With more than 1,500 registered attendees, this was the Chamber's largest Annual Meeting to date. At the dinner, Gloria Larson was inaugurated as the new chair of the Chamber. She is the first woman and first collegiate president to be inaugurated in the Chamber's distinguished history.


The newest members of the Academy of Distinguished Bostonians were also inducted at this year's dinner. Micho Spring, chair, U.S. Corporate Practice & Weber Shandwick New England, Weber Shandwick Worldwide; Peter Meade, former executive vice president, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc.; Larry Fish, chairman, Citizens Financial Group, Inc. and RBS Americas; and Ted Cutler, philanthropist and vice president, The Interface Group - MA, rounded out the 2008 inductees.

Photos of the event can be seen here.
Photos taken by Bill Brett of the Boston Globe can be seen here.
Coverage by the Boston Herald can be seen here.