Elaine Spalding

Elaine Spalding has served as President of the Rowan Chamber of Commerce, in Salisbury, North Carolina, since May 2013. She has helped the Rowan Chamber receive national recognition and she was named 2020 Chamber Executive of the Year by the Carolina Chamber Executives Association.
Spalding has over 30 years of Chamber management experience at these locations: Paducah, Kentucky; Beaverton, Oregon; Louisville, Kentucky; and San Antonio, Texas.
She is a Certified Chamber Executive (CCE) and a U.S. Chamber Institute of Management (IOM) Graduate.
Her other board involvement includes: Past President of the Carolina Chamber of Commerce Executives; Immediate Past President of Salisbury Rotary Club; Rowan Partners for Education Board; United Way Board; Rowan EDC Board; Graduate of Leadership Rowan and the Charlotte Regional American Leadership Forum (ALF) program.
Born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Spalding received her Bachelor of Science degree with a double major in journalism and speech from Murray State University.
Elaine is married to Watercolor Artist Keyth Kahrs (Railwalk Gallery) and they spend their free time kayaking and hiking with their dogs Liddy and Sidney.