2007 Annual National
Shrimp Festival Committee

The Annual National Shrimp Festival is produced by the Alabama Gulf Coast Area Chamber of Commerce and a dedicated group of committee members. This core group of dedicated volunteers is responsible for pre-festival planning, as well as the day-to-day, onsite operations of this popular four-day event. The success of the Festival now and years past is attributed in large part to these individuals who generously donate their time, talent and expertise each year. Without these men and women, the Shrimp Festival would not be possible.
 
 
1st Row Kneeling L-R: JAN UMPHREY- Executive Assistant, Chamber of Commerce; JANA DAVIS- Membership Director , Chamber of Commerce; DON MCPHERSON- Special Events Director, Chamber of Commerce; KAREN WAY- Concession South, Barr Group Title; GAIL HEADRICK- Accommodations Chairman , RE/MAX of Orange Beach; DONNA FITTS- Arts & Crafts Chair, RE/MAX of Orange Beach
 
2nd Row L-R: SARAH HICKS- Special Events Assistant, Chamber of Commerce; KRISTA ALEXANDER- Sand Sculpture Contest, Computer Back-Up; ROBIN YOUNG- Poster Sales; RENEE MOORE-City Liaison & Best of the Fest Contest, City of Gulf Shores; RON ARNOLD- Fine Arts Chair, Gulf Shores Plantation; ROSIE REACH- Concessions East, Habitat for Humanity; MARK BERSON- President, Chamber of Commerce; RICKI HETCHLER- Administrative Assistant, Chamber of Commerce; VICKI STILLINGS- Communications Director, Chamber of Commerce
 
3rd Row -R: CINDY STEWART- Volunteer Chair, Weichert Realtors Sea-n- Shore; SARAH CHAMPAGNE- Retail Co-Chair, Beach Links Realty & Development; MELYNDA HICKS- Retail Co-Chair; LUNDY WILDER- E-Commerce & Poster Sales, RENEE JONES- Concession Chair; BILL ODOM- Arts & Crafts Co-Chair; CRYSTAL ALEXANDER- Children’s Activity Village Co-Chair, Whitehaven Insurance; JODI PROHASKA- Children’s Activity Village Co-Chair, Kutter’s Grounds Maintenance; CHARLOTTE HIGGINS- Retail Main
 
4th Row L-R: STEVE JONES- Concessions Chair, Kaiser Realty, Inc., LANCE ALEXANDER- Sand Sculpture Contest, Computer Back-Up; ELISE JOHNSON- VIP Chair, Paradise Paper; PAT EBERLEIN- Main Retail; MIKE REACH- Concessions East, United States Air Force Reserve; JOHN HICKS- Security; MIKE HIGGINS- Retail Main; TERRY BURK- Art Patron Program, First Gulf Bank
 
Back Row L-R: TOMMY CHAPMAN- Concessions Main, Sunbelt Environmental; TREY JOHNSON- Site Maintenance, Paradise Paper; JIM FITTS- Food Chair; RE/MAX of Orange Beach; CHAD LAMBERT- Entertainment, Gulf Shores Police Department; RON KUTTER- Festival Chairman, Kutter’s Grounds Maintenance; MIKE BROUSSARD- Entertainment, Exit Realty; JIM EBERLEIN- Main Retail, Smith Eberlein Inc., SCOTT BARKLEY- Security, Treehouse Nursery & Landscaping; BRYAN BASS- Concession South, Bass Enterprises, LLC.
 
Not Pictured: DONNA BARKLEY- Hospitality Chair, Coldwell Banker South Shore Realty; JENNIFER JONES- VIP Co-Chair, Results Gym; TIM BROWN- Entertainment, Tim Brown Entertainment; SHERRY ORTON-Concessions West, InterFirst Wholesale Mortgage Lending; LORI BRANHAM- Commercial Co-Chair; TAMMY HALCO- Entertainment Chair, Gulf Coast Realty, LLC.; ANDREA HODO- Commercial Co-Chair, Glow Hair Salon; KAREN & MARK LLWELLYN, Concessions West; Always First Mortgage, HOUSTON LLEWELLYN, Concessions West, Always First Mortgage; DAN SCOTT- Concessions Main, Dan’s Got Gas