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Board Members
Executive Committee
President
John R. Wright (puntagordachamber.com)
PG Chamber of Commerce
(941) 639-3720
Chair Elect
Melanie Markel
Array of Cabinets, Inc.
(941) 979-2894
Secretary
Cherie George
Gettel of Charlotte County
(941) 639-1155
Past Chair
Mike Martin
State Farm Insurance
(941) 505-2550
Chair
Sue Randall
Village Fish Market
(941) 639 7959
Vice Chair
Debra Trenholm
Residential Real Estate App.
(815) 543-9472
Treasurer
Catherine Perry
Simply Sweet / Beach Bums
(941) 347-7322
Directors
June Amara
Creative Window Treatments
(941) 637-0015
Marjorie Benson
Friendly Floors
(941) 624-0077
Leslee Carter Gilstad
FCM Land
(409) 790-3010
Craig Holt
FourPoints by Sheraton Punta Gorda
(941) 637-6770
Jerry Presseller
Downtown Merchants Association
(941) 639-3956
Claudia Bruce
Peace River Distributing
(941) 637-9799
Michael P. Haymans
Attorney at Law, P. A.
(941) 575-0007
Debi Malinoski
HipNotique
(941) 347 7250
Jacqueline Benjamin
Charlotte State Bank & Trust
(941) 235-4444
Keith Callaghan
Florida South Western College
keith.callaghan@fsw.edu
Danny Nix
Nix & Associates Realestate, LLC
941-225-4463
Associate Directors
Eric Bretan
Rick’s Estate Jewelers & Buyers
941-347-7688
Drew Emery
Bayfront Punta Gorda
(941) 693-3131
Jim Sproul
Edward Jones Investments
941-743-4121
Past Chairs
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
- Punta Gorda Police Dept.
- Chief Ray Briggs – Punta Gorda Fire Dept.
- Howard Kunik – Punta Gorda City Manager
- Nancy Johnson – TEAM Punta Gorda
- James Parish – Charlotte County Airport Authority
- Kim Amontree – Charlotte County School Board