Megan Spanitz is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Strategy Officer for the Detroit Regional Chamber, working with the Chamber’s executive management team, staff, and the Board of Directors to ensure the organization’s focus, strategy, marketplace position, and resources align. She also plays a leading role working across the organization to ensure revenue growth and operational success. Spanitz is part of the core team in planning and executing the annual Mackinac Policy Conference.
Since joining the Chamber in 1999, Spanitz has held a variety of positions in the marketing and communications department. Most recently, she was the Chamber’s Vice President of Resource Development and Marketing, who oversaw the development of the Chamber’s integrated marketing and fundraising strategy for membership, programs, events, and the various initiatives that are part of the Chamber Foundation, including MichAuto, Let’s Detroit, and the Gallup Center on Black Voices.
Spanitz has been recognized as a Crain’s Detroit Business’ 2015 “40 Under 40” recipient as well as a WJR News Talk 760 AM’s ‘Women Who Lead’ honoree. Spanitz also serves on the Detroit PBS Board of Trustees.
Spanitz earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Michigan University and is a graduate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Organizational Management and the Center for Creative Leadership. She is a 2016 scholar of the Harvard Business School Young American Leadership Program and a graduate of the Chamber’s Leadership Detroit Class XXXII.