Jason & Kate Faipler

Skip Overdier & Ivana Coteat

Karen Franklin & Myla Martinez

Cristie Kedroski & Denise Kendust

Lockwood Wernet, Bob Perry & Shane Moody

M

ore than 130 Chamber members 
witnessed the passing of the 
gavel at the Chamber’s Breakfast 
Meeting sponsored by Warren 

Averett at Lulu’s Destin on January 12. The 
Destin Chamber 2017 Chairman of the Board, 
Lockwood Wernet of Destin Water Users, Inc., 
passed the gavel to incoming 2018 Chairman, Bob 
Perry of Destin Commons.

Following the transition, Perry presented 

Wernet with a plaque in appreciation of his 
leadership and then introduced the 2018 Board 
of Directors. The Board of Directors includes 
Chairman Elect - Julie Cotton, Northwest 
Florida State College; Immediate Past Chair - 
Lockwood Wernet, Destin Water Users, Inc.; 
Treasurer - Bill Lindsley, SimpleHR; Vice 
Chairman / Communications and Marketing 
- Ken Wampler, Newman-Dailey Resort 
Properties, Inc.; Vice Chairman / Community 
and Economic Development - Dion Moniz, Hand 
Arendall - Harrison Sale LLC; Vice Chairman 
/ Membership Development - Jason Connor, 
BrightView Landscape Services, Inc.; Director - 
Kevin Bowyer, Warren Averett; Director - David 
Costa, McDonald’s; Director - Hayward Dykes, 
Conerly, Bowman & Dykes, LLP; Director - 
Vickie Giles, ResortQuest by Wyndham Vacation 
Rentals; Director - Pam Martin, Gulf Power; 
Director - Mitch Mongell, Fort Walton Beach 
Medical Center; Director - Brock Rice, Regions 
Bank; Director - Jerry Sullivan, Century 21 Blue 
Marlin Pelican; Director - Michelle Terry, Dale E. 
Peterson Vacations; Most Immediate Past Chair / 
Ex-Offi cio - Jonathan Ochs, Trustmark National 
Bank; Chairman’s Appointee - Jason Belcher, 
FNBT Bank; Special Appointee of Events - Skip 
Overdier, American Legion Post 296; and Special 
Appointee of Military Affairs - Kim Wintner, 
Alliance Association Management Co., Inc.

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Zhalman Harris

Heather Julseth & Michelle Neubauer

Marcia Hull & Elizabeth Spies

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