[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 12 (Wednesday, February 9, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 9, 1994]
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 CAROLE F. HOOVER, NEW PRESIDENT, GREATER CLEVELAND GROWTH ASSOCIATION

  Mr. GLENN. Madam President, on behalf of my colleague from Ohio, 
Senator Metzenbaum, and myself, I rise today to commend the selection 
of Carole F. Hoover as president of the Greater Cleveland Growth 
Association. The Greater Cleveland Growth Association with its 14,000 
members is the Nation's largest chamber of commerce.
  Carole Hoover is currently the executive vice president of the 
Greater Cleveland Growth Association and will succeed retiring 
president William H. Bryant in July.
  Carole Hoover has had a long and distinguished career as a leader in 
the Cleveland community. She has served with the Greater Cleveland 
Growth Association since 1971 and is one of the unsung heroes directly 
responsible for greater Cleveland's remarkable economic comeback in 
recent years. As executive vice president of the association with 
responsibility for day to day administration, Carole Hoover directly 
manages its five major divisions. She has provided much of the 
leadership for private sector involvement in economic development, 
infrastructure funding, expanded air service, international trade 
expansion and other vital issues. Her ability to play key roles in 
uniting public officials in a bipartisan fashion with the goal of 
bettering Cleveland is unequaled in our State. She has had direct 
responsibility for such outstanding initiatives as the Build-Up Greater 
Cleveland Campaign, Leadership Cleveland, the Air Service Development 
Committee, and efforts to expand Cleveland's Defense Financial and 
Accounting Service Center.
  Carole Hoover is very active in a number of Cleveland community 
organizations and has numerous business affiliations. These include 
serving as president of Concessions International of Cleveland, a board 
member of Shoney's, Inc., and Original Cookie Airports, Inc., and a 
partner in the host Marriott Corp.
  Carole Hoover is not only one of Cleveland's most outstanding 
business leaders, she is a well-known and highly respected advocate of 
civil and human rights. She served as executive assistant to Dr. Martin 
Luther King. As a board member of the King Center in Atlanta, GA, she 
has been a successful fundraiser and has worked extensively with 
national and international corporations in the support of the center. 
Corporate boards have actively recruited her unusual combination of 
business acumen and community concern.
  Madam President, it is important not to understate the significance 
of this latest appointment. Carole Hoover is one of the first women and 
the first African-American woman to hold such a position in any of our 
major cities. It is certainly a tribute to Cleveland's business 
leadership that it placed merit, qualification and leadership above 
color in making such an historic appointment. The Greater Cleveland 
Growth Association is an active and important partner in community 
development in northeast Ohio. The association has again shown its 
ability to contribute to our future through the selection of Carole F. 
Hoover as president of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association.

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