After a nationwide search conducted by an independent firm, the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce announced this week that Doug Loon has been selected as its new president. Loon, who will fill the vacancy left by David Olson who passed away in July of 2014, will assume his new role on September 8.
Loon began working for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1995 and is currently employed as the national chamber’s vice president for regional affairs and advocacy for the Midwest Region. Loon manages the national chamber’s seven regional offices that provide political and grassroots outreach across the nation. In addition, he manages the U.S. Chamber’s Midwest Region that includes Minnesota.
Previously, he served as the U.S. Chamber’s director of Congressional and Public Affairs in Washington, D.C., legislative director in the U.S. Senate, and as acting director of the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. He earned a bachelor’s degree in government and international affairs from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D., is married to Minnesota State Representative Jenifer Loon (R), and lives in Eden Prairie, Minn.
