{"id":190239,"date":"2015-01-26T04:00:18","date_gmt":"2015-01-25T18:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=190239"},"modified":"2015-01-26T04:00:18","modified_gmt":"2015-01-25T18:00:18","slug":"saipan-chamber-commerce-names-new-board-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/saipan-chamber-commerce-names-new-board-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Saipan Chamber of Commerce names new board members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Saipan Chamber of Commerce announced its new set of board directors at an installation dinner held Saturday at the Fiesta Resort &#038; Spa Saipan\u2019s Hibiscus Hall.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-190239 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/saipan-chamber-commerce-names-new-board-members\/chamber-pix-1\/'>Chamber pix 1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-190243'>\n\t\t\t\tJim Arenovski served as the emcee of last Saturday\u2019s Installation Dinner of the Saipan Chamber of Commerce held at the Hibiscus Hall of the Fiesta Resort &#038; Spa Saipan. (Mark Rabago)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/saipan-chamber-commerce-names-new-board-members\/chamber-pix-2\/'>Chamber pix 2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-190247'>\n\t\t\t\tApril Sablan, right, and two other Chamber staff pose for Saipan Tribune.  (Mark Rabago)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/saipan-chamber-commerce-names-new-board-members\/chamber-pix-3\/'>Chamber pix 3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-190248'>\n\t\t\t\tCNMI Supreme Court Associate Justice Perry B. Inos inducts the new board of director of the Saipan Chamber of Commerce. (Mark Rabago)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/saipan-chamber-commerce-names-new-board-members\/chamber-pix-4\/'>Chamber pix 4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-190249'>\n\t\t\t\tBest Sunshine International Ltd. CEO Mark A. Brown was the Installation Dinner\u2019s keynote speaker.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/saipan-chamber-commerce-names-new-board-members\/chamber-pix-5\/'>Chamber pix 5<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/saipan-chamber-commerce-names-new-board-members\/chamber-pix-6\/'>Chamber pix 6<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Named in the chamber\u2019s 2015 board of directors were Alex Sablan of CTSI Logistics, Velma Palacios of IT&#038;E, Mike Johnson of Deloitte &#038; Touche, Christopher Concepcion of Delta Air Lines, Ron Smith of Angil Designs, Natalie Mable Ayuyu of Re\/Max Realty, Donna Krum, associate member; C.E. \u201cBud\u201d White, associate member; and Curtis Gillespie of Kaynomi Enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>CNMI Supreme Court Associate Justice Perry Inos led the installation of the new board members.<\/p>\n<p>Ayuyu, Gillespie, Krum, and White replace outgoing secretary Greg Moretti, Kevin McCale, Rosemond B. Santos, and Nola K. Hix as directors.<\/p>\n<p>As a sidelight of the formal ceremonies, the chamber also held a silent auction to raise funds for charity.<\/p>\n<p>Chamber executive director Jill Arenovski earlier said items donated for the Saturday event included a Regency Club overnight accommodations at the Hyatt, Hyatt Kili dinner buffets, Giovannis brunches, McDonald\u2019s food certificates, a-round trip Delta Air Lines ticket to Japan, Pacific Islands Club Saipan overnight stay and waterpark passes, Magellan lunches, World Resort Spaness and Jungle Wave passes, one year DSL service from IT&#038;E, a Galaxy Note 4 from Docomo, a round-trip ticket to anywhere in Asia from United Airlines, and a Gucci handbag from T Galleria.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the announcement of the new board of directors, the chamber also announced its \u201c2015 Business Person of the Year,\u201d which went to PIC\u2019s Vicky Benavente. <strong>(Joel D. 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