Suzy Kelly, CEO of Chesapeake-based Jo-Kell Inc., has been elected chair of the board of directors of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
Kelly has been a member of the chamber board since 2009 and a member of its executive committee since 2010. She succeeds Dennis Treacy, president of the Smithfield Foundation.
Founded in 1977, Jo-Kell is a woman-owned small business specializing in Navy shipboard and high-tech industrial automation products, systems and services. The company has more than 60 employees working in Chesapeake; Jacksonville, Fla.; San Diego; Atlanta; and Charleston, S.C.
