Longtime director of Buffalo Grove chamber retiring

The executive director of the Buffalo Grove Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce will retire at the end of the year after 25 years with the business group.

Lynne Schneider oversaw day-to-day operations of the chamber, worked with the village on the Buffalo Grove Days Festival, created the Heart of the Community Awards and assisted on the merger of the chamber with the Lincolnshire Chamber.

She has served as president of the Illinois Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives, sat on the Illinois Chamber as an ex officio director and in 2011 was awarded the prestigious Lester W. Braun Jr. Distinguished Illinois Chamber of Commerce Executive Award by her peers. She also serves as secretary of the Northwest Suburban Chamber of Commerce Executives.

Schneider, a Buffalo Grove resident, is on the board of the village's Friends of the Parks Foundation and is a member of the village's Arts Commission and ad hoc Bicycle Committee.