Erin McKelvey, President & CEO

Erin McKelvey has extensive experience in association management having served for 11 years as Director of both the Dallas/Fort Worth and San Francisco Chapters of the French-American Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Erin served as Director of Programs & Member Relations at the Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations, where she enjoyed interacting with the Council on Foreign Relations and other international think tanks to create policy-related programming.  Erin recently launched successful programs in Dallas such as EuroTech Talks and European American Flight Forum. Both are innovation-focused business initiatives.

Erin’s prior business achievements include the launch and management of her own import company wholesaling high-end wine accessories nationwide through large and small-scale retailers, restaurants, and online stores.  She also worked for Equifax as a bi-lingual analyst for Canadian data research.

Erin holds a degree in Marketing from Texas A&M University and a Certification in Non-Profit Mgmt.  She is fluent in French.

Gwladys Le Lay – Manager, Events & Communication

Gwladys Le Lay joined the European American Chamber of Commerce Texas chapter as Events and Communication Manager in September 2022. Gwladys was born and raised in Brittany (France), and as a true Breton, enjoys travelling the world. After completing a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Event Management from the University of South Wales (UK), Gwladys moved to China where she worked for the CCIFC(French Chamber of Commerce) Shanghai as Events Manager.

Upon returning to France, she worked in marketing and communication for several years. Four years ago, Gwladys moved to Texas with her husband and kids and now calls North Fort-Worth home.

Fluent in French and English, conversational in Spanish and Italian, Gwladys is eager to assist the EACC Texas’ members.

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