EVOLVE Business and Professional Magazine August 2018 | Page 6

DEBBIE CONNORS
TEAM VOLUSIA EDC BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
VOLUSIA COUNTY CHAMBER ALLIANCE
JOE
YARBROUGH
CITY MANAGER,
CITY OF SOUTH DAYTONA
ALLIED BEHIND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Debra L. Connors is President/CEO of the Port Orange
South Daytona Chamber of Commerce. She also has
served as a hospital marketing director, the Executive
Director of the area American Cancer Society and general
manager for Clark Properties. She has a passion for
the area as an outstanding place to live and an equally
outstanding place to establish or grow a business.
Debbie is an active community volunteer, serving on the
Board of Directors of the Florida Association of Chamber
Professionals, Past President of the Port Orange South
Daytona Rotary Club and Port Orange Community Trust,
and represents the Volusia County Chamber Alliance on
the Team Volusia EDC Board of Directors.
CLEAR VIEW FROM THE
TOP OF THE HILL
Joe Yarbrough is City Manager of the City of South
Daytona and is accredited by the International City/
Council Managers Association. After earning his
Masters Degree in Public Administration from the
University of Tennessee, he began his career in 1976
in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. He is past president of the
Florida Managers Association, president of the Volusia
Managers Association and has served as a member
of the board of directors of the Florida League of
Cities. All this contributes to an acute understanding
of the complexities of local and regional economic
development, explaining why he serves on the Team
Volusia Board of Directors.
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