Gigi Godwin

Gigi Godwin
President and CEO
Phone: (301) 738-0015 x208
E-mail: ggodwin@mcccmd.com

Georgette "Gigi" Godwin is the President and CEO of the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce (MCCC), a business membership and advocacy organization of 400+ members, with 59 Board of Directors and 22 Advisory Board members. The Chamber focuses on economic development issues; legislative matters; and membership programs and opportunities. Gigi also serves as the Treasurer for the Montgomery County Chamber Community Foundation. Before serving as President and CEO, she served as the Vice President for Public Affairs and as the director of Education & Public Outreach. Gigi is an active member of the community. In 2006, she was appointed by the Governor to a six-year term on the Montgomery College Board of Trustees of Montgomery College. She also serves on the Montgomery County Business Roundtable for Education and the Committee for Montgomery. Earlier in her career, Gigi served on the staff of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, which enacted the first Superfund legislation. She co-founded and served as the first President of the Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment (WCEE), as a non-partisan policy forum to improve collaboration and communication among energy and environmental professionals. In 2006, Gigi received the WCEE 25th Anniversary Founder’s Award, for her groundbreaking efforts.

Gigi earned a master’s degree in Public Administration from George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Grinnell College.