Past Presidents

In 1989, a group of local business owners and community leaders formed The Biloxi Bay Business Council to represent the city’s business community.

The Biloxi Bay Chamber of Commerce was officially chartered in 1993.  The group chose the name Biloxi Bay to embrace the body of water that touches our coastal shores, just as our membership encompasses the coastal region.

On July 1, 2016, the Chamber changed its name to The Biloxi Bay Area Chamber of Commerce.

Tommy Munro
1989-1991

Dr. Richard Schmidt
1991-1992

Errol Bradley
1992-1993

Wayne L. Hengen
1993-1995

Franklin M. Kyle, Jr.
1995-1996

Judge Sandy Steckler
1996-1997

Carolyn Catchot
1997-1998

Donald Marie, Jr.
1998-1999

Bruce Nourse
1999-2000

Sam Larosa, Jr.
2000-2001

Larry T. Manuel
2001-2002

Jamey Hunt
2002-2003

Gavin Schmidt
2003-2004

Lt. Gen. Clark Griffith (Ret.)
2004-2005

Melissa Galle’ Polk
2005-2006

Charlie Dellenger
2006-2007

Darnell Iachino
2007-2008

Dr. Paul A. Tisdale
2008-2009

Rusty David
2009-2010

Jim Garner
2010-2011

Julie Schmidt
2011-2012

Rich Moss
2012-2013

Leslie Barfield
2013-2014

Robin Killeen
2014-2015

Patrick Ricci
2015-2016

Cree Cantrell
2016-2017

Phil Hollingsworth
2017-2018

Jean McGrury
2018 – 2019

Yvonne Gajewski
2019 – 2020

Eric Sievers
2020 – 2021

Jordan Church
2021 – 2022

Matthew Brooks
2022 - 2023

Kate Gutierrez
2023-2024