Past Presidents
A great group of community leaders have served in the position of Chamber President!
Our Past Presidents and Year(s) Served
Year | First Name | Last Name | Company | |
1952 & 1953 | Earl Drayton | Farr | * | Farr Law Firm |
1955 | Ed | O'Connor | * | O'Connor Realty |
1960 | Don | Witter | * | First Federal Savings & Loan Association |
1962 | Paul | Derr | DeGar Interiors | |
1962 | John | McGehee | John N. McGehee, Optometrist | |
1963 | W. Randy | Chance | * | Chance Realty |
1964 | Richard | Oliver | * | Port Charlotte Bank & Trust Company |
1965 | Johnny | Cummings | * | Sand Trap |
1965 | Ed | Ponger | Kays-Ponger Funeral Home | |
1966 | "T" (Thayer) | Kingsbury | ||
1967 | Kenneth | Wolfram | * | |
1969 | Monroe | Randol | * | Randol Realty |
1970 | Joyce | Hindman | * | Hindman Insurance Agency |
1971 | William | Setchel | * | Gail's Hallmark Shop |
1972 | Jack | Lotz | * | WCCF Radio |
1973 | Gary | Garrison | * | |
1974 | Rob | Lehman | * | |
1975 | Ray | Stephens | * | Chalotte Airport Authority |
1976 | John | Fuqua | Beneficial Finance Company | |
1977 | Daniel | Dennison | * | General Development Corporation |
1978 | O. E. | Phillips, Jr. | * | Florida Power & Light Company |
1979 | Herbert | Dorsett | * | Fawcett Memorial Hospital |
1980 | F.M. (Don) | Donelson | * | Emerald Point LTC/Fishermen's Village |
1981 | Peter | Taylor | * | Taylor Contractors of Florida |
1982 | Jim | Hageman | J. Byrons Enterprises/Cultural Center of Charlotte Cnty. | |
1983 | David | Bitner | * | Charlotte Sun |
1984 | Donald | Ashley | * | Ashley, Brown & Company, CPAs |
1985 | Diana | Remillard | Unitd First Federal Savings & Loan Association | |
1986 | Tom | Hannon | First Federal Savings & Loan Association | |
1987 | James | Montgomery | Southwest Construction of Florida, Inc. | |
1988 | Bill | Bacon | Bacon Galleries, Inc. | |
1989 | Cliff | Essig | Community Bank of Charlotte | |
1990 | Dave | Powell | Prudential Realty/Zypha | |
1991 | Jack | Hackett, II | Farr Law Firm | |
1992 | Jennifer | Lockerby | SunTrust Bank | |
1993 | Tommy | White | Dolphin Cleaners in Charlotte Harbor | |
1994 | Charles | Kocur | Florida Environmental | |
1995 | Robert | Berntsson | Berntsson, Ittersagen, Gunderson & Wideikis, LLP | |
1996 | Jeff | Reynolds | Barnett Bank | |
1997 | Betty | Williams | Economic Development Office | |
1998 | Bill | Wishard | * | The Gateway Group/Florida Power & Light |
1999 | Charles | Brown, III | Charlotte State Bank | |
2000 | Patricia | Comber | Superior Professional Cleaning Service | |
2001 | Lane | Diedrick | SunTrust Bank | |
2002 | David | Holmes | Farr Law Firm | |
2003 | Kristine | Wishard | The Gateway Group | |
2004 | Maryann | Mize | Charlotte State Bank & Trust | |
2005 | W. Kevin | Russell | W. Kevin Russell, PA | |
2006 | Larry | Sandles | Arthur Rutenberg Homes/SandStar Homes, LLC | |
2007 | Teri | Ashley | Punta Gorda Isles Civic Association | |
2008 | Thomas | Rice | Fawcett Memorial Hospital | |
2009 | Patricia | Land | Florida SouthWestern State College | |
2010 | Tom | Natoli | Finnegans Grille & Pub/Integrity Employee Leasing | |
2011 | Mark | Martella | The Dellutri Law Group | |
2012 | Marcia | Cullinan | Marcia Cullinan - Michael Saunders & Co. | |
2013 | T.J. | Thornberry | Thornberry Custom Builders, Inc. | |
2014 | Wendy | Atkinson | CCPS/Nolan Family Insurance/AMI Kids Crossroads | |
2015 | Jason | Lucas | The Lucas Law Firm, PA | |
2016 | Alyson | Burch | Charlotte State Bank & Trust | |
2017 | Denise | Dull | Gulf Coast Partnership | |
2018 | Kathy | Robinson | Centennial Bank | |
2019 | Tony | Smith | Ashley, Brown & Smith CPAs | |
2020 | Justin | Brand | Charlotte Community Foundation | |
* | Indicates Deceased |