Leadership takes courage and stepping out of your comfort zone will require a level of boldness that needs to be acquired.

Participants will gain a greater understanding of the power of leading from a place of vulnerability, courage to accept the things they can’t change, and acquire the boldness to be a change agent!

About the Speaker -

Mindy McCloughan has served as the president and CEO of the Loveland Chamber of Commerce since June of 2012. Before moving to Loveland, Colo. in 2012, McCloughan served as president to the Lamar County Chamber of Commerce in Paris, Texas. Her tenure covers 27 years of chamber, economic development, community development and tourism. She is a graduate of the Economic Development Institute with University of Oklahoma; Institute for Organizational Management through the American Chamber of Commerce Executives at Colorado College and a Community/Economic Development Institute graduate from the University of Central Arkansas; and the Western Association of Chamber Executives Academy.

McCloughan is a member of W.A.C.E, ACCE, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Mountain View Rotary Club, Colorado Women of Influence, and serves on various boards such as, Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance, Loveland Business Development Center, Loveland Broadband Task Force, Leadership Northern Colorado, Leadership Loveland, Fix North I-25 Business Alliance, and Loveland Downtown Partnership, Loveland Strategic Partnership, OneNoCo and Western Association of Chamber Executives.

McCloughan’s accomplishments in Loveland consist of expanding the Chamber membership base, stabilizing the organization, reducing debt and implementing a balanced budget and creating programs and partnerships that bring added value to Chamber investors as well as the community. In 2013 McCloughan started a business recovery grant program and raised $645,000 for grants to help the businesses affected by the flood. Mindy is the co-founder of the Love Lock Sculpture and the new annual Sweetheart City Festival in downtown Loveland; is a co-founder of the #liveloveland campaign; the founder of the DWTS program for Loveland; 2019-2020 Partner in NOCO Level Up program and NOCO Recovers.

Biz West recognized Mindy as one of the 2017 Woman of Distinction honorees and Colorado Women of Influence recognized her as a 2017 Woman of Vision, 2018-2019 Elks Citizen of the Year award and 2023 Biz West Top 50 influential business leaders in Northern Colorado.