TCCE 2025 Annual Conference
Marvin Hurley Award
The Marvin Hurley Award is named after Marvin Hurley, CCE, who was the former CEO of the Houston Chamber from 1951-1966. Marvin Hurley was considered to be one of the most influential Chamber of Commerce leaders in the state of Texas. This award is the highest honor to a Texas Chamber professional by our association.
Hurley authored three books on chamber operations. Prior to Texas, Hurley served chambers in Tulsa, OK (1935) and Lincoln, NE (1941). He joined the U.S. Army and served from 1943-45 and served nationally in the chamber industry as ACCE Chairman of the Board in 1957-58. At the 1955 ACCE Annual Convention, Hurley gave a moving speech entitled “This I Believe.” In this speech, Hurley set forth a set of core beliefs that still resonate today.
The TCCE Marvin Hurley Award is presented annually to an individual for chamber-related career accomplishments and exceptional contributions to the Chamber of Commerce profession as a whole. The items that may set an individual apart and make eligible for consideration include extraordinary service to their chamber, exemplary contributions (locally, regionally, or nationally) to building the chamber industry and service to TCCE and/or other professional associations/programs (i.e. Institute, ACCE, etc.) and outstanding career accomplishments in program development, public policy, organization development, etc.
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Mary Martin Frazior
2025 Marvin Hurley Award Winner
Hurst Euless Bedford Chamber of Commerce
Mary Martin Frazior is the President & CEO of the Hurst Euless Bedford Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber is a membership organization of businesses working together to improve the quality of life and economic climate in the HEB area.
Mary became President and CEO of The Chamber in June of 1997. Prior to 1997, she served twelve years as Vice President of Development and Finance for the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce. She began her chamber career in 1976 as a staff manager at the Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce. When she left the chamber in 1985 she was vice president.
As president of the HEB Chamber, she is also the managing director of the HEB Economic Development Foundation.
A summa cum laude graduate of Texas A & I University at Corpus Christi (now Texas A & M at Corpus Christi) with a Bachelor of Business Administration, Mary majored in marketing and minored in finance. She is also a graduate of the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Organization Management, a four-year course of study and has earned the IOM designation as well as the Certified Chamber Executive designation from the American Chamber of Commerce Executives Association.
She is involved in her community, serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the HEB ISD Education Foundation (and a past president). She is a former president of the Mid Cities Pacesetters Rotary Club. Mary was the Airport Area YMCA’s 2001 Henry Meadows Volunteer of the Year, having served on the Board of Directors until March, 2007 (and a past president). She has served as a member of the UTA Fort Worth Center Advisory Committee, the Business Advisory Committee for TCC, Northeast Campus, the HEB ISD Adopt A School Advisory Committee and the 50th Anniversary Committee of HEB ISD and is currently a board member of the North Texas Commission. She has also participated in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, the American Heart Association’s Heart Walk, fundraising for the Longhorn Council of the Boy Scouts of America and served as a leader of a Brownie Troop for the Girl Scouts. Mary received the Arts League Shining Star Award for her service to the HEB ISD Education Foundation.
Mary is a member of the North Texas Chamber Executives Association. She was on the founding Board of Directors and served as chairman of the association in
2007. In 2019, Mary was honored with the Fort Worth Business Press’ award for Top Leader Business Association CEO.
She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Texas Chamber of Commerce Executives Association and is chair-elect
