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DAYTON-Audrey Bensel joined the Dayton Chamber of Commerce staff last month as assistant manager. She will share duties running the office in Downtown Dayton with newly hired director Melissa Bryan.

Bensel was circulations manager at the Dayton Chronicle for about a year, before accepting the Chamber position.

"This is right up my alley," she said. "I like to host parties."

Bensel grew up in Dayton and graduated from Dayton High. She went on to WSU and graduated with a BA in Theater Arts in 2006.

Since then she has lived in a number of places, and has worked in a variety of jobs, she said.

"I'...