruit and Retain Members

When / Where Meetings are held: Meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month at 11:45 a.m at the Kendall County Economic Development Corporation's conference room.

2009 Ambassadors of the Year:  Jacques DuBose and Missy Vadnais

Downloads: The following files (in .pdf format) may help prospective and current Ambassadors in the performance of the Ambassador mission:

Jacques DuBose Email Jacques DuBose

Relationship Manager, Heartland Payment Systems

(830) 446-2100
After successfully completing his Naval career Jacques moved back to Texas. He serves on the Board for the Hill Country Pregnancy Care Center & the Cibolo Arts Council. Jacques also Co-Chairs the Chamber's Ambassador Council. He works as a business consultant for Heartland Payment Systems.


Steve Artale Email Steve Artale

Owner, Hungry Horse Restaurant

(210) 884-0848
Steve Artale is the owner of the Hungry Horse Restaurant and is past member of the Board of Directors for the Greater Boerne Chamber of Commerce and serves as Co-Chair for the Ambassador/Membership Council.