February 2013
Meet your 2013 Chamber board Luncheon Speakers Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce luncheon meetings are held at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge, 555 Otto St., at noon each Monday, federal holidays excluded. Everyone is welcome!
Feb. 4 -- Sam Gibboney
The Port Townsend Food Co-op Board President will discuss the Food Co-op’s new strategic plan for helping them grow into the future. Sponsor, Jefferson Community School.
Feb. 11 -- Bill Mann
Huffington Post blogger Bill Mann will talk aobut how to attract Canadian visitors to your business -- and get repeat visits.
Feb. 18 – President’s Day holiday, no meeting Feb. 25 -- Lisa Iverson
The Head of School for Jefferson Community School will discuss the role of strong independent schools in a vibrant community. Sponsor, YMCA.
Under its new bylaws, the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce supports a much larger, and more dynamic board of directors than has been the case historically. Each year, seven terms expire on the 21 member board, bringing a large influx of new personalities, ideas and backgrounds to the chamber’s work. In the succession to the president’s post, we now have a president elect and past president to assure continuity and organizational memory. Vice presidents fill out the executive committee and are charged with record keeping, finances, membership and outreach. So now it’s time to meet this year’s officers and directors. They come from all parts of the county, from all age groups and industries. President dominic sVornich Dominic moved to Jefferson county in 2002. In his 11th year working in community banking, Dominic began as a teller for American Marine Bank and is currently the manager of Kitsap Bank’s retail branch in Port Townsend. Dominic has been active in non-profit leadership serving
on the boards of the Jefferson County chamber of Commerce, the Port Townsend Main Street Program and Olympic Peninsula Steam, a nascent organization born from the Brass Screw Confederacy event he co-organized in June 2012. Dominic has also opened a new restaurant and bar in Port Townsend with three other owners, Cellar Door, and is an active area musician. Dominic currently resides in Port Townsend with his fiancé and business partner, Stephanie Hoch.
Community Action where she became a board member to the Washington State Association for Head Start and ECAP. She is an independent member of the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce and a founding member of the Young Professionals Network.
Past President fred oBee Fred is the General Manager at the Port Townsend & Jefferson President elect County amanda funaro Leader. Amanda For the last had the 30 years, distinct he has worked at weekly, twice pleasure weekly and daily newspapers of growin the Pacific Northwest as ing up a reporter, editor and now, a right here business manager. He and wife in Port Mary have been married 35 Townsend. years, and they have one son After Benjamin, who is a musician spending several years away living in Seattle. Fred’s been from the community attending on the chamber board for 10 college and starting a famyears, and was board president ily, Amanda returned to Port in 2012. In his spare time, Townsend to raise her daugh- Fred can be found exploring ter. She comes to us with a quiet backwaters in his canoe, Bachelor of Science degree in streamside with a flyrod or Early Childhood Multicultural thumping out jazz standards on Education. She has worked his guitar. in the non-profit sector as a director of childcare proVice President of records grams. Amanda has spent the molly force, nd past two years working for Molly is a licensed naturothe Early Head Start and Head pathic family physician specialStart Programs under Olympic izing in combining natural heal-
ing with conventional medical diagnosis and therapy. Her waterfront natural apothecary and practice Prosper Natural Health and hot yoga studio Prosper Bodyworks is located in Port Townsend. Dr. Molly has served on the Chamber Board of Directors for 4 years, and has been the Vice President of Records for the past two years. Vice President of finance JaKe Beattie Jake is well known in the community as the Executive Director of the Northwest Maritime Center. Jake spent his early career at sea as both an experiential educator and professional mariner on tallships, tugboats, and small coastal freighters. Since coming ashore 10 years ago he has worked in various non-profits to better connect communities to their waterfront and education to powerful experiences of the sea. Jake conContinued on Page 2