Apalachicola Chamber selects new board of directors

            The Apalachicola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, which serves Apalachicola, Eastpoint, St. George Island and surrounding areas, has elected a new board of directors for the 2009-2010 fiscal year.

            New to this year's board are Beverly Hewitt, with the Apalachicola Seafood Grill and The Soda Fountain, and Ginny Griner, human resource director at Weems Memorial Hospital.

            Continuing on for another term are Mark Friedman with Roberson & Friedman, PA, CPA and Farnsley Financial Consultants; Bud Hayes, with Cook Insurance; Andrea Duval, with Andrea's Nails; R. Wayne Thomas, with R W Thomas Construction; Richard Langford, with My Caterer; Susan Bassett, with Shimmering Sands Realty; associate member Ted Ruffner; Joe Taylor, with Avenue E; Jerry Hall, with the Apalachicola Seafood Grill and the Soda Fountain; Kristin Anderson, owner of LongDreamGallery.com; Paul Marxsen, of Marxsen Accounting; Michael Shuler, attorney with Shuler & Shuler; and Diana Prickett, owner and property manager with Resort Vacation Properties.

            Friedman was elected president this year. Shuler was elected vice-president, Anderson will serve as secretary/historian and Hall will continue as treasurer. Beth Moseley, with Gulf State Community Bank, and Kara Landiss, with Shimmering Sands Realty, will be retiring from the board as of July 1.