The Virginia Chamber of Commerce has elected Dennis Treacy, president of the Smithfield Foundation, as chairman of its board of directors.
Treacy has served in leadership roles with Smithfield Foods since 2002. He previously served as Virginia’s director of environmental quality and as an assistant attorney general in the natural resources section of the Virginia Attorney General’s office.
Treacy, who was first vice chair of the chamber’s board in 2016, succeeds Chairman Tom Palmer, senior vice president and regional vice president for the Central Virginia regional commercial banking office of Wells Fargo.
In addition to his role at the chamber, Treacy serves as vice rector on the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors and is chairman of VIRGINIAforever, a group of businesses and environmental groups that advocate for water quality and land conservation.
