Defiance Picks New Chamber Pres

There is a new pres­i­dent of the Defi­ance Area Cham­ber of Com­merce. He’s Dar­rell Handy, who said that he hopes his pro­fes­sional expe­ri­ence and work­ing rela­tion­ships within the com­mu­nity will be an asset as the next cham­ber pres­i­dent. Handy replaces Isaac Lee, who left in March, to become vice pres­i­dent of mem­ber­ship for the Toledo Regional Cham­ber of Com­merce. Handy comes with a good pedi­gree… he has an associate’s degree in busi­ness admin­is­tra­tion from North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege and a bachelor’s degree in busi­ness admin­is­tra­tion from Defi­ance Col­lege. He works at Titan Tire in Bryan, but he plans to retire from there in June after 42 years. Handy has been involved in var­i­ous com­mu­nity ser­vice events, and had been a Defi­ance City coun­cil­man for sev­eral terms. He and his wife live in Defiance.