Interim Chair: Mark Miloff, Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce

The Chamber Ambassadors help to ensure members are satisfied and educate new members on how to get the most out of their memberships. The committee meets on the 1st Friday of each month at 8:30AM.

Co-Chairs:
PHIL STALNAKER, B2 Solutions, Inc.
JAY JOHNSON, Bubba’s Roadhouse

The Member Advocacy Committee acts as a voice for business on legislative, community, and economic development issues within Greater Fort Myers through leadership and education. The committee meets online on the first Thursday of each month at 8:30AM.

Co-Chairs:
ERIC LANE, The Salvation Army of Lee, Hendry & Glades Counties
MEGAN GARNER, Priority Marketing

This committee develops the educational programs for our monthly Leadership NEXT networking meetings. Leadership NEXT provides unique educational and networking opportunities for advancing business professionals, with attendees representing a variety of businesses and industries throughout Southwest Florida. The committee meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 8:30AM.

Leadership NEXT annual sponsor is the Florida Gulf Coast University Alumni Association.

Chair: KELLY THAWLEY, School District of Lee County

The Women in Business committee is dedicated to helping women achieve their fullest professional and personal potential through monthly networking and educational programs. The committee holds their planning meetings on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 4:00PM.

Women in Business’ annual sponsor is HBKS Wealth Advisors and HBK CPA’s and Consultants.

Mission Statement:

The purpose of the group is to establish a structured meeting time and place for a select group of highly qualified business professionals who want to work together for the sole purpose of helping each other succeed in business through the exchange of qualified business referrals and current marketplace information. 

Qualifications:

Businesses and their representatives must be GFMCC members and demonstrate a high standard of quality, ethics, professionalism and reliability in regard to their products and/or services. 

Meeting Day/Time/Location:

DATES: 1st & 3rd Wednesdays

TIME:   8:15 AM         

LOCATION: Hilton Garden Inn – Fort Myers 

DATES: 2nd & 4th Thursdays

TIME: 12:00 PM

LOCATION: Shoeless Joe’s Sports Cafe

SUMMARY:

This group is designed to be informative, productive, profitable, and fun.  Active, consistent, and sincere participation by all of its members will make this club a great success.  Structured meetings will assure us of keeping on track and give each of us the most qualified and profitable leads to improve our businesses.

What to expect: Each meeting will begin promptly with introductions of each member telling the group a little about their business and what type of leads would be beneficial to them.  (Not to last more than one minute per person…i.e. Name/Business, Business Location, General Features and Benefits, Cost, Specifics for locating good leads.)  One member will be asked in advance to be the “Highlighted Speaker” during each meeting and will be allowed to address the group with a ten minute presentation about their businesses.  The more we know about our fellow members’ businesses, the better we can assist each other by supplying qualified leads.  Members will then be asked to think of specific leads for fellow members based on this information.  Each meeting will end with open announcements pertaining to current events and developments in the marketplace that may be of interest to the entire group

Chair:
PHIL STALNAKER, B2 Solutions, Inc.

The Golf Committee meets monthly to plan the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce Annual Golf Classic. This committee is seeking additional members. If you are interested, please contact Cameron Peden, Cameron@FortMyers.org.