After 42 years with the Sun Herald, I retired in 2014 and was recruited to become Executive Director of the 28-county Southeast Mississippi Chapter of the American Red Cross, where I had been a volunteer and board member since 1974. Coast Chamber involvement includes Salute to the Military committee 1979 - 2018, Chamber Consolidation Committee (1989), Chamber president 2009, Pat Santucci Spirit of the Coast recipient 2011.