TAB Staff

 ART ROBERTS
 Senior Vice President-Chamber Relations

Art Roberts has served thirty-six years in the chamber profession, the last sixteen years as the Senior Vice President for Chamber Relations of the Texas Association of Business. He manages the division that works with chambers throughout Texas concerning business issues facing their members or concerning the operation of the chamber organization, and serves as the CEO for the professional association for Chamber Executives (TCCE).

Roberts served 20 years in the Chamber profession as the Chief Executive Officer of four Texas Chambers of Commerce: Lamesa, Edinburg, Odessa and El Paso.

He is the author of Operating the Volunteer Organization, a book that received national publication and was designed for the staffs of volunteer organizations. A revised, updated version of the book was released in 2004, and his second book designed for volunteers, Recognizing Your Role as a Volunteer, was released in 2004 as well.

Roberts attended Odessa College, the University of Texas, the Institute of Organization Management at SMU, and the Academy of Organization Management at Notre Dame University.

He was one of two U.S. chamber executives selected to serve as the first instructors at the U.S. Chamber Institute for Central and South America, taught in San Jose Costa Rica.

He taught graduate level courses in association management at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin and was Chairman of the Board of Regents of the Institute for Organization Management at SMU.

He was a founding member of the Board of the Center for Chamber of Commerce Excellence, an education program for chamber executives operated through the University of Oklahoma.

In December of 2006, Roberts facilitated his 354th Planning Retreat for a local chamber board. He has also conducted more than 25 strategic planning retreats for associations, Chambers of Commerce and city and county governments.