2024-2025 Board of Directors

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Hunter Carpenter, MA, APR

President

President

Visit Sarasota

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Laura Ansel, APR, CPRC

President-Elect

President-Elect

City of North Port

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Sarah Glendening

Immediate Past President

Immediate Past President

Education Foundation of Sarasota County

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Jennifer Linzy, APR

Finance Director

Finance Director

Manatee County Clerk of Court & Comptroller

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Travis Cornwell

Events Director

Events Director

Next-Mark, LLC

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Jennifer Hemmerdinger

Membership DIrector

Membership DIrector

E & Y

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Sharon Kunkel, APR, CPRC

Credentialing Director

Credentialing Director

Wordslinger Marketing & PR

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Jennifer Moss Wilson, APR, CPRC

Credentialing Director

Credentialing Director

Sarasota Memorial Hospital

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Andrea Knies, APR

Celebration Director

Celebration Director

Realize Bradenton

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Traci Willingham

Community Liaison

Community Liaison

Neuro Challenge Foundation for Parkinson's

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Jodel Velarde

Student Outreach

Student Outreach

Senior Friendship Center

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Muffy Lavens

Media Relations Director

Media Relations Director

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

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Ciera Coleman

Creative Director

Creative Director

City of Sarasota

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Amanda Heisey

Digital Communications Director

Digital Communications Director

The Players Center for Performing Arts

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Erin Guzzo

Member Communications Director

Member Communications Director

Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota & DeSoto Counties

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Joe Curley, APR, CPRC

At-Large

At-Large

Universal Studios

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Eleni Kouvatsos Gates, MBA, APR

At-Large

At-Large

Firebirds Wood Fire Grill

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Melanie Reda, APR, CPRC

At-Large

At-Large

KSC Inc

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Sheryl Vieira

At-Large

At-Large

Caldwell Trust Company

Committees

Communication Committee: Alyssa Barnsley, Alyssa Holcomb

Community Committee: Connor Borden, Miranda Colavito

Events Committee: Meredith Dropkin, Claudia Harden, Olivia Turpening

Finance: Ann Comer-Woods

Membership: Sawyer Lang