Community Endeavors
Aug 22, 2019
Chip Morrison
Community Endeavors

On Thursday, August 22, Chip Morrison, will be the featured guest speaker at the weekly fellowship meeting at The Village Inn, 165 High Street in Auburn.  Morrison joined the Business and Government Services team at Androscoggin Bank in August of 2015.  He also currently serves on the board of directors for six local community organizations. Prior to joining the bank, he was the interim executive director for Maine Make-A-Wish Foundation.  In June of 2015, Morrison retired as President of the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce, a position he held since the fall of 1995.  Before joining the Chamber, he was City Manager of Auburn and Commissioner of the state departments of Administration and Labor.  He has a bachelor’s degree from Carleton College and a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Michigan. 

 

Over the course of his career Morrison has won several honors including the State of Maine Public Administrator of the Year, the Ken Curtis Leadership Award from the Maine Development Foundation, the Auburn Citizen of the Year, the Maine Chamber Executive of the Year, the 2008 Mainebiz nonprofit CEO of the year, The Chamber Ray Geiger Award, and the YPLAA Forever Young Award.

Morrison is a resident of Auburn where he lives with his wife, Jane.  They have two grown children, Beth and Brett, who graduated from Edward Little High School, went on to college and graduate school, and who are now in successful careers in the arts and medicine.

L-A Rotary meets every Thursday at The Village Inn, Auburn from noon to 1 p.m.  Lunch is available for $14. Guests and visiting Rotarians are always welcomed.  FMI visit for events and other club information are postedat www.lewistonauburnrotary.org and www.facebook.com/lewistonmainerotary/ or contact Club President Celeste Yakawonis, 713.7111.