Our Board Members
The Gladstone Chamber of Commerce Board is comprised of dedicated members who are all business professionals with a passion for and commitment to the Gladstone Regional Community. Providing their time, energy and expertise to the Chamber in a completely voluntary capacity, these Board members represent a variety of industries and interests, ensuring a diverse and thriving culture.
Management Committee – 2018/2019
Joe Smith is a Client Manager and Senior Accountant at Sothertons. Joe has over 15 years experience in the accounting industry.
Joe works with clients ranging from small sole traders through to large international companies and has a passion for helping business owners in the Gladstone region achieve their goals.
Carl, GCCI's Vice-President is a local business manager with 11 years of professional experience across corporate operations.
Carissa Gunston is a Client Manager at the local accounting & financial planning firm, GTC Financial.
Alicia Williams, owner of Locations Estate Agents, is a long time Gladstone resident with a background in business, finance and accounting.
In October 2013, Alicia opened her own independent real estate agency, Locations Estate Agents Gladstone. Alicia has been a GCCI board member for 4 years and is looking forward to helping the committee achieve even bigger, better results for Gladstone’s small business community in 2017.
Symone Mercer is the owner of SBH Consultancy, which has been operating in the Gladstone region since 2007.
SBH Consultancy has been a member of GCCI since 2016, with Symone recently becoming a committee member in 2017, she is looking forward to helping the committee achieve even bigger, better results for Gladstone’s small business community in 2017/2018.
Ashleigh Kvitko, is the owner of local brands Elevate Media and our regional Gladstone News publications.
Her passion for media and marketing saw her grab the opportunity to take over Elevate Media and Gladstone News with both hands and evolve them into heavily design and digital focused brands. Ashleigh has a love for small businesses, building client relationships and helping businesses flourish into successful brands.
Lyndal's entrepreneurial ability is used in strategic planning, identifying and continually leveraging on opportunities for clients.
Her entrepreneurial ability has been useful in strategic planning, identifying and continually leveraging on opportunities for clients. Lyndal has worked extensively with not for profit community organisations and is passionate about building the local economy from the inside out.
The very first Manager of the Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce, Marley grew the Chamber from 147 members to over 400, the largest regional chamber in the country.
