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Board Members
Executive Committee
President
John R. Wright
PG Chamber of Commerce
(941) 639-3720
Chair Elect
Alexia Martin
WhitCo Insurance Agency
(941) 257-0692
Secretary
Catherine Perry
Simply Sweet / Beach Bums
(941) 347-7322
Past Chair
Melanie Markel
Array of Cabinets, Inc.
(941) 979-2894
Chair
June Amara
Creative Window Treatments
(941) 637-0015
Vice Chair
Cherie George
Gettel of Charlotte County
(941) 260-3669
Treasurer
Sue Randall
Village Fish Market
(941) 639 7959
Directors
Eric Bretan
Rick’s Estate Jewelers & Buyers
(941) 347-7688
Dennis Gill
Port Charlotte Florist
(941) 627-2236
Richard Lancette
AMS Floors
941 740 1555
Danny Nix
Nix & Associates Realestate, LLC
(941) 225-4463
Jacqueline Benjamin
Charlotte State Bank & Trust
(941) 235-4444
Brenda Lynch
Olsen, Lynch & Wright, CPA
(941) 639-0888
Jim Sproul
Edward Jones Investments
(941) 743-4121
Della Booth
Time Realty Services
(239) 699-4493
Teresa Desquin
iHeart Media
(941) 206-1188
Jeff Kuhns
Kuhns Law Firm, PLLC
(941) 205-8000
Associate Directors
Marjorie Benson
Friendly Floors
(941) 624-0077
Craig Holt
Four Points by Sheraton
(941) 637-6770
Tara McCoy
Bayfront Health Punta Gorda
(941) 766-4125
Past Chairs
2020-2021 Debra Trenholm
2018-2019 Melanie Markel
2017-2018 Sue Randall
2016-2017 Mike Martin
2015-2016 Brenda Lynch
2014-2015 Della Booth
2013-2014 Jose Morillo, Ron Monck, Della Booth
2012-2013 Ron Monck
2011-2012 Ed Wotitzky
2010-2011 Dorothy Strunk
2009-2010 Ron Olsen
2008-2009 Kathy Silverberg
2007-2008 Rick Wright
2006-2007 Patti Pierron
2005-2006 James Roland
2005-2004 Glenn Larson
Chair Emeritus Connie Kantor
Ex-Officio Appointees
- Dave Gammon – Director of Economic Development for Charlotte County
- Chief Pamela Davis – Punta Gorda Police Dept.
- Greg Murray – Punta Gorda City Manager
- Nancy Johnson – TEAM Punta Gorda
- James Parish – Charlotte County Airport Authority
- Kim Amontree – Charlotte County School Board
- Sean Doherty – Tourism Director, Punta Gorda/ Englewood Beach Visitor & Convention Bureau
- Jerry Presseller – Punta Gorda Saturday Farmers market