Military One Coast is pleased to announce the 2022 Board of Directors and Chair, Jerry Taranto.
Taranto is currently a part-time consultant with experience in managing comprehensive public relations programs, congressional relations, contingency/crisis response actions and special event planning. He is an Air Force veteran who has served more than 30 years as a public affairs specialist both in uniform and as a government employee.
Taranto, a Biloxi, Miss. native, is Vice President of the Gulf Coast Veterans Parade and a board member of the Biloxi Chamber. In 2018 he served as the sponsorship and media coordinator for the Blues Over Biloxi Airshow.
He graduated with a marketing degree from Western Governor’s University, UT in 2016 and is a graduate of Mississippi Economic Council’s Leadership Mississippi, Coast Chamber’s Leadership Gulf Coast and Gulf Coast Business Council’s Masters Leadership Program.
Others serving on the 2022 Board of Directors are:
Bonnie Sine: Past Chair, Nextaff Gulf Coast
Kimberly Rasmussen: Board Member, Pugh’s Florist
Nell Schmidt: Board Member, Keesler Federal Credit Union
Elliott Voivedich: Board Member, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
DeAnn Alewine: Board Member, Gulfport Behavioral Health
Butch Simpson: Gulfport Appointed, Negrotto’s Gallery Framing + Art
Carmelita Scott: Biloxi Appointed, Woodforest National Bank
For more information regarding the 2022 Board of Directors of Military One Coast, visit mscoastchamber.com or call 228-604-0014.
Please see the attached photo of Jerry Taranto.