The Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce proudly celebrates the graduation of the 2025 Leadership Fort Myers Class, honoring a cohort of exceptional professionals who have demonstrated commitment, courage, and dedication to strengthening their community. <\/p>\n
The graduates completed the Chamber\u2019s immersive leadership program, a comprehensive journey designed to deepen participants\u2019 understanding of the region\u2019s most critical issues while helping them build meaningful connections with community leaders, local organizations, and peers from diverse industries. Through hands-on learning across topics such as education, health care, economic development, government operations, environmental stewardship, and nonprofit service, participants explored what it truly means to lead in Southwest Florida. <\/p>\n
The 2025 Leadership Fort Myers graduating class includes: <\/p>\n
\u2022 Jennifer Abrams \u2013 Lake Michigan Credit Union <\/p>\n
\u2022 Natalie Crespo \u2013 Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida <\/p>\n
\u2022 Rick Fritz \u2013 McKinnis Roofing and Sheet Metal of Florida LLC <\/p>\n
\u2022 Kaleb Gerald \u2013 Trinity Commercial Group <\/p>\n
\u2022 Natalie Hendry \u2013 Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre <\/p>\n
\u2022 John Lehman \u2013 Busey Wealth Management <\/p>\n
\u2022 Laura Marsh \u2013 Sanibel Captiva Community Bank <\/p>\n
\u2022 Melanie Ross-Martinez \u2013 Children\u2019s Network of Southwest Florida <\/p>\n
\u2022 Iris Serrano \u2013 HBKS Wealth Advisors <\/p>\n
\u2022 Amy Triana \u2013 Lee Health <\/p>\n
\u2022 Chris Verrill \u2013 Florida Repertory Theatre <\/p>\n
\u2022 Milena Weston \u2013 Children\u2019s Advocacy Center of SWFL, Inc. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Weston Wiles \u2013 Wayne Wiles Floor Coverings <\/p>\n
Each graduate received a Certificate of Completion, which recognizes them as members of the Greater Fort Myers Leadership Class of 2025 and acknowledges their \u201cunderstanding of the issues and challenges facing the area and a willingness to assume civic leadership to advance the region and improve its quality of life.\u201d <\/p>\n
Those interested in participating in the next Leadership Program may now apply on the Leadership page of the Chamber\u2019s website<\/a>. <\/p>\n About the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce <\/p>\n Serving Lee County and surrounding areas since 1989, the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce is a business organization that provides solutions and serves as a catalyst for growing the economy. The Chamber represents nearly 700 professionals and businesses throughout Southwest Florida, empowering, connecting and uniting members through educational, community, and business-focused programs and events. For additional information regarding membership opportunities or events, please call 239-332-2930 or visit Fort Myers.org<\/a>. For the latest news and updates, follow the Chamber on Facebook<\/a>-.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce proudly celebrates the graduation of the 2025 Leadership Fort Myers Class,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-55035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}