I AM DESTIN - Shane Moody
What is your hometown, what brought you
to the EMERALD COAST and how long have
you been here?
I’m originally from Greenville, SC, where I lived
until I was 37. I moved to Atlanta in 1999, then
moved here in late 2003. I started with the Destin
Chamber in January 2004 and have never regretted
a single minute of it.
What is your profession and give a brief
description of what you do.
I’m the President and CEO of the Destin Chamber
of Commerce. We bring the business community
together to improve the economy, vitality and
quality of place for our community. We also spend
a lot of time promoting Destin as a great place
to vacation because we are a great family resort
destination.
What lead you to choose this profession?
I actually stumbled into it in 1993. I was very
involved with our local chamber in Greenville,
served on several committees for them and
attended most of their events. One day the VP of
membership called me, said they had an opening in
membership sales and asked me if I was interested.
I thought ‘sure, why not’, and took the job to put
it on my resume, thinking I’d do it for three or
four years and move on. Little did I know it would
become my resume. Twenty-three years later, I’m
still in the profession.
What do you like best about Destin? What
makes it unique?
It’s a very family oriented and friendly community.
A lot of that is because most of the people who
live here moved here for quality of life. And in a
community built and grown like that, the people
will do whatever they need to do to maintain that.
Those of us who live here are very, very lucky and
privileged. It’s a small town with big city amenities.
Three words that best describe you.
Father, Friend, Mentor.
Favorite Things you like about Destin.
Destin’s restaurants. The locally owned eateries
have some of the best food I’ve ever had. I love
the people here, they really make this a great
community. I love the beach and I love the golfi ng.
Finish this statement, I AM DESTIN
because…
our organization represents the business
community. Every decision we make every day,
every position we take, everything we do effects the
lives of everyone who lives here and visits here in a
positive way. And there’s just something great to be
said about that.
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