Chair: Chad Broussard, Northwestern Mutual

Vice Chair: Amy Admire, Southwest Florida Homes Team with Coldwell Banker Realty

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 8:00AM.

Chairs: Brandon Miller, Lumen
Vice Chair: Chad Broussard, Northwestern Mutual

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 7:30AM.

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 the 1st Tuesday of the month at 8AM with programs on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 5:00pm.

Leadership NEXT annual sponsor is Verizon.

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 monthly events on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 4:00PM.

Co-Chairs: SALLY BRUMFIELD, Shell Point Retirement Community; JESI CRANE Northwestern Mutal

We are now accepting Nominations for the 2024 APEX Award recipient through Monday, April 15th

MISSION:

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:

OVERVIEW:

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, then visitors. (Not to last more than one minute per person.) 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 to fifteen-minute presentation about their businesses. Members will then be asked to share leads with fellow members. Each meeting will end with open announcements from the Chamber Staff Liaison. 

Chair:
Matt Karastamatis, Florida SouthWestern State College Foundation

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 our Event Director Hallie Davis, [email protected].