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President’s Report

President's Report - June 2025

Joe Catrambone - President's Report

LEADERship Martin County Program Makes Staffing Changes

Joe Catrambone, President/CEO
Stuart/Martin County Chamber of Commerce

We’ve completed the 7th month of FY 24/25 and am pleased to announce that it’s been a successful productive year to date and we expect it to continue throughout the remainder of the year.

We’re facing a staffing transition, long-time Chamber staff member Cindy LaConte is retiring, leaving a hole in our LEADERship Martin County program. Cindy has been with the chamber for 30 years. Her career with the chamber began as a membership salesperson to Membership Director and eventually Vice President of Operations. A few years ago, she announced to my chagrin that she was retiring! At the time we needed a LEADERship coordinator due to Nancy Sailer’s retirement and voila, a star was born! So again, to my chagrin we began a search for a new LEADERship coordinator! Our inclination was to peruse our LEADERship alumni seeking a professional with LEADERship Martin County experience. After serious scrutiny we decided to offer the position to Class 20 graduate Amber Ducote. We’re delighted to announce that Amber accepted the offer and will be our next LEADERship Coordinator. An official announcement is forthcoming.

This month Chairman Dan Hulen will appoint a “Governance Committee” whose function is to present a slate of Officers & Directors to serve on our Board of Directors for FY25/26.