Update June 24: For details on the new head, Blakely Williams, check out this report.

Updated April 18: In her final weekly email blast Beaufort Chamber President Carlotta Ungaro bids farewell to the Beaufort community after her five years leading the chamber.

You can read the farewell message here.

Updated April 6: The Island Packet has a fuller report on the chamber's new interim president, Blakely Williams.

You can give that a read here.

Updated April 4: Word from the Chamber is Blakely Williams, currently director of member services for the organization, has been named interim president and will take over in that role April 25.

You can check out the chamber newsletter announcing the interim appointment here. 

Reported March 26: Well Friday was a busy day for the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce Visitor and Convention Bureau.

Two big announcements came down on Friday. The first is that Chamber CEO Carlotta Ungaro is taking a job to lead a chamber in Morrisville, N.C. The second is that the Chamber and VCB formally announced that they're splitting off from one another.

For coverage of these stories check out the Triangle Business Journal's report on Ungaro's arrival here. And The Island Packet has its coverage of both announcements here.

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