General Membership Meeting - September 2024

What's on the ballot...explained! Join us for the conversation with Tim Jones, former Speaker of the House. Event begins at 11:30am for open networking. Lunch and presentation begins at noon. Event is open to chamber members and guests.

Former Speaker Tim Jones served in the Missouri House from 2007 to 2015. During that time, Speaker Jones successfully led the charge to cut Missouri’s income tax for the first time in state history, and to pass landmark, historic legislation for the protection of life, the second amendment, school choice, labor and litigation reform, and to protect Missourians from an ever threatening and encroaching federal government.  

Now, as a prominent media personality and host of the prime-time evening drive show on St. Louis’ NewsTalkSTL, Tim is a respected thought leader, political analyst and commentator in the television, radio, and digital online media worlds.  Tim also serves as the Senior Fellow for External Affairs for the Grover Norquist lead Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), as the State Director of the Missouri Freedom Caucus, and as the Midwest Regional Policy Officer for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Tim is the Founder and President of Elevation Strategies, a political, public policy, and communications consulting company dedicated to helping freedom and liberty minded movement conservatives and think tanks take their vision and missions to the next level.   

Previously, Tim helped lead the Missouri based public policy media company, First Rule, as their Chief Communications Officer from 2015 to 2020. During that time, Tim also served as the Chairman of the Board for the Missouri Club for Growth and as a Senior Policy Fellow for The Hammond Institute, a free market think tank at Lindenwood University. Tim began his career in 1997 as a prosecuting attorney before transitioning to private practice, simultaneously serving as President of the Board of Aldermen for the City of Eureka and then in the Missouri General Assembly. Tim is married to the accomplished (and ever patient!), Suzanne, and they are blessed with two brilliant and energetic daughters, Katie and Abby.