Chamber Staff
Jennifer Sugarman
President & CEO
Sandy Owens
Vice President
Darby Miller
Convention & Visitors Bureau Director
Amy Bilder
Financial Administrator
Alysha Whitaker
CVB Information Specialist
Darlene Montano
Director of Communications
Cheryl Clark
Senior Manager Partnership Development
April Adler
Partnership Development Manager
Sandy Pino
Executive Assistant
Board of Directors
Rich Hensel
2017 Chair
Fishlips Waterfront Bar & Grill
Dina Reider-Hicks
Chair-Elect
Waste Management, Inc.
Linda Webster
Secretary & Treasurer
Florida Power & Light Company
Joe Mayer
Immediate Past Chair & CFSE Chair
Lockheed Martin
Jeanna Merrifield
2015 Chair
Wild Ocean Market
Christy Galzerano
2014 Chair
Doubletree by Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront
Kelly Guldi
Community Bank of the South
Tom Vani
Community Outreach Committee &
Business Recognition Committee Co-Chair
Vani & Associates, LLC
John Belden
Convention & Visitors Bureau Chair
Space Coast Fun Guide
Geo Ropert
Government Affairs Chair
Ropert & Partners
Robert E. Salonen, CEcD
Regional Liaison
Florida Institute of Technology
Robyn Greene
Partnership
Development Chair
Blue Sky Insurance Agency of Brevard, Inc.
Robert Rains
Non-Profit Task Force Chair
United Way of Brevard County
Joe Janson
Business Recognition Committee Co-Chair
Dale Sorensen Real Estate
Daniel Ciuro
Military Affairs Council Chair
Edward Jones Investments
Gail Kroen
Wuesthoff Medical Center – Rockledge
Jim Frazier
Grimaldi Candies
Susie Parente
Re/Max Absolute Service Team and Uno Pizzeria & Grill
Ron Burford
Brand-U TV
Brian Blanchard
Canaveral Port Authority
Michelle Foushi
Florida City Gas
Scott McCarthy
The Avenue Viera
Dee Sibley
Eastern Florida State College
Samantha Senger
City of Cocoa
Lauri Duda
The Viera Company
Amanda Smith
Legal Council
Gray Robinson, P.A.
Julie Roslin
Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast
Amy Stone
Health First Health Plans
Emmanuel Tormes
The Boeing Company
Carol Craig
Craig Technologies
Tommy Alston
Lifetime Board Member
Leonard Spielvogel
Lifetime Board Member
Executive Committee
Rich Hensel
2017 Chair
Fishlips Waterfront Bar & Grill
Dina Reider-Hicks
Chair-Elect
Waste Management, Inc.
Linda Webster
Secretary & Treasurer
Florida Power & Light Company
Joe Mayer
Immediate Past Chair
Lockheed Martin
Past Presidents
Tommy Alston
1968
Wes Houser
1969
George Lewis
1970
Roger Dobson
1971
Jack Korenblit
1972
John Cannon
1973
T.C. Anderson
1974
Janson Davis
1976
Rodney S. Ketcham
1977
Lang Houston
1978
Fred Gay
1979
Dave Spain
1980
Henry Leininger
1981
Ed Brewer
1982
Larry Shapiro
1983
Lee Barnhart
1984
Joe Morgan
1985
Rodger Ingram
1986
Tom Hunt
1987
Brian Bussen
1988
Sue Munsey
1989
Robert Carman
1990
Brad Cox
1991
Gene Bjerning
1992
Larry Garrison
1993
Bill Taylor
1994
Larry McIntyre
1995
Steve Houser
1996
Bill Bancroft
1997
Larry Roselle
1998
Tom Wasdin
1999
Bill Ellis
2000
Moses Harvin
2001
Ken Frey
2002
Keith Houston
2003
John Porter
2004
Jane Vester
2005
Dave Copp
2006
Roy Tharpe
2007
Joe Smith
Honorary, Executive Vice President
July 1977 – December 1984
Brenda Fettrow
2009
Randy Harris
2010
Christy Galzerano
2011
Tom Vani
2012
Cindy Dropeski
2013
Nancy Brower
2014
Jeanna Merrifield
2015
Joe Mayer
2016