Patricia L. Ritchie has been President and CEO of the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce since August 2001, when she returned to Fairfield County after many years in the Hartford area. Patricia is responsible for insuring the chamber meets its stated objectives and operates within its annual budget. She works closely with the elected Chairman, Officers, Board of Directors, and many volunteer committees to achieve this.
In addition, Patricia works to establish a friendly and open working relationship with the town administration and the many town departments, the Board of Education, Fairfield University and Sacred Heart University, the 500+ chamber members, non-member businesses, and town residents. She speaks for the chamber on important issues and at events. Patricia also attends various town meetings to provide input on behalf of the business community.
In her day-to-day duties, Patricia devotes much of her time to Chamber events and projects.
Email Patricia:
LINDA
MATTHEWS
Executive Assistant
Linda was raised in
Fairfield and has more than 30 years of experience with the Fairfield Chamber
office. She performs many of our internal functions, such as processing
accounts receivable and accounts payable, and maintaining more lists than we can count. She also handles our Gift Certificate Program and is a certified Notary Public.
Linda provides administrative support for all Chamber
programs and events, and she responds to the hundreds of telephone calls and written requests for information
the Chamber gets each year. Above all, she is a wellspring of sanity.
Email Linda:
ANNA
ACCETTA
Administrative Assistant
After operating for many years as a two-person shop (plus one part-time loose cannon responsible for the web site and computer-related thingamabobs), in 2008 the Chamber added Anna Accetta to the full-time office staff. Anna comes to us from the corporate world, where she was an office manager for Catalyst International of Fairfield, Balmori Associates of New Haven, and Theodore Barry & Associates of Massachusetts and New York.
Her past duties have included in-house accounting functions (as well as close working relationships with outside accountants) and event coordination -- skills that will be a tremendous help to the Chamber. Her experience in human resources will also come in handy; someone has to keep our webmaster in line, after all.
Email Anna: anna@FairfieldCTChamber.com.
