{"id":37572,"date":"2022-11-14T11:48:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T16:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=37572"},"modified":"2022-11-14T11:48:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T16:48:11","slug":"genesee-county-chamber-of-commerce-names-brian-cousins-as-new-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/genesee-county-chamber-of-commerce-names-brian-cousins-as-new-president\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/ Chamber of Commerce names Brian Cousins as new President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"397\" height=\"432\" data-attachment-id=\"37573\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/genesee-county-chamber-of-commerce-names-brian-cousins-as-new-president\/brian-cousins-headshot-2022\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brian-Cousins-Headshot-2022-.jpg?fit=397%2C432&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"397,432\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Brian-Cousins-Headshot-2022-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brian-Cousins-Headshot-2022-.jpg?fit=397%2C432&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brian-Cousins-Headshot-2022-.jpg?resize=397%2C432&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brian-Cousins-Headshot-2022-.jpg?w=397&amp;ssl=1 397w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brian-Cousins-Headshot-2022-.jpg?resize=276%2C300&amp;ssl=1 276w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brian-Cousins-Headshot-2022-.jpg?resize=138%2C150&amp;ssl=1 138w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Genesee County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors announced that Brian Cousins has been\u00a0selected as their new President. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cousins will succeed Erik Fix, who left to take a position with the City of\u00a0Batavia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Board of Directors is excited to work with Brian,\u201d said Board Chair Mickey Hyde. \u201cHe brings a wealth&nbsp;of knowledge and leadership skills from his previous career. &nbsp;The Board has been very impressed with his&nbsp;vision and enthusiasm for Genesee County and the Chamber of Commerce.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cousins is currently the Director of Accommodations at Six Flags Darien Lake. &nbsp;He has over 25 years of&nbsp;experience at Darien Lake where he has held various roles in marketing, operations, entertainment and&nbsp;accommodations. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cousins is a graduate of Genesee Community College and SUNY Fredonia where he earned a Bachelor&nbsp;Degree in Communications. &nbsp;He is a graduate of Leadership Genesee, Class of 2018. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cousins lives in Corfu with his wife, Cherie. &nbsp;His start date with the Chamber is December 19. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release The Genesee County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors announced that Brian Cousins has been\u00a0selected as their new President. \u00a0 Cousins will succeed Erik Fix, who left to take a position with the City of\u00a0Batavia. \u201cThe Board of Directors is excited to work with Brian,\u201d said Board Chair \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/genesee-county-chamber-of-commerce-names-brian-cousins-as-new-president\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-9M0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39486,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/26\/genesee-county-meet-and-greet-introduces-new-chamber-of-commerce-president-to-the-community\/","url_meta":{"origin":37572,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Meet and Greet introduces new Chamber of Commerce President to the community","author":"aka","date":"January 26, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Left to right-Sharon Coyle\/Rolling Hills Asylum-Proprietress, Kelly Bermingham\/Director of Member Relations & Special Events, Brian Cousins\/President, Katy Hobbs\/Membership and Marketing Director With his first month under his belt, new Chamber of Commerce President Brian Cousins attended his first meet and greet at Eli Fish in Batavia on Thursday evening. 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