{"id":68036,"date":"2025-12-02T14:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/68036\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T14:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:46:08","slug":"sancap-and-fort-myers-chambers-agree-to-short-term-mgmtt-contract-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/68036\/","title":{"rendered":"SanCap and Fort Myers Chambers agree to short-term mgmtt contract | Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The SanCap Chamber board of directors signed a six-month contract with the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce to provide management services during the search for the latter&#8217;s next CEO.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to stress, this is a contract, not a merger,&#8221; said John Lai, SanCap Chamber president and CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Lai emphasized that both chambers will remain separate entities while the SanCap Chamber focuses on serving its Sanibel-Captiva members.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership aims to provide strong organizational oversight for the Greater Fort Myers Chamber, ensuring consistent operations and benefits for its members during the CEO transition.<\/p>\n<p>Members of both chambers will experience enhanced advocacy, cross-promotion, and access to a wider network, among other benefits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re pleased to be entering into this management partnership with SanCap,&#8221; said Jen Whyte, board chair of the Greater Fort Myers Chamber.<\/p>\n<p>The Greater Fort Myers Chamber represents nearly 700 professionals and businesses across Southwest Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Lai noted that the partnership is a testament to the resilience and leadership of the SanCap Chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Katy Forret, board chair of the SanCap Chamber, assured that their commitment to the Sanibel-Captiva community remains a priority.<\/p>\n<p>The Greater Fort Myers Chamber will conduct a comprehensive search for its next CEO in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The SanCap Chamber board of directors signed a six-month contract with the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,16927,1521],"class_list":["post-68036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-chamber-of-commerce","tag-southwest-florida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68036","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=68036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}