Chamber News

From the Desk of the Executive Director/CEO
2024 Year in Review
2025 Board of Directors
2025 Event Dates
Top-Tier Sponsorship Levels & Benefits
Business After Hours 1/23
Leadership Defiance Sponsorships Available
Chamber Job Board
Welcome New Chamber Members!
Thank You Renewing Members!

Member News

Sedgwick Client Educational Program for Workers' Compensation
Sedgwick OSHA & PERRP Recordkeeping
Palmer Energy's Chamber Energy Solutions Program - Energy Market Update
Coffee With a Cop 1/23
2025 Events at AuGlaize Village

2024 Top Tier Sponsors

Chamber News

From the Desk of the Executive Director/CEO

Happy New Year! 2024 is officially in the rearview mirror, and 2025 is well underway!

A new year is a time for big goals, fresh plans, and new possibilities. This month I celebrate the start of my 6th year leading your Defiance Area Chamber of Commerce. I’m so thankful for this 86-year-old anchor institution in our business community and eagerly look forward to all we can accomplish together in the coming months.

We thank YOU - our 385 member companies, businesses, and organizations - for believing in and supporting the Chamber’s mission year after year through both membership and sponsorship! We are grateful for these ongoing partnerships look forward to helping you grow and achieve your goals.

As we move forward in 2025, let’s all remember to shop at and support our local businesses and establishments. The business owners will truly appreciate our patronage.

On behalf of our Chamber Board of Directors and staff, we wish you, your business, your employees, and families all a safe, healthy, and prosperous 2025!

Blessings,

Sarah

Sarah Tackett

Executive Director/CEO

2024 Year in Review

2025 Board of Directors

2025 Event Dates

Top-Tier Sponsorship Levels & Benefits

Interested in expanding your visibility? Consider being a Top-Tier Sponsor of your Defiance Area Chamber of Commerce!

Business After Hours 1/23

Leadership Defiance Sponsorships Available

Chamber Job Board

As a member, you can manually login and add the positions you're hiring for to the job board on our website or email michelle.marshall@defiancechamber.com with the positions, and we'll add them for you!

In addition, we post three #FindaJobFriday posts on our socials every week and can share the positions you are hiring for there as well!

Welcome New Chamber Members

Thank You Renewing Members!

Member News, Specials, & Events

Sedgwick Client Education Program for Workers' Compensation

Client Education Program for Workers' Compensation

Sedgwick offers a comprehensive, webinar-based education program to current clients, covering a variety of topics within the workers' compensation industry. These training webinars are free to member clients of Sedgwick.

Sedgwick's workers' compensation educational series is designed to familiarize yourself with Ohio's workers' compensation system and show you how to maximize your program.

Sedgwick OSHA & PERRP Recordkeeping

OSHA & PERRP Recordkeeping

The beginning of 2025 is here and that means your OSHA (private employers) and PERRP (public employers) Recordkeeping logs, summary and online reporting will be due. Throughout the year you should be updating your OSHA and PERRP Logs as injuries occur. OSHA requires employers to evaluate injuries and determine if they need to be recorded on the log within 7 days of being notified of the injury. PERRP requires injuries to be recorded within 6 days of being notified. Here is a reminder of the due dates for recordkeeping:

1. OSHA and PERRP Summary forms must be completed and posted by February 1st.

2. The PERRP online reporting is due February 1st.

3. The OSHA online reporting is due March 2nd.

If you are unsure whether you need to complete the logs or online reporting, you will first need to determine if you are required.

Palmer Energy's Chamber Energy Solutions Program

Energy Market Update

Contact your Representative Emilie Snider at 419-491-1017

or esnider@palmerenergy.com