Quartarolo, 53, will become communications director of Oregon Primary Care Association, a group with offices in downtown Portland that advocates on behalf of clinics serving low-income people and immigrants throughout the region.

Quartarolo’s last day with the chamber is August 15.

The Vancouver chamber is Clark County’s largest business organization with 1,200 members and an annual budget of $900,000.

Quartarolo is well known in the Clark County business community for her 12 years managing public affairs and community relations for Hewlett-Packard Co. in Washington from her offices in Vancouver. During that period, she served as a chamber board member and on boards of several other business-oriented organizations. After leaving H-P, Quartarolo joined Intel Corp. in Hillsboro, Ore., as coordinator of internal communications for the chipmaker’s Centrino mobile platform group.

In 2006, Quartarolo returned to Clark County and replaced John McKibbin as president of the chamber.

The Vancouver chamber, established in 1890, has seen a decline in membership from 1,470 to 1,200 in the past two years. Its annual budget has gone from $1.1 million in 2006 to $900,000.