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Global Chamber® San Antonio

Global Chamber® San Antonio helps members get business done across metro areas!

Global Chamber® is a thriving and collaborating community of CEO's, executives, and leaders growing business across 525 metropolitan areas. We leverage technology and our collective networks around the world to help member companies grow, reduce risk, be more productive, and succeed faster.

We are the only organization in the world with the mission to grow business from anywhere to anywhere while collaborating with every organization. We help companies, investors and executives around the world succeed across metros and borders.

Christopher C. Herring, Executive Director

Christopher Herring is the Executive Director for Global Chamber® San Antonio. He is a decorated combat veteran of the United States Air Force serving his nation as a commissioned officer for over 20 years. He was inspired by the late Ronald H. Brown, former US Secretary of Commerce, who he escorted on business trips to Los Angeles, to become a future chamber leader, business owner, and ultimately a facilitator of opportunity.

Mr. Herring is a past President/CEO of the Alamo City Chamber of Commerce in San Antonio, the United States 7th largest city. He balanced the needs of corporate partners, small businesses and collegiate student members. Mr. Herring was twice elected and served his last term as the Chairman of the Texas Association of African American Chambers of Commerce (TAAACC) in 2019. He advocated for over 250,000 businesses and 23 chambers of commerce in the nation's second largest economy with the ultimate goal to help his business members increase overall revenues and sales.

During his 20-year United States Air Force career, Mr. Herring was certified as a Workforce Diversity Trainer through the Society of Human Resource Management. Between 2011-2019, Christopher has served three mayors as the Mayor of San Antonio's appointee to the Small Business Advocacy Committee (SBAC) overseeing the Small Business Economic Development Advocacy (SBEDA) Program subcontracting goals. He was elected as the Chairman of the SBAC's 5-Yr Contracting Diversity Plan Accountability Subcommittee. Lastly, as a City Official, and Chairman of the SBAC, Herring helped his city earn the "Best Small Business Program" in the United States by the International Economic Development Foundation in 2019.

Entrepreneurship is a key ingredient of this leader. He is President and CEO of River Walk Publishing, LLC. in San Antonio, Texas. He is the founder of Future CEO of America, an initiative to help spur financial literacy among primarily minority youth. Mr. Herring served on the Board of Directors of San Antonio Council of International Visitors (SACIV) as board secretary, and Texas Committee of the US Global Leadership Coalition (UGLC). He is a member if the International Executive Advisory Committee of the Alamo Colleges District.

Over two-year period with University of Texas Austin, Mr. Herring sponsored 50 African business leaders, from 35 different nations to San Antonio showcasing an international city made up of Rackspace, NBA's San Antonio Spurs, Brooks City Base, Morgan's Wonderland, Geekdome, Alamo Colleges District, Bexar County and the City of San Antonio.

Reach out to see how we can help at SAT@globalchamber.org