Staff Highlight: Bethany Sawyer

Red Gamso, Director of Marketing & Communications

We want to introduce you to Bethany!

Bethany is our Vice President of Membership and Investors and has been with the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce for 6.5 years. She oversees membership activities that include welcoming new members, membership retention, supporting and recruiting investors and membership satisfaction.  

From sponsorship opportunities, membership support to investor benefits, Bethany is our go-to!

Bethany also manages Chamber events; Wake Up Naples, Business After 5, Accelerated Lunch, and our signature events; Chamber Annual Meeting, Chamber Golf Classic, and Holiday Party. 

Bethany and her membership team have 20 volunteer ambassadors who help support the Chamber’s mission. She also manages the Chamber’s Small Business Council Committee and welcomes each month’s recipients for Business of the Month. 

Bethany graduated Leadership Collier in 2019 and is a volunteer for the Guardian ad Litem Foundation and a member of the Naples Ski Club Board. She is a New England native growing up in Connecticut. She and her husband Sandy raised their two sons in Rhode Island.
 
In her free time she enjoys cooking, pickleball, biking and boating. 

What can Chamber members come to you for?  I am fascinated by the diverse businesses we have in our county. Please tell me about your business- your goals,  challenges, & observations. Let me help with providing connections and resources.

Best Advice you have ever received:  “Don’t make assumptions”

Last book you have read: “Finding Freedom” by Erin French

What is one of your favorite quotes?  “ Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country”

You can contact Bethany at bethany@napleschamber.org